Uploaded May 2020 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
In this Talk, Neha outlines best practices in communicating with individuals with Multiple Disabilities and Vision Impairments. The following topics were discussed:
- Communicating with those with MDVI
- Assess the child, not the diagnosis
- Basic communicative functions
- Accommodations for optimal communicative access
Neha Sharma is a Speech-Language Pathologist and has been practicing for 16 years. She holds a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Linguistics and Cognitive Science and a Master’s of Science degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders. She has specialized in addressing the communicative needs of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and those with significant global challenges due to severe comorbid diagnoses.
She has developed many thematic activities linked to school curriculums, community activities, and vocational tasks that address social pragmatics, expressive and receptive language skills, fluency, and articulation.
She is passionate about working with students with significant needs and currently practices in the Deafblind Program at the Perkins School for the Blind in Watertown, MA USA.
In this Talk, Neha outlines best practices in communicating with individuals with Multiple Disabilities and Vision Impairments. The following topics were discussed:
- Communicating with those with MDVI
- Assess the child, not the diagnosis
- Basic communicative functions
- Accommodations for optimal communicative access
Neha Sharma is a Speech-Language Pathologist and has been practicing for 16 years. She holds a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Linguistics and Cognitive Science and a Master’s of Science degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders. She has specialized in addressing the communicative needs of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and those with significant global challenges due to severe comorbid diagnoses.
She has developed many thematic activities linked to school curriculums, community activities, and vocational tasks that address social pragmatics, expressive and receptive language skills, fluency, and articulation.
She is passionate about working with students with significant needs and currently practices in the Deafblind Program at the Perkins School for the Blind in Watertown, MA USA.
