Chapters authored
“One Day, Will This be also My Land Where I Belong?”: A Narrative Participative Study with a Young Woman’s Experiences of Reading and Writing Development, Having Severe Speech and Physical Impairment
The backdrop to this project is earlier studies showing a plateau in children’s, with severe speech and physical impairment (SSPI), literacy learning at beginner’s phases. The study has a transformative, participatory, and inclusive research approach. Research questions focus on what contributed the most to continued lifelong literacy development, according to existing research, and a young woman’s narrative. Her chosen significant experiences and processes were investigated through a narrative inquiry in an e-mail dialog. A contextual case-based analysis was made by the first author with member checking with the participant/co-author. Findings are the importance of lifelong identity building, functional assistive technology at school and home, communicative relationships, creative expressions and long-term hopes, goals, and dreams. Conclusions for literacy learning struggles and possibilities of inclusive educational adaptations are discussed and at last, there are recommendations for future research.
Part of the book: Recent Advances in the Study of Dyslexia