Läsförmåga hos vuxna med intellektuell och/eller kommunikativ funktionsnedsättning som deltar i daglig verksamhet
LäsningIntellektuell och/eller kommunikativ funktionsnedsättningVuxnaAdaptiv textanvändningDaglig verksamhetReadingIntellectual and/or communicative disabilitiesAdultsAdaptive use of textDaily activity centers
The aim of the study was to examine the reading ability of adultswith intellectual and/or communicative disabilities. The group adults withintellectual and/or communicative disabilities consisted of 66 individuals.One control group consisting of 36 children aged 7 to 12 years and onereference group consisting of 14 adults were used. Participants were given anumber of language and reading related tests. Adults with intellectual and/orcommunicative disabilities had significantly lower results than the adultreference group regarding all tests and significantly lower results than thechild control group regarding phonological processing. There was nodifference between adults with intellectual and/or communicative disabilitiesand the child comparison group regarding word decoding and readingcomprehension. This indicates that reading ability of adults with intellectualand/or communicative disabilities can be predicted by languagecomprehension level. Measures for adaptive use of text correlated positivelywith reading comprehension, language comprehension and decoding in thegroup adults with intellectual and/or communicative disabilities.