University Libraries Promotion and Tenure Recognition

This is one of the only texts available exploring issues of culture and diversity, including poverty, for individuals with severe disabilities who cannot use speech for communication.  These issues, and their impacts on quality of life, are important global concerns.  This one small 2005 text, along with limited research publications, remain our only resources investigating issues of culture and poverty with this population, in contrast to the high needs across the world.  It has helped to drive my interest in the issues, and to identify new research directions.