Posted on May 07, 2019
In the wake of cyclones Idai and Kenneth millions of Mozambican citizens are left in need of humanitarian aid. An emergency communication board was developed in order to bridge communication gaps between rescue and support workers who might not speak Portuguese and Mozambicans (e.g. children and...
Posted on October 19, 2018
Eight academics from the University of Pretoria (UP) are among 20 of the country’s leading scholars and scientists recently inaugurated as members of the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf).
Posted on September 11, 2018
The Centre for Alternative and Augmentative Communication (Centre for AAC) at the University of Pretoria held its 13th Fofa Communication Empowerment Programme week for young people with severe communication disabilities who use alternative forms of communication, such as speech-generating...
Posted on July 16, 2018
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) reaffirms the basic human rights and dignity of persons with disabilities and advocates for the full participation of persons with disabilities in all aspects of life. However, persons with disabilities face numerous...
Posted on June 22, 2018
Lesotho’s mountains which is also the source of its crystal-clear water present unforgettable panoramas when one visits this alpine Kingdom in the Sky. On 17 May Prof Juan Bornman presented a morning seminar entitled “Believe that all can achieve: increasing participation of...
Posted on May 30, 2018
Prof Shakila Dada and Dr Kerstin Tönsing gave a presentation at the 2018 National Cerebral Palsy Conference entitled “AAC assessment for persons with cerebral palsy.” The presentation aimed at giving service providers a broad outline of aspects to include in an AAC assessment and...
Posted on May 23, 2018
On Friday, 11 May 2018, Prof Ulrike Lüdtke, head of the Department of Speech and Language Pedagogy & Therapy, managing director of the Institute of Special Education, one of the largest institutes of the Faculty of Humanities of the Leibniz University Hannover (LUH), in Germany visited the...
Posted on April 05, 2018
Increasingly universities requires researchers to embark on collaborative research with local and international researchers. As the principal investigators on a National Research Foundation (NRF) and Swedish Foundation for International Cooperation in Research and Higher Education (STINT) Science...
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