Lang and gesture in blind children

[Amy L Sheldon]

We (Belbas and Sheldon) presented a paper describing speech-gesture
synchrony in a sighted 36-month-old at the int'l gesture conference last
June at the University of Texas-Austin.  Paper title is:  "Speech-gesture
synchrony in preschooler-adult discourse:  a case study".

You can read our paper and see the video clips at
	 http://www.tc.umn.edu/~belba002/ut_paper/BelbasSheldon.html

I'd also be interested in any getsure studies of young children.

Btw, the papers from that conference are going to be posted at their
website but they have been delayed.  So there may be others about kids to
be found there.  I think there was one case study of a blind adult.

Best wishes,
Amy Sheldon
asheldon at umn.edu


On Thu, 5 Jun 2003, Tracie Dickson wrote:

> We are interested in language and gesture development in young children
> who are blind (6 months to 32 months).
>
> References for studies in this area would be most appreciated.  Thank you.
>
> Marie Celeste
> Tracie Dickson
>
>
>
> Tracie Dickson, Ph.D.
> Loyola College in Maryland
> Department of Speech Pathology/Audiology
> 4501 N. Charles Street
> Baltimore, MD  21210
> 410-617-2630 (office)
>
>