Tweet reach : a research protocol for using Twitter to increase information exchange in people with communication disabilities Hemsley, Bronwyn, Palmer, Stuart and Balandin, Susan 2014, Tweet reach : a research protocol for using Twitter to increase information exchange in people with communication disabilities, Developmental neurorehabilitation, vol. 17, no. 2, pp. 84-89, doi: 10.3109/17518423.2013.861529. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads palmer-tweetreach-2014-post.pdf Author's post print application/pdf 3.82MB 468 Title Tweet reach : a research protocol for using Twitter to increase information exchange in people with communication disabilities Author(s) Hemsley, Bronwyn Palmer, Stuart orcid.org/0000-0002-2517-0597 Balandin, Susan Journal name Developmental neurorehabilitation Volume number 17 Issue number 2 Start page 84 End page 89 Total pages 6 Publisher Informa Healthcare Place of publication London, England Publication date 2014 ISSN 1751-8423 1751-8431 Keyword(s) access communication disabilities developmental disabilities information exchange social media Twitter Summary Objective: To (a) outline the background to research evaluating Twitter use by people with severe physical and communication disabilities participating actively in online communication forums for increasing information exchange and (b) illustrate a range of potential methods that might be applied in furthering research on the use of social media by people with developmental and acquired communication disabilities. Methods: The literature on communication disabilities, augmentative and alternative communication, and social media research informed the rationale for and design of three studies investigating the use of Twitter by people with communication disabilities. Results: To date, there is little information in the literature about how people with a range of communication disabilities might use Twitter to increase their access to information and help them to feel knowledgeable and in control of their own lives. In this paper, three studies are proposed to investigate the use of Twitter by people with communication disabilities. Language eng DOI 10.3109/17518423.2013.861529 Field of Research 130212 Science, Technology and Engineering Curriculum and Pedagogy Socio Economic Objective 920107 Hearing, Vision, Speech and Their Disorders HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2013, Informa Healthcare Free to Read? Yes Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30060930 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Science, Engineering and Built Environment Open Access Collection PVC's Office - Science and Technology Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Fri, 21 Feb 2014, 09:03:34 EST Fri, 21 Feb 2014, 10:26:19 EST Mon, 24 Mar 2014, 14:38:51 EST Tue, 08 Apr 2014, 14:39:40 EST Tue, 08 Apr 2014, 14:40:50 EST Tue, 13 May 2014, 14:58:44 EST Wed, 14 May 2014, 08:56:40 EST Mon, 26 May 2014, 08:53:08 EST Fri, 13 Jun 2014, 19:56:41 EST Wed, 18 Jun 2014, 11:00:22 EST Wed, 02 Jul 2014, 16:54:10 EST Fri, 19 Jun 2015, 08:55:34 EST Thu, 16 Jul 2015, 13:40:05 EST Mon, 23 Nov 2015, 09:42:38 EST Wed, 06 Dec 2017, 06:03:13 EST Fri, 07 Sep 2018, 16:57:03 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 20 times in TR Web of Science Cited 23 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 1635 Abstract Views, 476 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Fri, 21 Feb 2014, 09:03:34 EST