Within This Issue
It’s been exciting putting this winter issue of PMLD Link together. Thank you all writers for your inspiring contributions. Several themes emerged as we read through your articles, the overarching one enthusiasm for what has been achieved through technology for people with profound and multiple learning disabilities and what we’ve yet to discover.
The first group of articles is about tablet computers, mainly iPads, and their potential to enhance communication and promote choice, inclusion, person centred learning and closer ties between home and school. Other articles centre on music and technology including Soundbeam and an iband. Technology, like all developments, is only as good as the people behind it. Articles about its effective use highlight teamwork and partnerships. There is also a reminder that ‘low tech’ also has an important role in life and learning. Other articles consider the role of medical technology to sustain life and optimise health for increasing numbers of people with PMLD. On a related theme, there is an account of assessing pain in children with PMLD. Finally, there is a piece about multi‐disciplinary teamwork in the combined use of sensory stimulation and intensive interaction.
