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Talking Mats www.talkingmats.com is a social enterprise whose vision is to improve the lives of people with communication difficulties by increasing their capacity to communicate effectively about things that matter to them. TalkingMats is an innovative, award-winning communication tool is based on extensive research and was designed by Speech and Language Therapists.

Murphy J and Cameron L (2008)The Effectiveness of Talking Mats for People with Intellectual Disability British Journal of Learning Disability 36: 232-241

Murphy J (2009) Talking Mats: A study of communication difficulties and the feasibility and effectiveness of a low-tech communication framework. (PhD Thesis) Pub.University of Stirling. ISBN 978-1-85769 244 0

Murphy J. Gray C M, Cox S, van Achterberg T, Wyke S (2010) The effectiveness of the Talking Mats Framework with People with Dementia. Dementia : International Journal of Social research and Practice 9(4) 454-472