Preference Assessment in Toddlers with Mild Developmental and Physical Disabilities : A Comparative Study

Item does not contain fulltextIn this study, a preference assessment involving presentation of pairs of toys was conducted with 10 toddlers with mild developmental and physical disabilities and a matched control group of 10 nondisabled toddlers. An exploration phase preceded the preference assessment. Our main findings were that (a) the pair-wise presentation method yielded a significant rank ordering of preferences in developmentally disabled toddlers, but not in the nondisabled toddlers; (b) dynamic toys were more preferred than nondynamic toys in disabled toddlers; but not in the nondisabled toddlers; and (c) for both nondisabled and disabled toddlers, the rank order of preferences established by the pair-wise presentation method did not significantly correlate with the rank order of preferences reported by the toddlers' parents and teachers