MOBILITY VERSUS SEDENTARINESS IN TASK ARRANGEMENTS FOR PEOPLE WITH MULTIPLE DISABILITIES - AN ASSESSMENT OF PREFERENCES

This study was an attempt to assess preferences between a task arrange ment involving mobility and a task arrangement involving sedentariness with three adults with multiple disabilities. Periods in which partic ipants were exposed to both task arrangement were followed by periods in which they were allowed to choose between them. One participant had a strong preference for the task arrangement involving mobility from the beginning of the assessment. The other two participants developed a strong preference for the same task arrangement and showed higher le vels of on-task behavior and/or of positive mood expressions within th at arrangement. Aspects of the assessment as well as the use of assess ment in daily contests were discussed. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Ltd.