ABSTRACT
One of the most noticeable changes that has occurred in the half dozen or so years since the first edition of this book is the increase in the number of publications about the use of information and communications technology (ICT) with people with PMLD (e.g. Bozic and Murdoch 1996; Pagliano 1999; Taylor 1998). There is also now a huge range of IT equipment available from sophisticated multisensory environments to simple switch-operated toys and Big Macks. Used appropriately such IT equipment has great potential for enhancing the responsiveness of the environment for people with PMLD, and thus their quality of life. However, in comparison with the potential, the benefits so far to people with PMLD from switch technology seem comparatively slim.
