RT Book, Section T1 Inclusive education: perspectives and practices. A1 Calleja-Reina, Marina A2 Panda, Snigdharani A2 Tripathy, Swarnamayee A2 Bhatt, Disha A2 Bastia, Bikram Kumar A2 Panda, Liji K1 Competencia comunicativa K1 Personas con discapacidad intelectual - Medios de comunicación K1 Integración social AB The text discusses the limitations of the inclusive education model for students with profound intellectual disabilities (PID) and complex communication needs (CCN). Although inclusive education promotes the integration of all students into mainstream classrooms, this approach is inaccessible for those with severe intellectual, communication, motor and sensory difficulties. These individuals, while showing communicative intent, are unable to use conventional forms of language and require specialised support.The diagnosis of PID is based on significant limitations in intellectual functioning and adaptive behaviour, originating before the age of 18. Those with profound disabilities are often dependent on the environment for care and have severe restrictions in acquiring academic and communication skills. Their expression is through gestures, vocalisations or symbols, rather than through traditional verbal or gestural language.In this context, it is necessary to identify individual communicative profiles, considering forms and functions of communication. Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) systems play an essential role in facilitating interaction, either by supplementing or replacing speech. These systems enable people with PID and CCN to express refusal, make requests, initiate social interactions and participate in information exchanges, which is key to their ability to communicate. PB Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS) YR 2022 FD 2022-12-13 LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/39219 UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/39219 LA eng NO Calleja-Reina, M. (2022). Analysis of the communicative intention in people with intellectual development disorder, complex communication needs and minority diseases: First step towards inclusion. En S. Panda, S. Tripathy, D. Bhatt, B. K. Bastia, & L. Panda (Eds.), Inclusive education: Perspectives and practices (pp. 1–12). Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS), Deemed to be University. NO Adjunta correo con autorización de la editorial. NO II Plan propio de Investigación, Transferencia y divulgación científica DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga RD 19 ene 2026