Speech Therapy Case Study of an Adult Woman with Mild Intellectual Disability and Paranoid Schizophrenia

Abstract

Speech disorders occurring in schizophrenia (schizophasia) and intellectual disability (oligophasia) are very complex issues, because of symptoms, which depend on the degree and type of disability or the severity of the disease. The article presents a case study of an adult woman with oligophasia and schizophasia, the history of her treatment and therapy, as well as the current social functioning. Different types of linguistic behavior were analyzed during the diagnosis.The following tools were used to assess the current state of speech i.a.: KSOS, the original picture questionnaire and MoCA. In the exemplification function were presented the transcriptions of the respondent’s statement and the graphomotoric products. The speech therapy diagnosis showed that the linguistic and communicative behaviors of the woman with the intellectual disability and mental illness are at a relatively good level. This woman is a highly functioning person thanks to appropriate pharmacological treatment, therapy and family support.