The significance of EM/CA studies in multimodal interaction involving visual impairment in the field of "atypical interaction research"

Over the years, EM/CA research in “atypical interaction” has developed into a coherent programme. It contributes interesting and important insights into how speech-, language-, hearing-, cognitive-, physical-, and visual impairments may influence everyday social interaction and activities. This is a diverse area. It applies CA findings, in terms of turn-taking, turn construction, and repair organization, and EM/CA approaches to analyze members’ organization of everyday life, with a view to understanding how impairments may impact the multimodal resources that members draw upon to achieve their ends. This chapter aims to relate EM/CA research in interaction involving visual impairment to the field of “atypical interaction” and in doing so, it argues that this book’s findings and stance are an important addition to this field.