This study aimed to explore parents’ perspectives of the
activities and participation of children with CP with a range of
communicative abilities and the factors (personal and environmental)
that influenced these. The International Classification of
Functioning, Disability and Health – Children and Youth Version
(ICF-CY) [15] was used as a framework to analyse participants’
responses. The activity and participation component of the
ICF-CY encapsulates a range of daily activities that are relevant
to children with communication disorders [16]. Given its clinical
relevance in managing communication disorders [17], the
ICF-CY model was used to provide an indication of domains
that are relevant to children with CP. Here, we conceptualised
activity and participation as per the ICF-CY, that is, where
activity relates to the execution of tasks, and participation refers to