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Intellectual disability content within tertiary medical curriculum: how is it taught and by whom?

BMC Medical Education, 2018
Background Individuals with intellectual disability experience higher rates of physical and mental health conditions compared with the general population, yet have inequitable access to health care services.
Julian N. Trollor, Claire Eagleson, Beth Turner, Jane Tracy, Jennifer J. Torr, Seeta Durvasula, Teresa Iacono, Rachael C. Cvejic, Nicolas Lennox   +8 more
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The distribution of neuroligin4, an autism-related postsynaptic molecule, in the human brain

Molecular Brain, 2023
NLGN4X was identified as a single causative gene of rare familial nonsyndromic autism for the first time. It encodes the postsynaptic membrane protein Neuroligin4 (NLGN4), the functions and roles of which, however, are not fully understood due to the ...
Akie Toya, Masahide Fukada, Eiko Aoki, Tohru Matsuki, Masashi Ueda, Shima Eda, Yoshio Hashizume, Akio Iio, Shigeo Masaki, Atsuo Nakayama   +9 more
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Learning Italian as a Second Language in a Sample of Ukrainian Children: A Game-Based Learning Approach

Pediatric Reports, 2023
Game-based learning is an educational approach aimed at acquiring knowledge through the use of play. There are various studies that note the effectiveness of playing as an educational tool and the use of digital platforms as a tool that can increase its ...
Alessandro Frolli, Francesco Cerciello, Clara Esposito, Mariagrazia Russo, Fabio Bisogni   +4 more
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Impact of a disability-targeted microentrepreneurship programme in Kenya: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial of the InBusiness programme

Trials, 2023
Background There is a lack of evidence on the effectiveness of livelihood interventions amongst people with disabilities. In many countries, self-employment or microentrepreneurship is a dominant source of livelihoods for people with disabilities and ...
Lena Morgon Banks, Stella Kepha, Anja Zinke-Allmang, Paul M. Gichuki, Nathaniel Scherer, Charles Mwandawiro, Mark Carew, Doris Njomo, Shanquan Chen, Collins Okoyo, Calum Davey, Tom Shakespeare, Maria Antonella Pereira, Divya Goyal, Hannah Kuper   +14 more
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Rule of law - wishful thinking? Exemptions from educational requirements and the use of coercion against people with intellectual disability

Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research, 2010
The article focuses on two conditions related to the use of coercion vis-á-vis persons with intellectual disabilities in Norway. The first condition concerns the widespread use of exemptions from legally binding educational requirements.
Karl Elling Ellingsen, Kim Berge, Dirk Lungwitz   +2 more
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Current practice and adaptations being made for people with autism admitted to in-patient psychiatric services across the UK

BJPsych Open, 2021
Background A significant number of people with autism require in-patient psychiatric care. Although the requirement to adequately meet the needs of people with autism in these settings is enshrined in UK law and supported by national guidelines, little ...
Keir Jones, Satheesh Gangadharan, Philip Brigham, Edward Smith, Rohit Shankar   +4 more
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Disability and Disability Culture

, 2017
Social work has a rich history in working for the rights of people in society. The profession’s commitment to vulnerable and oppressed people and groups are codified in national and international ethical standards. Social justice and respecting the dignity and worth of people are core ethical principles.
Ryan Parrey, Romel W. Mackelprang
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Seeing the talker’s face supports executive processing of speech in steady state noise

Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience, 2013
Listening to speech in noise depletes cognitive resources, affecting speech processing. The present study investigated how remaining resources or cognitive spare capacity (CSC) can be deployed by young adults with normal hearing.
Sushmit eMishra, Thomas eLunner, Thomas eLunner, Thomas eLunner, Stefan eStenfelt, Stefan eStenfelt, Jerker eRönnberg, Mary eRudner   +7 more
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Evaluation of telemental health services for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities: protocol for a randomized non-inferiority trial

BMC Health Services Research, 2023
Background Roughly 40% of those with intellectual/developmental disabilities (IDD) have mental health needs, twice the national average. Unfortunately, outpatient mental health services are often inaccessible, increasing reliance on hospital-based ...
Luther G. Kalb, Jessica M. Kramer, Tawara D. Goode, Sandra J. Black, Susan Klick, Andrea Caoili, Samantha Klipsch, Ann Klein, Micah P. Urquilla, Joan B. Beasley   +9 more
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Being a Disabled Patient: Negotiating the Social Practices of Hospitals in England

Social Inclusion, 2018
Accessing hospital care and being a patient is a highly individualised process, but it is also dependent on the culture and practices of the hospital and the staff who run it.
Stuart Read, Val Williams, Pauline Heslop, Victoria Mason-Angelow, Caroline Miles   +4 more
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