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The co-construction of a reading assessment measure with adults with Down syndrome: a meaningful literacy approach

Frontiers in Psychology, 2023
IntroductionThe need to develop appropriate measures of broad-based reading-related literacy skills for adults with Down syndrome has been highlighted in the literature.
Pauline Frizelle, Sean O’Donovan, Mary Jolley, Lisa Martin, Nicola Hart   +4 more
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Evaluating health visitors’ existing knowledge of Down syndrome and the effect of a training workshop [PDF]

, 2019
© 2018 The Authors. Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities published by International Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities and Wiley Periodicals, Inc.Children with Down syndrome are at ...
Mengoni, Silvana, Redman, Sandra
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Health comorbidities and cognitive abilities across the lifespan in Down syndrome

Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders, 2020
Background Down syndrome (DS) is associated with variable intellectual disability and multiple health and psychiatric comorbidities. The impact of such comorbidities on cognitive outcomes is unknown.
Carla M. Startin, Hana D’Souza, George Ball, Sarah Hamburg, Rosalyn Hithersay, Kate M. O. Hughes, Esha Massand, Annette Karmiloff-Smith, Michael S. C. Thomas, LonDownS Consortium, Andre Strydom   +10 more
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The prevalence and incidence of mental ill-health in adults with autism and intellectual disabilities [PDF]

, 2008
The prevalence, and incidence, of mental ill-health in adults with intellectual disabilities and autism were compared with the whole population with intellectual disabilities, and with controls, matched individually for age, gender, ability-level, and ...
A. V. Brereton, Alison Jackson, B. Holden, C. Lord, C. Morgan, C. W. McGrother, Craig A. Melville, D. G. Allen, D. Mantry, Dipali Mantry, E. A. Bradley, E. A. Bradley, E. Billstedt, E. Smiley, E. Tsakanikos, E. Tsakanikos, Elita Smiley, F. Tyrer, G. Baird, G. Dawson, H. Leonard, H. Schrojenstein Lantman-de Valk van, H. W. M. Kwok, J. Bertrand, J. Hill, J. K. Kern, J. L. Matson, J. L. Matson, J. Robertson, Janet Finlayson, Jill Morrison, K. McClintock, L. Lecavalier, L. Wing, Linda Allan, M Yeargin-Allsopp, M. E. Stewart, M. G. Aman, M. Ghaziuddin, M. Ghaziuddin, M. Hotopf, M. M. Konstantareas, M. Wullink, N. Holmes, National Initiative: Autism Screening, Assessment, P. A. Filipek, P. Sturmey, P. W. Davidson, R. A. Collacott, R. Didden, R. Didden, R. Farmer, R. M. Reese, S. -A. Cooper, S. -A. Cooper, S. A. Borthwick-Duffy, S. A. Cooper, S. A. Cooper, S. Bhaumik, S. Chakrabarti, S. Chakrabarti, S. Deb, S. Moss, Sally-Ann Cooper, Scottish Intercollegiate Guideline Network, T. D. Cook, World Health Organisation, World Health Organisation   +67 more
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JAK1 Inhibition Blocks Lethal Immune Hypersensitivity in a Mouse Model of Down Syndrome

Cell Reports, 2020
Summary: Individuals with Down syndrome (DS; trisomy 21) display hyperactivation of interferon (IFN) signaling and chronic inflammation, which could potentially be explained by the extra copy of four IFN receptor (IFNR) genes encoded on chromosome 21 ...
Kathryn D. Tuttle, Katherine A. Waugh, Paula Araya, Ross Minter, David J. Orlicky, Michael Ludwig, Zdenek Andrysik, Matthew A. Burchill, Beth A.J. Tamburini, Colin Sempeck, Keith Smith, Ross Granrath, Dayna Tracy, Jessica Baxter, Joaquin M. Espinosa, Kelly D. Sullivan   +15 more
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Prevalence of Common Disease Conditions in a Large Cohort of Individuals With Down Syndrome in the United States

Journal of Patient-Centered Research and Reviews, 2021
Purpose: Given the current life expectancy and number of individuals living with Down syndrome (DS), it is important to learn common occurrences of disease conditions across the developmental lifespan.
Brian Chicoine, Anne Rivelli, Veronica Fitzpatrick, Laura Chicoine, Gengjie Jia, Andrey Rzhetsky   +5 more
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Pain in Down's Syndrome [PDF]

The Scientific World JOURNAL, 2006
Pain is a homeostatic mechanism that intervenes to protect the organism from harmful stimuli that could damage its integrity. It is made up of two components: the sensory-discriminative component, which identifies the provenance and characteristics of the type of pain; and the affective-motivational component, on which emotional reflexes, following the
F. Mafrica, D. Schifilliti, FODALE, Vincenzo   +2 more
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The simulation of action disorganisation in complex activities of daily living [PDF]

, 2005
Action selection in everyday goal-directed tasks of moderate complexity is known to be subject to breakdown following extensive frontal brain injury. A model of action selection in such tasks is presented and used to explore three hypotheses concerning ...
Anderson JR, Cooper RP, Cooper RP, Duncan J, Fuster JM, Grafman J, Houghton G, Houghton G, Humphreys GW, Humphreys GW, Liepmann H, Luria AR, McClelland JL, Myrna F. Schwartz, Norman DA, Norman DA, Passingham RE, Peter Yule, Pick A, Poeck K, Reason JT, Reason JT, Richard P. Cooper, Rumiati RI, Schwartz MF, Shallice T, Sirigu A, Tim Shallice, Verfaellie M, Williams RJ, Yule P, Zipf GK   +31 more
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Red blood cell metabolism in Down syndrome: hints on metabolic derangements in aging

Blood Advances, 2017
: Red blood cells (RBCs) are the most abundant cell in the human body. During their ∼120-day life span in the circulatory system, RBCs release oxygen to all human tissues while being exposed to tissue metabolic activity.
Rachel Culp-Hill, Connie Zheng, Julie A. Reisz, Keith Smith, Angela Rachubinski, Travis Nemkov, Eric Butcher, Ross Granrath, Kirk C. Hansen, Joaquín M. Espinosa, Angelo D'Alessandro   +10 more
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Parents’ experiences of health visiting for children with Down syndrome [PDF]

, 2018
© MA Healthcare Limited.Children with Down syndrome have an increased likelihoodof experiencing serious health conditions. Health visitors canhave an important role in monitoring and promoting healthand development for young children with Down syndrome ...
Braun V, Bull MJ, Cleves MA, Dawson AL, Douglas T, Gammons S, Geelhoed EA, Greenway JC, Ibesaine L., Marshall J, McCabe LL, McGrath RJ, Mengoni SE, Minnes P, Muggli EE, Murphy N, Peckover S., Schieve LA, Skotko BG., Skotko BG., Sooben RD., Thomas K, Wu J   +22 more
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