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A SWOT Analysis of Three Programmes for Persons With Intellectual Disabilities in Higher Education Settings in Chile, Ireland and Australia

British Journal of Learning Disabilities, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Educational access is key in empowering persons living with intellectual disabilities. Nevertheless, internationally, Persons with Intellectual Disabilities continue to experience marginalization and discrimination in accessing higher education.
Denise De Souza, Zelinna Pablo, Debashis Sarker, Maria Theresa von Fürstenberg, Alejandra Rios Urzua, Des Aston, Jennifer Banks, Donatella Camedda, Michael Shevlin   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Physical Activity, Sleep and Sedentary Behaviour of Adults With Intellectual Disabilities, Family Caregivers and Service Providers During COVID‐19 Pandemic Recovery

British Journal of Learning Disabilities, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Guidelines outline recommended amounts of physical activity (PA), sleep and sedentary time for optimal health. Research suggests that adults with intellectual disabilities (ID) often do not meet recommendations and that engagement in healthy behaviours is impacted by those around them. The COVID‐19 pandemic amplified these concerns.
Laura C. Koch, Yona Lunsky, Kathleen Tremells, Tiziana Volpe, Anupam Thakur, Johanna Lake, Laura St. John   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Perspectives on dyslexia [PDF]

Paediatrics & Child Health, 2006
Dyslexia, or a reading disability, occurs when an individual has significant difficulty with speed and accuracy of word decoding. Comprehension of text and spelling are also affected. The diagnosis of dyslexia involves the use of reading tests, but the continuum of reading performance means that any cutoff point is arbitrary. The IQ score does not play
openaire   +2 more sources

Latent Profile Analysis of Challenging Behaviour in Individuals With Intellectual Disabilities: Examining Associated Factors and Life Satisfaction

British Journal of Learning Disabilities, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Challenging behaviours (CBs) are known to adversely affect life satisfaction among individuals with intellectual disabilities. Little is known about the impact of different profiles of CBs amongst individuals with intellectual disabilities in South Korea.
Yesang Cho
wiley   +1 more source

A Scoping Review of Teacher–Parent Collaboration for Communicative Development in Students With Intellectual Disabilities

British Journal of Learning Disabilities, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Children with intellectual disabilities have the right to express themselves and to receive appropriate communicative support. Parents' knowledge, shaped through daily interactions and long‐term observation, is essential for understanding and supporting communicative development. Yet, such knowledge is seldom systematically embedded
Kamilla Klefbeck
wiley   +1 more source

Visual Voices, an Interpretive Methodology: Advocating for Inclusion in Cancer Research for People With Intellectual Disabilities Through Artwork Analysis

British Journal of Learning Disabilities, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background People with intellectual disabilities face inequities across the cancer care continuum. Barriers in communication and healthcare accessibility contribute to late‐stage cancer diagnoses and poorer outcomes. People with intellectual disabilities are often excluded from cancer research. This study presents a researcher‐led interpretive
Claire Zhou, Megan Graves, Shauna Walsh, Louise Lynch, Stephanie Corrigan, Mary McCarron, Philip McCallion, Ashleigh Gorman, Martin McMahon   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring How Known‐Answer Questions Are Used in Conversations About Funerals Between People With Learning Disabilities and Support Staff

British Journal of Learning Disabilities, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background People with learning disabilities should be involved in conversations around funerals. Conversation‐starter pictures were developed to support funeral conversations between people with a learning disability and support staff.
Andrea Bruun, Rebecca Anderson‐Kittow
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring Grief as a Factor of Service User Distress With a Community Learning Disabilities Team: A Service Evaluation

British Journal of Learning Disabilities, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background This service evaluation was conducted with an NHS Community Learning Disability Service (CLDS), which provides multi‐disciplinary care for people with learning disabilities, their families and care providers. Understanding how bereavement is addressed in learning disability services is important, given the often complex impact of ...
Ariane Scalpello, Catriona Crichton, Nicola Thorp   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

EarlyMind‐ID: Co‐designing an Early‐Signs Informant‐Based Checklist and Tracking Framework for Dementia in Adults With Intellectual Disabilities

British Journal of Learning Disabilities, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Adults with intellectual disabilities, particularly those with Down's syndrome, are at increased risk of developing dementia, yet early changes are often subtle and first noticed by family members or paid support staff rather than clinicians.
Acton Daniel, Waites Robert, Duncan Caroline, Lane Steven, Jaydeokar Sujeet   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Engagement as a Vital Sign: Reconceptualising Motivation and Assessment for Learners With Profound and Multiple Learning Disabilities

British Journal of Learning Disabilities, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background and Aims Learners with profound and multiple learning disabilities are frequently marginalised within conventional assessment systems because these systems rely heavily on verbal self‐report and standardised attainment measures. This study examined whether engagement could be observed and interpreted as a meaningful indicator of ...
Charlotte Fernandes
wiley   +1 more source