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How mobile app developers conceive of dyslexia and what it means for mobile app users

Interaction Design and Architecture(s), 2016
This study surveys the landscape of 531 apps identified in a search for mobile apps for dyslexia and examines how their developers conceive of dyslexia.
Kara Dawson, Pavlo Antonenko, Shilpa Sahay, Linda Lombardino   +3 more
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On Braiding and Dyslexia

Journal of Algebra, 1995
The main theorem of this paper is that, for any commutative algebra \(A\) in a braided monoidal category \(\mathcal V\) (with usual assumptions relating tensor products and colimits), the category \(\text{dys } {\mathcal V}^ A\) of dyslectic (right) \(A\)-modules is also braided monoidal. An \(A\)-module \(M\) is dyslectic when it ``sees'' the braiding
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Positional dyslexia

Brain and Language, 1989
Position-specific errors in word reading are usually associated with neglect or visual extinction on the same side as the reading problem. In this study, two patients with left-hemisphere lesions showed visual extinction on the right but reading difficulty on the left side of words and pseudowords. Further study of one patient revealed that he also had
R B, Katz, S, Sevush
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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

Towards disentangling the polygenic contribution of dyslexia to school performance

Translational Psychiatry
Dyslexia is a neurodevelopmental disorder typically diagnosed in school-aged children and associated with poor school performance and lower levels of educational attainment (EA). Here, we aimed to test the shared genetic architecture between dyslexia and
Marta Graell, Rosa Bosch, María Soler Artigas, Silvia Alemany, Natalia Llonga, Pau Carabí-Gassol, Uxue Zubizarreta-Arruti, Valeria Macias-Chimborazo, Marina Mitjans, Mireia Pagerols, Èlia Pagespetit, Raquel Prat, Júlia Puigbó, Cristina Rivas, Laura Martinez, Josep Antoni Ramos-Quiroga, Miquel Casas, Marta Ribasés, Judit Cabana-Domínguez   +18 more
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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
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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
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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