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Advancing a Universal European Cancer Prevention Methodology for People With Intellectual Disability: Findings From CUPID Workshops in Ireland and Türkiye

open access: yesBritish Journal of Learning Disabilities, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background People with intellectual disability have higher rates of cancer mortality than the general population. Cancer prevention programmes and screenings are recommended in adults, including those with intellectual disability. The opinions of relevant parties are important to ensure that people with intellectual disability can achieve ...
Martin McMahon   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

What Does It Mean to Be a ‘Person’ With Profound and Multiple Learning Disabilities? Presenting the Views of Family Members and Allies

open access: yesBritish Journal of Learning Disabilities, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Individuals with profound and multiple learning disabilities are at the centre of debates about what it means to be a person. These debates sometimes start from the position that a person is somebody who possesses mature cognitive abilities, such as intentional communication skills and self‐reflection (which individuals with ...
Ben Simmons, Stuart Read
wiley   +1 more source

The Prerequisites for De-Institutionalization [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
[Excerpt] One of the main prerequisites of de-institutionalization for physically disabled people is an effective housing policy. A policy that entails non- discriminatory public works programs, non-discriminatory housing subsidies and non-discriminatory
Ratzka, Adolf
core   +1 more source

The DCIDE framework: systematic investigation of evolutionary hypotheses, exemplified with autism

open access: yesBiological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Evolutionary explanations of mental disorders are a longstanding aim of evolutionary psychiatry, but have suffered from complexities including within‐disorder heterogeneity and environmental effects of contemporary societies obscuring possible ancestral functions.
Adam D. Hunt, Adrian V. Jaeggi
wiley   +1 more source

Kenya Country Profile [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
[From Introduction] The country study for Kenya is part of the ILO project \u27Employment of People with Disabilities – the Impact of Legislation\u27, funded by the Government of Ireland, which aims to enhance the capacity of national governments in ...
InFocus Programme on Skills, Knowledge and Employability   +1 more
core   +1 more source

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