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Developing a community-based model of care for venipuncture in children and young adults with an intellectual disability: a retrospective study

open access: yesBMJ Paediatrics Open
Background Regular blood tests for monitoring metabolic side effects are often unable to be collected for people with an intellectual/developmental disability (ID/DD) and challenging behaviours (CBs) using usual pathways.
Pankaj Garg   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Participation for mental health service development in China: Conditions, challenges, facilitators, and outcomes

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract This study analyzes a participatory project to develop peer support services for people with serious mental illnesses (SMIs) in China. Drawing on interviews with psychiatrists, social workers, service users, and a family caregiver, it examines the conditions, challenges, facilitators, and outcomes of participation in a paternalistic context ...
Zhiying Ma   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cancer screening participation and outcomes among people with an intellectual disability in the Netherlands: a cross-sectional population-based study

open access: yesThe Lancet Public Health
Summary: Background: People with an intellectual disability face diverse health disparities, including challenges accessing cancer care. In the Netherlands, as in many other countries, there are national screening programmes for early detection of ...
Amina Banda, MSc   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Nance‐Horan Syndrome: Further Delineation of the Affected Male and the Female Carrier Phenotypes

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Nance‐Horan syndrome (NHS; OMIM 302350) is a rare, X‐linked syndrome characterized by bilateral congenital cataracts leading to profound vision loss, specific dental anomalies including characteristic screwdriver blade‐shaped incisors, facial anomalies, and intellectual disability.
Maria K. Haanpää   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Achieving Quality: Consumer Involvement in Quality Evaluation of Services [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
[Excerpt] The aim of this paper is to raise awareness of the fact that changes in the approach towards the “clients” or “consumers” of services for people with intellectual disability do have an important impact on the way the quality evaluation systems ...
Inclusion Europe
core   +1 more source

Non‐RASopathy Genetic Syndromes Identified as the Molecular Cause of Disease in Patients Previously Diagnosed With Noonan Syndrome

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Noonan Syndrome (NS) is a clinically and genetically heterogeneous condition characterized by typical facial dysmorphisms, short stature, congenital heart defects, and developmental delays. While variants in genes such as PTPN11, SOS1, and RAF1 account for most genetically confirmed cases, diagnosis is challenging due to phenotypic overlap ...
Gabriela Jeesoo Kim   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Health Checks for People with Down Syndrome: A Pooled Analysis of Three Randomized Controlled Trials

open access: yesDisabilities
Health checks have beneficial effects on health outcomes in adults with intellectual disability; however, little is known about their effect on people with Down syndrome.
Robert S. Ware   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Disability in Australia: intellectual disability [PDF]

open access: yes
This bulletin presents an overview of prevalence of intellectual disability and its related impairments, health conditions and activity limitations. People with an intellectual disability represent a very significant client group of disability services ...

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