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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

A Literature Survey on Potential Private User Information Leakage in Metaverse Applications

open access: yesAdvanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
This survey explores potential privacy risks in the Metaverse, focusing on personal data inferred from virtual reality headsets embedded with passive brain‐computer interfaces (BCI). It reviews how age, gender, and ethnicity can be predicted using neurophysiological signals, (e.g., electroencephalogram). The survey also explores future threats from non‐
Mina Jaberi, Tiago H. Falk
wiley   +1 more source

Poverty, Disability and Social Exclusion: New Strategies for Achieving Inclusive Development [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
[Excerpt] Despite international investments in development initiatives targeted to people who have a disability – investments by domestic governments in support to people who have a disability and commitments by governments to international and domestic ...
Laurin-Bowie, Connie
core   +1 more source

Growth Hormone Treatment in Patients With KBG Syndrome: Novel Insights, Challenges and Recommendations From Six New Patients and Literature Review

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT KBG syndrome is one of the most frequent neurodevelopmental disorders and is caused by ANKRD11 variants. Postnatal short stature is observed in ~50% of patients. Recombinant human growth hormone (rhGH) has become a valuable treatment for patients with growth hormone deficiency (GHD) along with Prader–Willi and Turner syndrome. Limited evidence
Sietse M. Aukema   +19 more
wiley   +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 ...

core  

Unraveling the Genomic Architecture of Supernumerary (Iso‐)Dicentric Chromosomes in Dup15q Syndrome: Insight From a Systematic Literature‐Based Study

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Chromosomal aberrations, particularly copy‐number variations (CNVs), are prevalent in neurodevelopmental disorders (NDD) and significantly contribute to their pathogenesis. Copy‐number gains (CN gains) in 15q11‐q13, primarily consisting of a pseudo (iso‐)dicentric chromosome 15 [(i)dic(15)] or an interstitial duplication, are among the most ...
Sebastian Burkart   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Speech and Language Disorders Associated With 7q31 Deletions Implicating FOXP2

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Some 7q31 deletions encompass FOXP2, a gene long associated with speech and language disorders. Intragenic pathogenic FOXP2 variants cause FOXP2‐related speech and language disorder, which has been well characterized in the literature. Conversely, the phenotype associated with 7q31 deletions is neglected.
Lottie D. Morison   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Chronic constipation in people with intellectual disabilities in the community: cross-sectional study

open access: yesBJPsych Open
Background One-third to half of people with intellectual disabilities suffer from chronic constipation (defined as two or fewer bowel movements weekly or taking regular laxatives three or more times weekly), a cause of significant morbidity and ...
Richard Laugharne   +15 more
doaj   +1 more source

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