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Constructing sexual identities: people with intellectual disability talking about sexuality [PDF]

open access: green, 2014
This paper presented research undertaken in collaboration with a self-advocacy group using inclusive research methods and puts forward the views of people with intellectual disability on the topics of sexuality and relationships. The paper presents the
Claire Azzopardi‐Lane   +1 more
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Reasons for Encounters and Comorbidities in Adolescents with Intellectual Disability in General Practice: A Retrospective Analysis of Data from the Ask Study

open access: yesChildren, 2023
Adolescents with intellectual disability have substantial health needs. This retrospective analysis of data from the Ask Study describes reasons for primary care encounters and the prevalence and incidence of chronic physical and mental conditions among ...
Menghuan Song   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Object Recognition and Dorsal Stream Vulnerabilities in Children With Early Brain Damage

open access: yesFrontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2022
AimVisual functions of the dorsal stream are considered vulnerable in children with early brain damage. Considering the recognition of objects in suboptimal representations a dorsal stream dysfunction, we examined whether children with early brain damage
Ymie J. van der Zee   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Therapeutic use of serious games in mental health: scoping review

open access: yesBJPsych Open, 2022
Background There has been an increase in the development and application of serious games to support management of mental ill health, but their full impact is unclear. Aims Evaluation of the current evidence of acceptability and effectiveness of serious
Alice Dewhirst   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Understanding intellectual disability through RASopathies [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Intellectual disability, commonly known as mental retardation in the International Classification of Disease from World Health Organization, is the term that describes an intellectual and adaptive cognitive disability that begins in early life during the
Pagani, Mario Rafael   +1 more
core   +1 more source

Early 17β-estradiol treatment reduces seizures but not abnormal behaviour in mice with expanded polyalanine tracts in the Aristaless related homeobox gene (ARX)

open access: yesNeurobiology of Disease, 2021
Children with severe intellectual disability have an increased prevalence of refractory seizures. Steroid treatment may improve seizure outcomes, but the mechanism remains unknown.
Karagh E. Loring   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

“Why can’t they be in the community?” A policy and practice analysis of transforming care for offenders with intellectual disability [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to describe key policy and practice issues regarding a significant subgroup of people with intellectual disability – those with offending behaviour being treated in forensic hospitals.
Alexander, Regi   +7 more
core   +1 more source

Screening for Intellectual Disability in Children: A Review of the Literature [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
BACKGROUND: Early identification of possible intellectual disability can help children and families access appropriate services and support more quickly. There has been an increasing interest in the use of screening tools for this purpose.
McKenzie, Karen, Megson, Paula
core   +1 more source

Deprivation, ethnicity and the prevalence of intellectual and developmental disabilities [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Background Social gradients and ethnic disparities have been reported in some forms of intellectual and developmental disabilities. However, information on the association between area deprivation, ethnicity and other forms of intellectual and ...
Emerson, Eric
core   +1 more source

How can psychiatrists make mental health services more accessible for people with autism?

open access: yesBJPsych Open, 2021
Unrecognised psychiatric and medical conditions can lead poorer health outcomes, lower health-related quality of life and increased mortality in people with autism, compared with the general population.
Ashok Roy
doaj   +1 more source

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