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Challenges faced by parents of children with learning disabilities in Opuwo, Namibia

open access: yesAfrican Journal of Disability, 2017
Background Parenting children with learning disabilities requires a high level of knowledge and access to resources, information and services. In developing countries, however, these resources and services are not always available.
C. Taderera, Herna Hall
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The short- and long-term effects of a computerized reading training program on reading self-concept in second and third grade readers

open access: yesResearch and Practice in Technology Enhanced Learning, 2019
While computerized reading programs were found to enhance reading skills, less is known about their influence on reading self-concept (RSC). The current study aimed to examine short- and long-term effects of two versions of a computerized reading ...
Ronen Kasperski   +3 more
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Mixture model investigation of the inner–outer asymmetry in visual crowding reveals a heavier weight towards the visual periphery

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2021
Crowding, the failure to identify a peripheral item in clutter, is an essential bottleneck in visual information processing. A hallmark characteristic of crowding is the inner–outer asymmetry in which the outer flanker (more eccentric) produces stronger ...
Adi Shechter, Amit Yashar
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ICTs and Music in Generic Learning Disabilities

open access: yesInternational Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET), 2017
The purpose of this paper is to review the most representative studies of the last decade (2006-2015) which deal with the combination of technology and music and concern individuals with Generic learning disabilities.
P. Theodorou, A. Drigas
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Health and Social Care Staff Awareness of Menopausal Symptoms in Adults With Intellectual Disability: Results From a Survey

open access: yesBJPsych Open
Aims Menopausal symptoms often go unrecognised in individuals with intellectual disability (ID). There is growing societal awareness of the impact of menopause on mental health, yet this has not been replicated in the ID population. In light of this, we
Jack Wilson   +4 more
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"I Choose Assistive Devices That Save My Face" A Study on Perceptions of Accessibility and Assistive Technology Use Conducted in China [PDF]

open access: yes, 2021
Despite the potential benefits of assistive technologies (ATs) for people with various disabilities, only around 7% of Chinese with disabilities have had an opportunity to use ATs. Even for those who have used ATs, the abandonment rate was high. Although China has the world's largest population with disabilities, prior research exploring how ATs are ...
arxiv   +1 more source

Contraceptive decision-making and women with learning disabilities

open access: yes, 2016
This article explores contraceptive decision-making for women with learning disabilities. It sets the historical context of reproductive control by highlighting former practices which overtly aimed to prevent women with learning disabilities from ...
S. Ledger   +3 more
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‘I Know it was Every Week, but I Can't be Sure if it was Every Day: Domestic Violence and Women with Learning Disabilities

open access: yesJournal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2016
Background Domestic violence against women is well researched in the general population, but much less so in relation to women with learning disabilities. This qualitative research study interviewed 15 women with learning disabilities who had experienced
M. McCarthy   +2 more
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Separability of Lexical and Morphological Knowledge: Evidence from Language Minority Children

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2018
Lexical and morphological knowledge of school-aged children are correlated with each other, and are often difficult to distinguish. One reason for this might be that many tasks currently used to assess morphological knowledge require children to inflect ...
Daphna Shahar-Yames   +5 more
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Learning Disabilities

open access: yesDefinitions, 2019
Associate Professor, College of Education, Butler University, 2014 current Coordinator of Global Experiences for the College of Education, Butler University, 2017 current Interim Chair of Undergraduate Learning and Teaching Teams, Butler University, 2019
Jill Smith Howard Diller
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