An analysis of the discourses and discursive devices used to represent learning disability in the stories told in the classroom to students by learning disability nurse teachers [PDF]
, 2007 This study explores the complexities of the social construction of learning disability. The focus is upon the ways in which learning disability nurse teachers represent their experiences of learning disability nurse practice in stories.
Shaw, Susan Angela
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Rights and responsibilities: The Disability Discrimination Act (1995) and adults with learning disabilities [PDF]
, 2008 The purpose of this research is to examine Part III (access to goods, facilities and services) of the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) 1995 in relation to people with learning disabilities.
Lerpiniere, Jennifer, Stalker, Kirsten
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Perspectives from consultant nephrologists and families on how patients with a learning disability cope with chronic kidney diseases [PDF]
, 2011 Healthcare for patients with a learning disability is an important topic; one that is receiving increased attention by the media, government, and NHS.
Read, Elspeth Mary
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Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 The processing of a language involves a neural language network including temporal, parietal, and frontal cortical regions. This applies to spoken as well as signed languages. Previous research suggests that spoken language proficiency is associated with
Emil Holmer +3 more
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Imitation, sign language skill and the Developmental Ease of Language Understanding (D-ELU) model
Frontiers in Psychology, 2016 Imitation and language processing are closely connected. According to the Ease of Language Understanding (ELU) model (Rönnberg et al., 2013) pre-existing mental representation of lexical items facilitates language understanding. Thus, imitation of manual
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Learning disabilities matter [PDF]
Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 2020 Video Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8csdJ3myMy8&t ...
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Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2020 Under adverse listening conditions, prior linguistic knowledge about the form (i.e., phonology) and meaning (i.e., semantics) help us to predict what an interlocutor is about to say.
Carine Signoret +7 more
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Self-directed disability support: building people’s capacity through peer support and action research [PDF]
, 2014 How are people with disability experiencing and managing the transition towards self directed support and preparing for the NDIS? In this project, small groups of people with disability around Australia met over 6 months to talk about their disability ...
Fisher, KR ; https://orcid.org/ +13 more
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The Ease of Language Understanding (ELU) model: theoretical, empirical, and clinical advances
Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience, 2013 Working memory is important for online language processing during conversation. We use it to maintain relevant information, to inhibit or ignore irrelevant information, and to attend to conversation selectively.
Jerker eRönnberg +25 more
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What’s in a name? Alternatives to “learning disability” [PDF]
, 2006 The term learning disability is currently used in the UK to describe people who require a service due to a low intellectual ability. It is argued that the term is demeaning, confusing and, as currently defined, fails to describe the group of people to ...
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