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Writing Centers and Disability: Enabling Writers Through an Inclusive Philosophy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
In its Position Statement on Disability and Writing Centers, the International Writing Centers Association (IWCA) recognizes and emphasizes the relationship between writing centers and disability and “encourages scholarship that explores the ways ...
Babcock, Rebecca Day   +2 more
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Living in Sandwell: An Exploratory Study into the Key Issues and Challenges that Affect a Small Group of People with Mild Learning Disabilities [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
This paper is concerned with a small group of people with a mild learning disability; who they are and what their lives are like. This group is not typically known by the label of mild learning disability in research, social policy or in service ...
Tilly, Liz
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Are We Ready for Fragile X Newborn Screening Testing?—Lessons Learnt from a Feasibility Study

open access: yesInternational Journal of Neonatal Screening, 2018
Fragile X syndrome (FXS) is the most prevalent heritable cause of cognitive impairment but is not yet included in a newborn screening (NBS) program within Australia.
Tiffany Wotton   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

fMRI Evidence of Magnitude Manipulation during Numerical Order Processing in Congenitally Deaf Signers

open access: yesNeural Plasticity, 2018
Congenital deafness is often compensated by early sign language use leading to typical language development with corresponding neural underpinnings.
Josefine Andin   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Widening Access to Palliative Care for People with Learning Disabilities [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
This publication represents an important step towards greater partnership by sharing some of the thinking, good practice and resources that have been developed throughout learning disability and end of life care services in a form that will be accessible
Linda McEnhill
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Gated Auditory Speech Perception in Elderly Hearing Aid Users and Elderly Normal-Hearing Individuals: Effects of Hearing Impairment and Cognitive Capacity

open access: yesTrends in Hearing, 2014
This study compared elderly hearing aid (EHA) users and elderly normal-hearing (ENH) individuals on identification of auditory speech stimuli (consonants, words, and final word in sentences) that were different when considering their linguistic ...
Shahram Moradi   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Learning disability services [PDF]

open access: yesBritish Journal of Psychiatry, 2004
Bouras & Holt ([2004][1]) propose a bold solution to a frustrating problem: in a socially inclusive post-institutional society, how should the mental health needs of people with learning disabilities be met?
openaire   +2 more sources

Working collaboratively with an online advisory group of people with learning disabilities in covid-times: carrier pigeons, cats and drones

open access: yesResearch Involvement and Engagement, 2023
While much attention and emphasis have been given to the role and value of advisory groups in social science research, less has been published on the experiences of those involved in such collaborative efforts. This article reflects on the experiences of
Eppie Leishman   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Aberrant resting-state connectivity of auditory, ventral attention/salience and default-mode networks in adults with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

open access: yesFrontiers in Neuroscience, 2022
BackgroundNumerous resting-state studies on attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have reported aberrant functional connectivity (FC) between the default-mode network (DMN) and the ventral attention/salience network (VA/SN).
Rina Blomberg   +16 more
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Futures planning, parental expectations and sibling concern for people who have a learning disability [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
The aim of this questionnaire was to explore the existence of future plans, parental expectation and sibling concern regarding people who have a learning disability.
Davys, D, Haigh, CA, Mitchell, D
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