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A rare case report of neuro-brucellosis with concurrence of depression, visual impairment, bilateral sensorineural hearing loss, and paraplegia.

open access: yesPLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Neurobrucellosis is a rare manifestation of brucella infection, which would be life-threatening and result in multiple disabilities. Brucellosis commonly manifests with fever, arthralgia, and myalgia. Moreover, most patients with Neurobrucellosis present
Hossein Pourmontaseri   +5 more
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The evaluation of a ten‐week programme in Cyprus to integrate children with multiple disabilities and visual impairments into a mainstream primary school

open access: yesSupport for Learning, 2008
A basic need for a child is to belong to a group (). Groups help children: to develop relationships and to foster individual mental health (); and disabled and non‐disabled children, when given assistance, can develop relationships with each other ().
Papageorgiou, D.   +2 more
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Characteristics of interaction between parents and children with visual impairment at preschool age [PDF]

open access: yesSpecijalna Edukacija i Rehabilitacija, 2020
Parenting is a dynamic process infuenced by the behavior of both children and parents. Behavior of children with visual impairment is characterized by the absence of language which involves smiling and looking, calming down when focusing on voice ...
Martać Valentina I.   +3 more
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Visual impairments in people with severe and profound multiple disabilities: an inventory of visual functioning [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2006
AbstractBackground The prevalence of visual impairments in people with severe and profound multiple disabilities (SPMD) is the subject of considerable debate and is difficult to assess.Methods In a typical Dutch care organization, all clients with SPMD (n = 76) participated in the study and specific instruments adapted to these clients (requiring a ...
van den Broek, E.G.C.   +3 more
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Calendar systems and communication of deaf-blind children [PDF]

open access: yesSpecijalna Edukacija i Rehabilitacija, 2012
The aim of this paper is to explain the calendar systems and their role in teaching deaf-blind children. Deaf-blind persons belong to a group of multiple disabled persons. This disability should not be observed as a simple composite of visual and hearing
Jablan Branka, Stanimirov Ksenija
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Factors Associated with Disability in Rural Bangladesh: Bangladesh Population-Based Diabetes and Eye Study (BPDES). [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2016
To assess factors associated with disability in a rural district of Bangladesh.Using a population-based systematic sampling technique, data were collected from 3104 adults aged ≥ 30 years from the Banshgram union of Narail district.
Fakir M Amirul Islam   +4 more
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Cortical visual impairment: Characteristics and treatment [PDF]

open access: yesSpecijalna Edukacija i Rehabilitacija, 2014
According to the latest studies, Cortical visual impairment – CVI is one of the most common causes of problems and difficulties in visual functioning. It results from the impairment of the central part of visual system, i.e.
Vučinić Vesna   +3 more
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Analysis of Health Insurance Big Data for Early Detection of Disabilities: Algorithm Development and Validation

open access: yesJMIR Medical Informatics, 2020
BackgroundEarly detection of childhood developmental delays is very important for the treatment of disabilities. ObjectiveTo investigate the possibility of detecting childhood developmental delays leading to disabilities before clinical ...
Jeong, Seung-Hyun   +3 more
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Supporting a Tsonga learner living with Bardet-Biedl syndrome, a rare complex disability

open access: yesAfrican Journal of Disability, 2023
Background: Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS) is a rare, systemic, hereditary disorder characterised by obesity, polydactyly, visual and auditory impairment, and cognitive disability.
Mfungana M. Shikwambana, Jean V. Fourie
doaj   +1 more source

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