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The effectiveness of the serious game “Broodles” for siblings of children with intellectual disabilities and/or visual impairment: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Trials, 2023
Background Siblings of children with disabilities also need support. However, there are only a few evidence-based interventions for these siblings. The current study aims to assess the effectiveness of a newly developed serious game for young siblings of
Linda K. M. Veerman, A. Willemen, Suzanne D M Derks, A. A. Brouwer-van Dijken, P. Sterkenburg   +4 more
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An adult learning perspective on disability and microfinance: The case of Katureebe

African Journal of Disability, 2016
Background: Despite Uganda’s progress in promoting affirmative action for persons with disabilities and its strategy of using microfinance to fight poverty, access to microfinance services by persons with disabilities is still problematic due to barriers,
Ephraim L. Nuwagaba, Peter N. Rule
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Assessment tools for evaluating neuropsychomotor development in children with visual impairment: an integrative review [PDF]

Revista Brasileira de Oftalmologia
This study, an integrative literature review, aims to find tools used in Brazil to evaluate the neuropsychomotor development of children with visual impairment.
Aline de Oliveira Brandão, Rafael Coelho Magalhães, Ana Luiza Leles Rocha, Natália de Oliveira Costa, Luciene Chaves Fernandes, Galton Carvalho Vasconcelos   +5 more
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Causes of Phenotypic Variability and Disabilities after Prenatal Viral Infections

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2021
Prenatal viral infection can lead to a spectrum of neurodevelopmental disabilities or fetal demise. These can include microencephaly, global developmental delay, intellectual disability, refractory epilepsy, deafness, retinal defects, and cortical-visual
Youssef A. Kousa, Reafa A. Hossain
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Visual functions and disability in diabetic retinopathy patients

Journal of Optometry, 2014
Purpose: This study was undertaken to find correlations between visual functions and visual disabilities in patients with diabetic retinopathy. Method: A cross-sectional study was carried out among 38 visually impaired diabetic retinopathy subjects at ...
Gauri Shankar Shrestha, Raju Kaiti
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Tracking-Based Interactive Assessment of Saccades, Pursuits, Visual Field, and Contrast Sensitivity in Children With Brain Injury

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2021
Visual deficits in children that result from brain injury, including cerebral/cortical visual impairment (CVI), are difficult to assess through conventional methods due to their frequent co-occurrence with cognitive and communicative disabilities.
Scott W. J. Mooney, Scott W. J. Mooney, Nazia M. Alam, Nazia M. Alam, Glen T. Prusky, Glen T. Prusky, Glen T. Prusky   +6 more
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COMPARISON OF MOTOR PERFORMANCE BETWEEN CHILDREN WITH MULTIPLE DISABILITIES AND TYPICAL DEVELOPMENT

Türk Fizyoterapi ve Rehabilitasyon Dergisi, 2022
Purpose: Individuals with multiple disabilities have two or more disabilities at the same time, and these impairments can cause qualitatively and quantitatively insufficient motor performance. This study aimed to compare the motor performance of children
Zeynep Güven, V. Yıldız Kabak, A. Demircioğlu, Nurcan Çevi̇k, Songül Atasavun Uysal   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Evaluation of the role of the colour tent in vision stimulation for children with complex disabilities and cerebral visual impairment: A feasibility study

The British Journal of Visual Impairment, 2020
Children with profound and multiple disabilities commonly have their visual impairment overlooked when seeking to meet their complex health needs. The act of surrounding a child with little or no apparent visual function by a monochromatic translucent ...
R. Pilling, Suzanne Little
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Tele-rehabilitation for persons with vision impairment during COVID-19: Experiences and lessons learned

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2022
Purpose: The COVID-19 pandemic imposed challenges to access rehabilitation intervention to individuals with visual impairment, thereby increasing their disability effects.
Beula Christy, Mojjada Mahalakshmi, T V Aishwarya, Deiva Jayaraman, Antony V Das, Padmaja K Rani   +5 more
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Deficiência visual nas crianças indígenas em idade escolar das etnias Guarani e Kaiowá na região da Grande Dourados/MS: um estudo sobre a incidência e as necessidades específicas e educacionais especiais Visual impairment on school-age children of Guarani and Kaiowá communities of Grande Dourados, MS: a study about incidence and specific educational needs

Revista Brasileira de Educação Especial, 2012
Pesquisas sobre deficiência visual nas populações indígenas das etnias Guarani e Kaiowá são escassas. O objetivo geral deste estudo consistiu em mapear a deficiência visual entre os escolares indígenas da Região da Grande Dourados, MS.
Michele Aparecida de Sá, Marilda Moraes Garcia Bruno   +1 more
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