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Love in Cyberspace: Swedish Young People with Intellectual Disabilities and the Internet1

Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research, 2008
The Internet has become an increasingly common way for people to contact each other, to flirt, fall in love and start relationships. How does this development influence today's young people with intellectual disabilities?
Lotta Löfgren-Mårtenson
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The International Consortium for Arthrogryposis: A Collaborative Framework for Early Detection, Care, Research, and Education

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part C: Seminars in Medical Genetics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Arthrogryposis multiplex congenita (AMC) is a group of rare congenital conditions, characterized by multiple joint contractures but may involve any body system including central nervous system. AMC is etiologically heterogeneous, with over 400 genetic and many non‐genetic causes implicated in its prenatal development.
Shahrzad Nematollahi, Noa Bouzaglo, Victoria Castillo Sanchez, Johanna I. P. de‐Vries, Klaus Dieterich, Alicja Fafara, Isabel Filges, Philip Giampietro, Göknur Haliloğlu, Judith Hall, Coleman Hilton, Remco Jansen, Valentina Maestri, Carolina Navalon, Daniel Natera de Benito, Tony Pan, Ani Samargian, Bonita Sawatzky, Harold van Bosse, Paul A. Trainor, Noémi Dahan‐Oliel   +20 more
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Orienteering for people with intellectual disabilities

E-balonmano.com: Revista de Ciencias del Deporte, 2016
The principal aim of the present research is to evaluate the relationship between orientation and cognitive skills in people with intellectual disability throughout some test of a sport Orientation after the making a plan with the subjects where they are
Jesús Muñoz Jiménez, Paloma Rodríguez Jiménez, Daniel Collado Mateo, Kiko F. León Guzmán   +3 more
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Mortality rates in people with intellectual disabilities

International Journal of Population Data Science, 2017
Objectives A growing body of evidence highlights a disparity in mortality rates for people with intellectual disability (ID) compared with the general population. However, national data for England is lacking.
Rachael Williams, Jessie Oyinlola, Pauline Heslop, Gyles Glover   +3 more
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The EXPLAIN Study: Exploring Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita in Adults in Norway — A Description of Demographic, Medical, and Neurological Findings

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part C: Seminars in Medical Genetics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita (AMC) encompasses several hundred conditions with diverse genetic, pathophysiological, and clinical origins. The overarching EXPLAIN study explores underlying causes and implications of AMC and represents the largest clinical cohort of adults with AMC reported to date.
My Vuong Hermansen, Kristin Ørstavik, Unni Steen, Mathias Toft, Cathrine Brunborg, Lena Lande Wekre   +5 more
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Evaluating the Cognitive Accessibility of Acute Care Occupational Therapy Discharge Materials for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Journal of Acute Care Occupational Therapy
Background People with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities are more likely to have lower levels of health literacy than people without intellectual and/or developmental disabilities.
Caitlin Cannon, Ariel Schwartz
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People with intellectual disabilities: Emotional needs of children with intellectual disabilities are unidentified [PDF]

BMJ, 2004
EDITOR—Cooper et al discuss the differing needs of people with intellectual disabilities.1 In recent years health policy documents highlighting the needs of children with intellectual disabilities have been many. Although they recognise the different physical and emotional needs of these children, little is known about this …
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On the Prospects for African Philosophy in Australia

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper grapples with the situation of people of African descent in Australia by working through the constitution of the body of academic philosophy in the country. It contends with the parochialism of the Australian philosophical community and the prospects for the cultivation of greater pluralism. Taking African philosophy as one possible
Bryan Mukandi
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‘Giving Back to Our Community’: The Retention of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Disability Workforce in New South Wales, Australia

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people of Australia require culturally responsive services. The Australian government has committed to establishing strategies to increase the size of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander disability workforce; however, there is scant research on the factors influencing retention.
J. Gwynn, J. Gilroy, S. Peter, F. Talbot, K. Bulkeley, C. Alcorso, K. Gwynne, B. Rambaldini, A. Haines, M. Lincoln   +9 more
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Psychotropic medicines’ prevalence, patterns and effects on cognitive and physical function in older adults with intellectual disability in Ireland: longitudinal cohort study, 2009–2020

BJPsych Open
Background The frequent prescribing of psychotropics and high prevalence of polypharmacy among older adults with intellectual disabilities require close monitoring.
Marina Odalović, Ashleigh Gorman, Aviejay Paul, Philip McCallion, Éilish Burke, Malcolm MacLachlan, Mary McCarron, Martin C. Henman, Maeve Moran, Juliette O'Connell, Michael Walsh, Rohit Shankar, Caitriona Ryan, Máire O'Dwyer   +13 more
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