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Primitive reflexes in infants with cerebral palsy due to Congenital Zika Syndrome and its relationship with other motor features [PDF]

Frontiers in Pediatrics
BackgroundThe Zika virus outbreak, which occurred from 2015 to 2016 in Brazil, resulted in the birth of neonates with brain malformations arising from Congenital Zika Syndrome (CZS). The characterization of primitive reflexes and their relationships with
Leticia Serra, Leticia Serra, Débora Patrícia Rios, Mino Rios, Breno Lima de Almeida, Kelly de Souza Fernandes, Rita Lucena, Isadora Cristina de Siqueira   +7 more
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A capacidade jurídica pela Convenção sobre os Direitos da Pessoa com Deficiência e a insuficiência dos critérios do status, do resultado da conduta e da funcionalidade

Pensar, 2018
A Convenção sobre os Direitos da Pessoa com Deficiência impulsionou uma reviravolta no regime das incapacidades e no sistema de direito protetivo pautado na substituição de vontades.
Joyceane Bezerra de Menezes
doaj   +3 more sources

Kynurenine pathway metabolite alterations in Down syndrome and Alzheimer's disease. [PDF]

Alzheimers Dement
Abstract INTRODUCTION Down syndrome (DS) is a genetic disorder that leads to intellectual disability and accelerated aging, increasing the risk of Alzheimer's disease (AD). The pathophysiology of AD and DS is multifactorial, involving amyloid precursor protein overexpression, neuroinflammation, and oxidative stress.
Dos Reis RG, Singulani MP, Forlenza OV, Gattaz WF, Talib LL.   +4 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Reflections on research ethics in a public health emergency: Experiences of Brazilian women affected by Zika

Developing World Bioethics, Volume 23, Issue 2, Page 138-146, June 2023., 2023
Abstract In Brazil, the epicenter of the Zika crisis, brown, black, and indigenous poor women living in municipalities with scarce resources were disproportionally affected. The gendered consequences of the epidemic exposed how intersectional lenses are central to understand the impact of public health emergencies in the lives of women and girls.
Ilana Ambrogi, Luciana Brito, Sergio Rego   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A formação do intérprete educacional e sua atuação em sala de aula

Revista Ibero-Americana de Estudos em Educação, 2015
É fundamental contar com a participação do intérprete educacional de Língua de Sinais (LS) na inclusão. Esse artigo aborda a formação e as diferentes funções dos intérpretes em contextos educacionais inclusivos. Basta ser conhecedor da LS?
Luiz Cláudio Oliveira Antonio, Paola Rodrigues Mota, Celeste Azulay Kelman   +2 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Justifying (Non)Discrimination Against Disabled Workers in Emerging Economies: Managerial Choice, Business Versus Moral Case Arguments and Home Versus Host Country Effects

British Journal of Management, Volume 34, Issue 2, Page 767-786, April 2023., 2023
Abstract It is widely known that disabled people face discrimination in all walks of life, including employment. Unfortunately, legal protection often does not work as well as hoped, especially in emerging markets. This leads to the core objective of this study: to understand why firms might not discriminate against disabled people.
Pauline Dibben, Geoffrey Wood, Gareth Crockett, Nikola Bakalov   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Is the search for cerebral palsy ‘cures’ a reasonable and appropriate goal in the 2020s?

Developmental Medicine &Child Neurology, Volume 64, Issue 1, Page 49-55, January 2022., 2022
In the field of disability research and advocacy, the notion of ‘cures’ is contentious. Cerebral palsy (CP) is no exception. In this narrative review, we combine perspectives gained during community consultation undertaken for the Australian and New Zealand Cerebral Palsy Strategy, 2020 with those published in the scientific and grey literature to ...
Ingrid Honan, Megan Finch‐Edmondson, Christine Imms, Iona Novak, Amy Hogan, Shannon Clough, Bruce Bonyhady, Sarah McIntyre, Catherine Elliott, Shirley Wong, Michael Bink, Nadia Badawi   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

A autonomia da pessoa com deficiência intelectual: uma revisão de literatura

Revista Educação Especial, 2023
A autonomia da pessoa com deficiência é um assunto relevante para os campos da educação, da psicologia e dos direitos humanos. O objetivo deste artigo é caracterizar estudos teóricos e empíricos que orientam uma discussão sobre o tema da autonomia da ...
Camyla Antonioli, Zena Eisenberg
doaj   +1 more source

Process evaluation of the Disability Allowance programme in the Maldives

International Social Security Review, Volume 75, Issue 1, Page 79-105, January/March 2022., 2022
Abstract Limited evidence on the design and implementation of social protection programmes for people with disabilities in low‐ and middle‐income countries constrains understanding of how their impacts could be improved. The Disability Allowance programme in the Maldives is a non means‐tested, monthly cash transfer targeting people with disabilities ...
Shaffa Hameed, Matthew Walsham, Lena Morgon Banks, Hannah Kuper   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Development of the Fearless, Tearless Transition model of care for adolescents with an intellectual disability and/or autism spectrum disorder with mental health comorbidities

Developmental Medicine &Child Neurology, Volume 63, Issue 5, Page 560-565, May 2021., 2021
Aim First, to understand the barriers to achieving effective transition and the supports required from the perspective of parents and carers, adolescents with intellectual disability and/or autism spectrum disorder and co‐existing mental health disorders (often termed ‘dual disability’), and those who provide services to this group.
Evelyn Culnane, Hayley Loftus, Daryl Efron, Katrina Williams, Nikki Di Iorio, Rebecca Shepherd, Catherine Marraffa, Lionel Lubitz, Giuliana Antolovich, Chidambaram Prakash   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source