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The Prevalence and Determinants of Overweight and Obesity among French Youths and Adults with Intellectual Disabilities Attending Special Education Schools
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Begarie, Jerome; Maiano, Christophe; Leconte, Pascale; Ninot, Gregory – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2013
This study examines the prevalence of overweight and obesity and a panel of potential determinants among French youths and adults with an intellectual disability (ID). The sample used consisted of 1120 youths and adults with an ID, from 5 to 28 years old, attending a French special education school. The results indicated that 19.8% of the…
Descriptors: Special Education, Interaction, Foreign Countries, Incidence
Do Children with Williams Syndrome Fail to Process Visual Configural Information?
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Deruelle, Christine; Rondan, Cecilie; Mancini, Josette; Livet, Marie-Odile – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2006
Configural visual abilities in thirteen children with Williams syndrome (WS) compared to 13 children matched on mental age and 13 children matched on chronological age. Configural abilities were tested through four tasks (1) Silhouette (2) Fragmented (3) Mooney and (4) overlapping figures. In the first three tasks, it was necessary to take into…
Descriptors: Children, Age Differences, Task Analysis, Visual Perception