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Esposito, G.; Nakazawa, J.; Venuti, P.; Bornstein, M. H. – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2012
This study investigates how adults in two contrasting cultures (Italian and Japanese) perceive episodes of crying of typically developing (TD) children and children with Autism Disorder (AD). Although cries of children with AD have been reported to elicit more distress in Western cultures, it is not known whether similar findings hold in Eastern…
Descriptors: Emotional Disturbances, Cross Cultural Studies, Autism, Foreign Countries
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Nakai, Akio; Miyachi, Taishi; Okada, Ryo; Tani, Iori; Nakajima, Shunji; Onishi, Masafumi; Fujita, Chikako; Tsujii, Masatsugu – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2011
Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) is characterized by clumsiness and coordination difficulties. DCD interferes with academic performance and participation in physical activities and psychosocial functions, such as self-esteem, cognition, or emotion, from childhood through adolescence to adulthood. DCD is a common pediatric condition and…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Perceptual Motor Coordination, Children, Adolescents
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Shoji, Hiroaki; Koizumi, Natsuko; Ozaki, Hisaki – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2009
Linguistic lateralization in 10 adolescents with Down syndrome (average age: 15.7 years), 15 adolescents with intellectual disabilities of unknown etiology (average age: 17.8 years), 2 groups of children without disabilities (11 children, average age: 4.7 years; 10 children, average age: 8.5 years), and 14 adolescents without disabilities (average…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Comparative Analysis, Mental Retardation, Linguistics