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Lancioni, Giulio E.; O'Reilly, Mark F.; Singh, Nirbhay N.; Sigafoos, Jeff; Oliva, Doretta; Alberti, Gloria; Lang, Russell – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2011
This study extended the assessment of a newly developed computer-aided telephone system with two participants (adults) who presented with blindness or severe visual impairment and motor or motor and intellectual disabilities. For each participant, the study was carried out according to an ABAB design, in which the A represented baseline phases and…
Descriptors: Visual Impairments, Multiple Disabilities, Mental Retardation, Computers
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Jongmans, Marian J.; Smits-Engelsman, Bouwien C. M.; Schoemaker, Marina M. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2003
This study examined consequences of the comorbidity of developmental coordination disorder (DCD) and learning disability (LD) for the severity and pattern of perceptual-motor dysfunction. Compared to children with only DCD, those with DCD and LD had poorer perceptual-motor ability, with particular difficulty performing manual dexterity and balance…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Disabilities, Multiple Disabilities
Din, Feng S.; Lodato, Donna M. – 2001
Six children with multiple disabilities (ages 5 to 8) participated in this evaluation of the effect of sensory integration treatment on sensorimotor function and academic learning. The children had cognitive abilities ranging from sub-average to significantly sub-average, three were non-ambulatory, one had severe behavioral problems, and each…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Children, Mental Retardation, Multiple Disabilities
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Rogow, Sally M. – British Journal of Visual Impairment, 1987
The manual development of 148 blind, visually impaired, and visually impaired multi-handicapped students, aged 3-19, was studied. Results indicated a significant relationship between object manipulation and speech, and an inverse relationship between object manipulation and stereotypic hand mannerisms. Optimal development of manual functions and…
Descriptors: Blindness, Body Language, Child Development, Elementary Secondary Education
Guess, Doug; And Others – 1982
Three studies that applied quantitative procedures to measure motor and sensory/motor acquisition among handicapped and nonhandicapped infants and children are presented. In addition, a study concerning the replication of the quantitative procedures for assessing rolling behavior is described in a fourth article. The first study, by C. Janssen,…
Descriptors: Cerebral Palsy, Eye Fixations, Human Posture, Infants
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Potenski, Donald H. – Mental Retardation, 1993
Nineteen people (ages 11-21) with profound mental retardation and multiple handicaps were given visual stimulation in a blacklight environment. Results indicated that students performed better under conditions of blacklight than normal light for tracking and reaching, as the blacklight removed distracting stimuli and exaggerated critical features.…
Descriptors: Children, Environmental Influences, Light, Lighting