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Millar, Dorothy Squatrito – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2014
As students who have intellectual disability reach or have reached the age of majority, concerns regarding their competence to make informed decisions are often raised, as is the issue of adult guardianship. Guardianship refers to when a judge appoints an adult to be the guardian of another adult (ward) who has been determined to be unable to care…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Competence, Informed Consent, Decision Making
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Baer, Robert M.; Daviso, Alfred, III; Queen, Rachel McMahan; Flexer, Robert W. – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2011
The purpose of this study was to examine disproportionality in transition services for students with disabilities. The authors predicted that students' transition services and secondary programs would be driven not only by their postschool goals, but also by their gender, ethnicity, disability, and school setting. To test this hypothesis, the…
Descriptors: Ethnicity, Disproportionate Representation, Disabilities, Special Education
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Polloway, Edward A.; Lubin, Jacqueline; Smith, J. David; Patton, James R. – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2010
Intellectual disability has been considered a high incidence disability in special education since the inception of the field in the United States. The purpose of this article is to evaluate current educational programs and practices for students who historically and commonly have been referred to as having mild mental retardation. The article…
Descriptors: Mild Mental Retardation, Educational Practices, Special Needs Students, Classroom Techniques