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van Drongelen, Stefan; Dreher, Thomas; Heitzmann, Daniel W. W.; Wolf, Sebastian I. – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2013
To examine gait patterns and gait quality, 7 twins with cerebral palsy were measured preoperatively and after surgical intervention. The aim was to study differences and/or similarities in gait between twins, the influence of personal characteristics and birth conditions, and to describe the development of gait over time after single event…
Descriptors: Intervention, Surgery, Cerebral Palsy, Twins
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Sola-Carmona, Juan Jesus; Lopez-Liria, Remedios; Padilla-Gongora, David; Daza, Maria Teresa; Sanchez-Alcoba, Manuel Alejandro – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2013
In this study, the relation between levels of anxiety, self-esteem and subjective psychological well-being is analyzed in a Spanish sample of 28 fathers and 33 mothers of blind children. The results reveal a positive correlation between subjective psychological well-being and self-esteem, and a negative correlation between anxiety and subjective…
Descriptors: Emotional Adjustment, Well Being, Anxiety, Self Esteem
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Vinter, Annie; Fernandes, Viviane; Orlandi, Oriana; Morgan, Pascal – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2012
The aim of the present study was to compare the types of exploratory procedures employed by children when exploring bidimensional tactile patterns and correlate the use of these procedures with the children's shape drawing performance. 18 early blind children, 20 children with low vision and 24 age-matched blindfolded sighted children aged…
Descriptors: Blindness, Visual Impairments, Comparative Analysis, Tactual Perception
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Koustriava, Eleni; Papadopoulos, Konstantinos – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2012
The aim of this study was to detect the possible relationships between various spatial skills of individuals with blindness. Twenty-eight individuals with blindness participated in five experiments that examined the body knowledge, laterality, directionality, perspective-taking, spatial coding of the near space and spatial knowledge of the far…
Descriptors: Spatial Ability, Blindness, Correlation, Visual Impairments
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Veispak, Anneli; Boets, Bart; Mannamaa, Mairi; Ghesquiere, Pol – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2012
Similar to many sighted children who struggle with learning to read, a proportion of blind children have specific difficulties related to reading braille which cannot be easily explained. A lot of research has been conducted to investigate the perceptual and cognitive processes behind (impairments in) print reading. Very few studies, however, have…
Descriptors: Blindness, Braille, Reading Achievement, Familiarity