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Eskow, Karen; Pineles, Lisa; Summers, Jean Ann – Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, 2011
This study examined the effect of services provided through Maryland's Home and Community-Based Services Medicaid waiver for children with autism on several outcomes related to families, specifically family quality of life (FQoL) and employment. The purpose of this study was to assess the impact of the services provided through the Maryland autism…
Descriptors: Autism, Quality of Life, Social Services, Children
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Olsson, Malin B.; Larsman, Pernilla; Hwang, Philip C. – Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, 2008
The authors studied the nature and function of the relationships of the comparative level of risk, sense of coherence (SOC), and well-being, over time, in mothers and fathers of preschool children with and without intellectual disabilities (IDs). The hypothesis that SOC functions as a moderator between risk and well-being was tested. Parents of…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Mothers, Mental Retardation, Quality of Life
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Brown, Roy I.; MacAdam-Crisp, Jacqueline; Wang, Mian; Iarocci, Grace – Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, 2006
The conceptualization of individual quality of life is reasonably well established, and now family quality of life and intellectual disability is emerging as an important field of study. This article examines comparative family quality of life in three types of families: those with a child who has Down syndrome, those with a child with autism, and…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Autism, Quality of Life, Developmental Disabilities