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Family Support for (Increasingly) Older Adults with Down Syndrome: Factors Affecting Siblings' Involvement
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Lemoine, Lise; Benoît Schneider – Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 2023
Background: Life expectancy for people with Down syndrome is increasing, but older adults with Down syndrome are at greater risk of developing certain pathologies associated with ageing. When ageing parents can no longer look after their child with Down syndrome, their other children are often expected to shoulder this responsibility. Method: We…
Descriptors: Down Syndrome, Adults, Siblings, Sibling Relationship
Growing up with a Brother or Sister with down Syndrome: Adult Siblings' Perceptions of Their Childhood Relationships
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Lemoine, Lise; Schneider, Benoît – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2022
Background: The increased life expectancy of people with Down syndrome puts pressure on parents, who are usually the main caregivers but who find caring more difficult as they get older. The quality of the support provided by brothers and sisters depends on the intra-family relationships they build when growing up. Methods: 121 adult siblings of…
Descriptors: Down Syndrome, Siblings, Sibling Relationship, Adults
Predictors of Handwriting in Adolescents and Adults with Down Syndrome
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Moy, Eloïse; Tardif, Carole; Tsao, Raphaele – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2017
Handwriting is a skill that is constantly used in schools and in the workplace--two environments that are targeted in French legislation passed in 2005 on the integration of people with disabilities. The aim of the present study was to determine the predictive factors for handwriting speed and quality in adolescents and adults with Down syndrome…
Descriptors: Handwriting, Adolescents, Adults, Down Syndrome
Emotion Recognition by Children with Down Syndrome: A Longitudinal Study
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Pochon, Régis; Declercq, Christelle – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2013
Background: According to the literature, children with Down syndrome (DS) have difficulties recognising facial expressions. Yet abilities to recognise emotional expressions are often assessed in tasks that imply comprehension of words for emotions. We investigated the development of these abilities in children with DS in a longitudinal study that…
Descriptors: Emotional Intelligence, Emotional Development, Down Syndrome, Longitudinal Studies
Handwriting in Adults with Down Syndrome
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Tsao, Raphaele; Fartoukh, Mickael; Barbier, Marie-Laure – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2011
Background: Although there is growing awareness about the potential for people with Down syndrome (DS) to become literate, we know little about the characteristics of handwriting within this population. Methods: Thirty-three participants took part in this experiment. Eleven adults with DS and 22 typically developing individuals (11 children…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Mental Age, Handwriting, Down Syndrome
Decision-Making after Prenatal Diagnosis of a Syndrome Predisposing to Intellectual Disability: What Prospective Parents Need to Know and the Importance of Non-Medical Information
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Huyard, Caroline – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2012
Background: Recently researchers have suggested that non-medical information may impact the decision to continue or terminate a pregnancy after a prenatal diagnosis. This study is an investigation of what type of information prospective parents need for this decision-making in the case of a condition predisposing to intellectual disability.…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Clinical Diagnosis, Disability Identification, Pregnancy