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Vanderlee, Emma; Aston, Megan; Turner, Karen; McGrath, Patrick; Lach, Lucyna – Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 2021
Patient-oriented research engages patients and caregivers as partners contributing to all phases of the research process. This was the goal of the Strongest Families Institute Neurodevelopmental research, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, when they included a parent advisory committee, made up of parents and caregivers of children and adolescents with a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Neurological Impairments, Developmental Disabilities, Parent Participation
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Huws, Jaci C.; Jones, Robert S. P. – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2011
Past research indicates that newspaper representations of developmental disability reinforce negative stereotypes. The aim of this study was to examine depictions of autism in British newspapers. A qualitative content and discourse analysis of newspaper accounts of autism was conducted over four 1-month time points, every 3 years, between May 1999…
Descriptors: Stereotypes, Autism, Developmental Disabilities, Discourse Analysis
Sittiprapaporn, Wichian, Ed. – InTech, 2012
Learning disability is a classification that includes several disorders in which a person has difficulty learning in a typical manner. Depending on the type and severity of the disability, interventions may be used to help the individual learn strategies that will foster future success. Some interventions can be quite simplistic, while others are…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Learning Problems, Academic Achievement, Learning Disabilities