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Kristen T. MacKenzie; Kelly B. Beck; Shaun M. Eack; Katharine N. Zeglen; Caitlin M. Conner; Carla A. Mazefsky – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2025
Employment, social relationships, and autonomy are priorities to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDDs). However, few validated measures exist to systematically assess these key adult outcomes in this population. This research includes first steps to develop self- and proxy report measures of life outcomes for adults with…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Adults, Intellectual Disability, Employment
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Kristina N. Randall; Georgia L. McKown – Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 2024
The current study examined the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting restrictions have had on individuals with intellectual and developmental disability. Semi-structured focus groups were conducted to collect data from participants who attended day programming by local community agency. Results indicate that the COVID-19 pandemic and its…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Adults, Intellectual Disability
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Oscar E. Hughes; Ariel E. Schwartz – Inclusion, 2024
Planning inclusive research should center meaningful engagement of co-researchers with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities to address issues that are important to their communities. There are a variety of approaches to planning research projects consistent with the guiding principles of inclusive research. We describe components of…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Research Projects, Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities
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Michelle C. Reynolds; Mirian E. Ofonedu; Angelina Alpert – Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities, 2025
People with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities and their families and professionals often engage in person-centered planning to determine current and future supports needed to improve quality of life. Previous practice focused heavily on applying for disability specific supports referred to as formal supports and waiting hopefully,…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities, Quality of Life, Individual Characteristics
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Paul, Claire Donehower; Thomas, Erin Vinoski; Jimenez, Eliseo – Education and Information Technologies, 2023
The purpose of the present study was to explore what wireless and wearable technologies individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) use to connect socially, how these technologies are used to facilitation social connectedness, what barriers or challenges exist when using technology to connect socially, and what supports or…
Descriptors: Networks, Information Technology, Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities
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Susan Goodall; Michelle Bellon; Alinka Fisher – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2024
Purpose: To examine current practices and recommendations regarding clinical supervision from the perspective of Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) practitioners in Australia. Methods: A qualitative study design consisting of semi-structured interviews with 14 PBS practitioners. Results: Positive supervision experiences revealed the importance of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Supervision, Positive Behavior Supports, Interpersonal Relationship
Angela Helen Burgess – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The world faces an imminent environmental crisis, highlighting the role of effective Environmental Education (EE) in cultivating an environmentally literate society capable of making informed decisions regarding individual and collective environmental actions. A primary goal of EE is the promotion of pro-environmental behaviour, a complex outcome…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Conservation (Environment), Natural Resources, Intellectual Disability
Ducett, Katie – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This dissertation qualitatively studied the social interactions students with IDD had in Inclusive Postsecondary Education (IPSE) programs. Through a DSE lens, I analyzed the experiences of 15 current and former IPSE students to determine the phenomena of social interaction while at IPSE. Methods included focus groups, participant observations,…
Descriptors: College Students, Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities, Student Experience
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Paul, Claire Donehower; Thomas, Erin Vinoski; Doulin, Allison M.; Hussain, Sharish Z.; Jimenez, Eliseo – Journal of Special Education Technology, 2022
Despite the pervasive use of wireless technology in today's society, people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) have limited access to technology. Technology is underutilized by this population for a variety of reasons including cost-related barriers and cognitive inaccessibility of devices and software applications. The lack of…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Relationship, Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities, Access to Computers
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Kim, Irang; Dababnah, Sarah – Career Development and Transition for Exceptional Individuals, 2022
As the United States grows more racially and ethnically diverse, Koreans have become one of the largest ethnic minority populations. We conducted this qualitative study to explore the perspectives of Korean immigrant parents about their child's future and the factors that shape those perspectives. We used modified grounded theory methods. Twenty…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Immigrants, Parents, Adults
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Spassiani, Natasha A.; Becaj, Mojca; Miller, Clare; Hiddleston, Andrew; Hume, Aaron; Tait, Stephan – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2023
Background: The COVID-19 global pandemic has put adults with intellectual/developmental disabilities at greater risk of being socially excluded due to physical distancing. Technology has been looked at as a tool for adults with intellectual/developmental disabilities to stay connected, however, little is known about this topic. The purpose of this…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Adults, Intellectual Disability
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Blonk, Laurine – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2021
Background: Often, people with and without intellectual disabilities do not mingle. Research has mostly focused on how to foster "convivial encounters" for social inclusion, but further thinking is needed on situations in which potential encounters do not take place. Method: Discussion of philosophical and urban sociological literature…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities, Interaction, Interpersonal Relationship
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Fisher, Marisa H.; Shivers, Carolyn M.; Josol, Cynde K. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2020
Although it is well-known that individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) are socially vulnerable, the field lacks valid assessments to identify risk factors for victimization. Parents/caregivers of 428 individuals with IDD (ages 12-53) completed the social vulnerability questionnaire (SVQ), a measure developed to assess…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Questionnaires, Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities
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Christine Drew; Julie Hill; Kevin White – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2024
People with intellectual and developmental disabilities have the right to access appropriate and comprehensive sexuality and relationship education (SRE), but face a long history of exclusion from SRE in the USA due to myths about the sexuality of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, biases against people with disabilities, and…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities, Sex Education, LGBTQ People
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Stancliffe, Roger J.; Tichá, Renáta; Pettingell, Sandra L.; Houseworth, James; Bershadsky, Julie – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2023
Background: Deinstitutionalization research shows better services and outcomes relative to institutional life but has not compared formerly institutionalised and never-institutionalised service users. Methods: We used propensity score matching (PSM) to match formerly institutionalised and never-institutionalised participants on six personal…
Descriptors: Adults, Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities, Facilities
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