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Mkabile, Siyabulela; Swartz, Leslie – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2020
Background: Post-apartheid, understanding and management of intellectual disability remain poor in South Africa, complicated by various contextual and cultural explanations used to describe and conceptualize this condition. Method: We conducted 20 semi-structured interviews with primary caregivers and parents of children with intellectual…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Intellectual Disability, Caregiver Attitudes, Parent Attitudes
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Hastings, Richard P.; Robertson, Janet; Yasamy, M. T. – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2012
Background: Although interventions for children with pervasive developmental disorders (PDD) have been the focus of research effort and evidence reviews in many Western countries, this evidence has not been assessed in the context of low- and middle-income (LAMI) countries especially in terms of the fit with different cultures and resources.…
Descriptors: Income, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Low Income Groups, At Risk Persons
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Nachshen, Jennifer S.; Martin-Storey, Alexa; Campisi, Lisa; Stack, Dale; Schwartzman, Alex; Serbin, Lisa – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2009
Background: Previous research on psychiatric and health disparities according to level of cognitive functioning has focused on adults within an American healthcare context. The current study compares children with and without cognitive and developmental delays in Quebec, Canada, using physician billing data from a longitudinal study of low-income,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Developmental Delays, Public Health, Public Policy