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Giltaij, H. P.; Sterkenburg, P. S.; Schuengel, C. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2015
Background: Children with intellectual disability (ID) are at risk for maladaptive development of social relatedness. Controversy exists whether Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) takes precedence over disordered attachment for describing maladaptive social behaviour. The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of disordered attachment…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Children, Interpersonal Competence, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
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Krezmien, M. P.; Travers, J. C.; Camacho, K. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2017
Background: Little research exists on suspension of students with autism or intellectual disabilities. We examined suspension rates of students with autism or intellectual disability in Maryland from 2004 to 2015 to understand whether race and disability status predicted the odds of being suspended. Method: We used school enrollment data and…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Intellectual Disability, Suspension
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Burke, M. M.; Griggs, M.; Dykens, E. M.; Hodapp, R. M. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2012
Background: Begun in the late 1990s, mental health courts are specialty criminal courts developed to address the needs of persons with mental illness. Methods: As many persons with intellectual disabilities (IDs) may overlap in the mental health court system, we used mental health court records to examine the phenomenology and outcomes of 224…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Mental Disorders, Courts, Mental Health
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Ouyang, L.; Grosse, S.; Raspa, M.; Bailey, D. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2010
Background: The employment impact and financial burden experienced by families of children with fragile X syndrome (FXS) has not been quantified in the USA. Method: Using a national fragile X family survey, we analysed data on 1019 families with at least one child who had a full FXS mutation. Out-of-pocket expenditures related to fragile X were…
Descriptors: Family Needs, Marital Status, Health Insurance, Genetic Disorders
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Bonell, S.; Underwood, L.; Radhakrishnan, V.; McCarthy, J. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2012
Background: Patient experience of those accessing mental health services has been found to be different between ethnic groups. Although the needs of people with intellectual disabilities (ID) from different ethnic communities are being increasingly recognised, little has been published about their experiences of mental health services. The aim of…
Descriptors: Delphi Technique, Health Services, Mental Retardation, Ethnic Groups
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Dura-Vila, G.; Hodes, M. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2009
Background: This study examined whether service utilisation among children with intellectual disability (ID) varied by ethnic cultural group. Method: Survey carried out in four special schools in London. Information was provided by school teachers using case files, and 242 children aged 7 to 17 years with mild and moderate ID were identified.…
Descriptors: Health Services, Mild Mental Retardation, Moderate Mental Retardation, Ethnic Groups