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Belva, Brian C.; Matson, Johnny L.; Sipes, Megan; Bamburg, Jay W. – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2012
Previous research has shown that adults with intellectual disability (ID) evince communication deficits. These communication problems can be divided into problems with receptive, expressive, and written domains. While much research has been devoted to investigating communication deficits in ID in general, scant research has been conducted on…
Descriptors: Communication Problems, Severe Mental Retardation, Communication Skills, Adults
Kjellmer, Liselotte; Hedvall, Asa; Fernell, Elisabeth; Gillberg, Christopher; Norrelgen, Fritjof – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2012
This study examined the contribution of cognitive function, severity of autism, and adaptive functioning to the variability in language and communication skills in 129 preschool children (aged 24-63 months) with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Participants were selected from a representative research cohort of 208 preschool children on the basis…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Preschool Children, Severity (of Disability)
Iacono, Teresa; Torr, Jennifer; Wong, Hui Yi – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2010
Studies into the effects of ageing on language in adults with Down syndrome (DS) have tended to rely on measures that lack sensitivity to change because they fail to explore across linguistic domains or rely on proxy reports. The study aim was to use measures of receptive and expressive language from studies of younger individuals with DS in…
Descriptors: Mental Age, Linguistics, Alzheimers Disease, Down Syndrome
Simons, Johan; Dedroog, Inge – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2009
The body awareness of 124 toddlers with mental retardation and of 124 children developing normally matched to them on age and gender was examined. Twenty-nine of the children with mental retardation were diagnosed as Down syndrome (DS). The "Pointing and Naming" Test of Berges and Lezine [Berges, J., & Lezine, I. (1978). "Test d'imitation de…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Down Syndrome, Vocabulary Skills, Human Body
Ben-Itzchak, Esther; Zachor, Ditza A. – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2007
This study assessed the relation between pre-intervention variables (cognition, socialization and communication) to outcome in young children with autism. Method: Twenty five children with autism (20-32 months) were enrolled in intensive behavior intervention. The children were divided into groups based on their IQ scores and on the severity of…
Descriptors: Severity (of Disability), Language Skills, Intervention, Interpersonal Relationship