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Direct linkAnya E. Shindler; Elisa L. Hill-Yardin; Steve Petrovski; Anne C. Cunningham; Naomi Bishop; Ashley E. Franks – Review Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2020
Gastrointestinal (GI) dysfunction is a common comorbidity of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and is associated with increased severity of characteristic autism-associated symptoms. However, the underlying biological mechanisms for GI dysfunction symptoms in children with ASD are unknown. This review explores potential explanations for these…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Comorbidity, Diseases, Severity (of Disability)
Melissa L. Gholson; Lorraine Sova; Maurice Cogan Hauck; Linda Howley; And Traci Albee – Educational Assessment, 2024
Designing an effective K-12 alternate English language proficiency assessment (ELP) for English learners with significant cognitive disabilities (ELSCDs) is a substantial undertaking, particularly given the absence of design models for such an assessment and limited empirical research to guide test design teams. These challenges emphasized the…
Descriptors: Evidence Based Practice, Student Diversity, English Language Learners, Elementary School Students
Download full textSaad, Mourad Ali Eissa; ElAdl, Adel M. – International Journal of Psycho-Educational Sciences, 2019
Over years, the terms used to identify intellectual disability, which was previously known as "mental retardation," have changed. This has been due to the heavy stigma associated with bearing its label (Tassé & Mehling, in press). This article examines defining and determining intellectual disability (intellectual developmental…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Disability Identification, Clinical Diagnosis, Symptoms (Individual Disorders)
Saad, Mourad Ali Eissa; ElAdl, Adel M. – Online Submission, 2019
Over years, the terms used to identify intellectual disability, which was previously known as "mental retardation," have changed. This has been due to the heavy stigma associated with bearing its label (Tassé & Mehling, in press). This article examines defining and determining intellectual disability (intellectual developmental…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Disability Identification, Clinical Diagnosis, Symptoms (Individual Disorders)
Ekas, Naomi V.; Tidman, Lauren; Timmons, Lisa – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2019
This study examines associations between dimensions of religiosity/spirituality (R/S) and anxiety symptoms in mothers of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Mothers' positive ways of thinking and romantic relationship satisfaction were examined as mediators of associations. The extent to which child ASD symptom severity and maternal…
Descriptors: Religion, Anxiety, Mothers, Autism
Snyder, Robin A.; Pufpaff, Lisa A. – Journal of Special Education Apprenticeship, 2021
Education reform legislation has led to an upwelling of mandatory teacher evaluation for all elementary, middle school, and high school educators, including those who teach special education. While this reform effort aimed to improve overall teacher effectiveness and student learning outcomes, the teacher evaluation for special education is a…
Descriptors: Teacher Evaluation, Special Education Teachers, Barriers, Teacher Role
Brown-Ogilvie, Tara; Schalock, Mark – National Center on Deaf-Blindness, 2018
The National Deaf-Blind Child Count is conducted each year to supplement OSEP's Federal Part C and Part B child counts, which include children as deaf-blind only when deaf-blindness is their single disability. In contrast, the National Deaf-Blind Child Count includes children whose disability is solely deaf-blindness, as well as those who have…
Descriptors: Deaf Blind, Children, Adolescents, Young Adults
Dallman, Aaron R.; Artis, Jonet; Watson, Linda; Wright, Sarah – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2021
Individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) often benefit from allied health services such as occupational therapy, speech and language pathology, and applied behavioral analysis. While there is consistent evidence of disparities in access and use of medical services (e.g. dentistry), no such systematic review has examined disparities and…
Descriptors: Access to Health Care, Medical Services, Allied Health Occupations, Occupational Therapy
Raspa, Melissa; Bann, Carla M.; Gwaltney, Angela; Benke, Timothy A.; Fu, Cary; Glaze, Daniel G.; Haas, Richard; Heydemann, Peter; Jones, Mary; Kaufmann, Walter E.; Lieberman, David; Marsh, Eric; Peters, Sarika; Ryther, Robin; Standridge, Shannon; Skinner, Steven A.; Percy, Alan K.; Neul, Jeffrey L. – American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2020
Rett syndrome (RTT) is a neurodevelopmental disorder that primarily affects females. Recent work indicates the potential for disease modifying therapies. However, there remains a need to develop outcome measures for use in clinical trials. Using data from a natural history study (n = 1,075), we examined the factor structure, internal consistency,…
Descriptors: Genetic Disorders, Psychometrics, Psychomotor Skills, Physical Disabilities
Brown, Ceri; Carr, Sam – Journal of Education Policy, 2019
Educationalists have been concerned with the labelling and treatment of children with mental health difficulties in the education system in England for some time. These concerns have centred on the role of policy in 'othering' such students as deviant learners. The unprecedented number of children suffering from mental illnesses, has forced…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Mental Health, Mental Disorders, High Stakes Tests
Mehling, Margaret H.; Tassé, Marc J. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2016
Mirroring the evolution of the conceptualization of autism has been changes in the diagnostic process, including the most recent revisions to the DSM-5 and the addition of severity-based diagnostic modifiers assigned on the basis of intensity of needed supports. A review of recent literature indicates that in research stratifying individuals on…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Severity (of Disability), Clinical Diagnosis
Lancet, Stephanie; Rhim, Lauren Morando; O'Neill, Paul – National Center for Special Education in Charter Schools, 2020
As the charter sector has matured, its critics have multiplied. While charter schools enjoyed bipartisan and substantial public support for their first 20 years, the tide of public opinion now flows in more varied directions. Policymakers and leaders across the country are facing pressure to limit charter expansion, with public support for charter…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Traditional Schools, Public Schools, Disproportionate Representation
Harrison, Allyson G.; Holmes, Alana; Silvestri, Robert; Armstrong, Irene T. – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2015
Building on a recent work of Harrison, Armstrong, Harrison, Iverson and Lange which suggested that Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Fourth Edition (WAIS-IV) scores might systematically overestimate the severity of intellectual impairments if Canadian norms are used, the present study examined differences between Canadian and American derived…
Descriptors: Intelligence Tests, Test Norms, Differences, Scores
Janicki, Matthew P.; McCallion, Philip; Splaine, Michael; Santos, Flavvia H.; Keller, Seth M.; Watchman, Karen – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2017
A working group of the 2016 International Summit on Intellectual Disability and Dementia was charged to examine the terminology used to define and report on dementia in publications related to intellectual disability (ID). A review of related publications showed mixed uses of terms associated with dementia or causative diseases. As with dementia…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Dementia, Vocabulary, Language Usage
McDuffie, Andrea; Thurman, Angela John; Hagerman, Randi J.; Abbeduto, Leonard – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2015
Symptoms of autism are frequent in males with fragile X syndrome (FXS), but it is not clear whether symptom profiles differ from those of nonsyndromic ASD. Using individual item scores from the Autism Diagnostic Inventory-Revised, we examined which current symptoms of autism differed in boys with FXS relative to same-aged boys diagnosed with…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Genetic Disorders, Symptoms (Individual Disorders)
