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Whittingham, Lisa; Durbin, Anna; Lin, Elizabeth; Matheson, Flora I.; Volpe, Tiziana; Dastoori, Parisa; Calzavara, Andrew; Lunsky, Yona; Kouyoumdjian, Fiona – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2020
Background: Data on the prevalence of developmental disabilities in people who experience imprisonment and on their characteristics are lacking. Methods: The present authors identified adults with developmental disabilities who were released from Ontario provincial prisons in 2010 and a general population comparator group using administrative…
Descriptors: Health, Developmental Disabilities, Institutionalized Persons, Correctional Institutions
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Baumeister, Alfred A.; And Others – Exceptionality: A Research Journal, 1990
This article identifies and analyzes specific environmental, psychosocial, and economic factors adversely affecting childrens' well-being. Contemporary outcomes, including adolescent homicide and suicide, substance abuse, sexually transmitted diseases, developmental exceptionalities, and other health hazards, are considered. Adolescent pregnancy,…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Adolescents, Birth Weight, Child Welfare