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Direct linkWendy Stewman – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Creating a fully inclusive educational environment continues to be a topic for educational reform. Children with disabilities have the right to access their education in the Least Restrictive Environment. In the United States, this right is protected by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (2004). Approximately 13.3% of the total number…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Students with Disabilities, Teacher Attitudes, Educational Legislation
Peer reviewedPatricia Spencer; James P. Van Haneghan; Abigail Baxter; Alexandra Chanto-Wetter; Lindsey Meyer – Journal of Inclusive Postsecondary Education, 2021
A mixed-methods approach to Social Network Analysis was used to track the network growth of students with an Intellectual Disability in a postsecondary program from students' and parents' perspectives. Although there was an increase in network size and a shift from family-centered networks to more peer-centered networks, there was a decrease in…
Descriptors: Social Networks, Intellectual Disability, Students with Disabilities, Barriers
Clark, Lauren; Pett, Marjorie A.; Cardell, Elizabeth M.; Guo, Jia-Wen; Johnson, Erin – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2017
Using principles of community-based participatory research we developed a new theory-based measure of health-related quality of life (HRQOL) for individuals with intellectual disability (ID). We recruited adults with ID (n = 129) to take part in interviews and review successive versions of HRQOL items. Critical input about content and…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Quality of Life, Adults, Interviews
Skonieczna-Zydecka, Karolina; Gorzkowska, Izabela; Pierzak-Sominka, Joanna; Adler, Grazyna – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2017
Background: The prevalence of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) varies worldwide from 1.4/10 000 children in the Arabian Peninsula to 185/10 000 children of Asian population. In Europe, the highest prevalence has been observed in Sweden, while the lowest in Croatia (115/10 000 and 2-3/10 000, respectively). There have been no epidemiological studies…
Descriptors: Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Autism, Foreign Countries, Children
Haines, David – Research Ethics, 2017
Drawing on the author's experience carrying out qualitative research in the field of occupational therapy with people with intellectual disabilities, this article explores ethical issues inherent in ethnographic and case study research, where study designs can evolve over time. Such qualitative methodologies can enable deep understanding of…
Descriptors: Severe Intellectual Disability, Ethics, Research, Recruitment
Karrie A. Shogren; Leslie A. Shaw; Michael L. Wehmeyer; James R. Thompson; Kyle M. Lang; Marc J. Tassé; Robert L. Schalock – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2017
The Supports Intensity Scale-Children's version (SIS-C) was developed to provide a standardized measure of support needs of children with intellectual disability. Over half of the norming sample had a secondary diagnosis of autism. Using this subset of the sample, we engaged in exploratory analysis to examine the degree to which latent clusters…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Needs
Taylor, Helen; Ingham, Barry; Mason, David; Finch, Tracy; Wilson, Colin; Scarlett, Clare; Moss, Sebastian; Buckley, Carole; Urbanowicz, Anna; Raymaker, Dora; Seiboth, Charlotte; Lees, Rhianna; Garland, Deborah; Osbourne, Malcolm; Lennox, Nicholas; Cooper, Sally-Ann; Nicolaidis, Christina; Parr, Jeremy R. – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2023
Autistic people experience more health conditions and earlier mortality. This study investigated views about a primary care health check for autistic adults to inform its design. Fifty-one people participated in consultation groups and interviews, comprising autistic adults (some with co-occurring intellectual disabilities), adults with…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Access to Health Care, Primary Health Care
Dukmak, Samir Jabra; Mousa, Anwar; Algharaibeh, Mahmoud – Journal of Mental Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2023
Background: This study investigates the impact of behavior problems on stress that parents may experience due to raising children with intellectual and developmental disabilities, in relation to various child and parental characteristics. Method: 175 parents of children with developmental and/or intellectual disabilities and with behavior problems…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Child Behavior, Behavior Problems, Developmental Disabilities
Download full textMeg Grigal; Debra Hart; Clare Papay; Caitlyn Bukaty; Belkis Choiseul-Praslin; Rebecca Lazo – Institute for Community Inclusion, 2023
Think College Reports present descriptive data in narrative and tabular form to provide timely information to researchers, practitioners, and policymakers for review and use. This report provides an overview of descriptive program- and student-level data provided by Cohort 3 TPSIDs (Transition and Postsecondary Programs for Students with…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Students with Disabilities
Needham, Mick; Ross, Peter; Slonski, Karen; Wells, Steven; Wood, Andrew W. – Journal of Educational Research and Practice, 2019
There is a current and growing need for evidence-based practices aimed at improving the social skills of adults with intellectual disabilities (ID). Despite an abundance of research on strategies to improve the social skills of young children with ID, there is limited research on interventions aimed at improving prosocial behaviors of adults with…
Descriptors: Adults, Intellectual Disability, Classroom Techniques, Prosocial Behavior
Wyszynska, Justyna; Podgórska-Bednarz, Justyna; Deren, Katarzyna; Mazur, Artur – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2019
Background: The prevalence of abdominal obesity (AO) is high in individuals with intellectual disability (ID). The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of hypertension (HPT) in students with ID with different distributions of adipose tissue. Method: Study involved 568 participants with ID. AO was assessed on the basis of waist…
Descriptors: Body Composition, Body Weight, Incidence, Hypertension
Debè, Anna; Polenghi, Simonetta – Paedagogica Historica: International Journal of the History of Education, 2019
In the early decades of the twentieth century the question of mental disabilities was widely discussed in Italy, while the first special schools for the intellectually impaired were set up. An important role was played by the Franciscan friar Agostino Gemelli (1878-1959), a physician, renowned psychologist, and founder in 1921 of the Catholic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mental Disorders, Intellectual Disability, Neurological Impairments
Snyder, Sara; Huber, Heartley – American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2019
Special educators are relying more heavily on computer assisted instruction (CAI) programs to teach academic content to students with intellectual disability (ID) than ever before. Research in this area is growing; however, no formal review of the literature has been conducted to examine the efficacy of using CAI to teach academic content to…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Students with Disabilities, Intellectual Disability, Special Education
Nelson, Catherine; Bruce, Susan M. – Education Sciences, 2019
Students who are Deaf with Disabilities (DWD) comprise an extremely heterogeneous population. Similar to students who are d/Deaf or hard of hearing (DHH), students who are DWD vary in terms of degree, type, and age at onset of hearing loss, amplification, and preferred communication method. However, students who are DWD are also diverse in terms…
Descriptors: Deafness, Hearing Impairments, Students with Disabilities, Comorbidity
Cavanagh, Jillian; Meacham, Hannah; Cabrera, Patricia Pariona; Bartram, Timothy – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2019
In this study, we argue that effective workplace education and training is critical to support workers with intellectual disability (WWID) at work. Moreover, we contend that it is workplace learning that prepares WWID for future career development and opportunities to enrol in and gain vocational education and training (VET) qualifications.…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Intellectual Disability, Intervention, Workplace Learning
