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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"intellectual impairment"”.
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Suggestibility in children: A review: Suggestibility differences between children with and without mild intellectual impairment
… and suggestibility with a focus on children with intellectual disabilities. Key determinants of suggestibility including cognitive, social and stress factors underpinning the phenomenon are examined. Secondly, methodological issues such as poor ecological validity and generaliseability to the …
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Stress in families of children with intellectual impairment at Dagbreek and Moreson centres in the Khomas education region of Namibia
… investigating stress experienced by families of intellectually impaired children at the Dagbreek and Môreson Centres in Windhoek and to find out how these families cope with such stress. For the purpose of this study, a qualitative approach was adopted. Phenomenology was the guiding theory and …
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Learning disabilities in Britain 1780-1880: perceptions and practice
… a discussion of nomenclature, and explains why 'intellectual impairment' is used rather than the familiar term 'learning disability'. Part I of the thesis explores perceptions of, and responses to, intellectual impairment held by different people in various contexts, while Part II employs …
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Breaking the silence: institutional responses to people who use atypical communication strategies
… communication for people with receptive impairments with the introduction and expansion of non-speech communication for people with expressive impairments. It documents the introduction of specific nonspeech communication strategies—sign, augmeiitative communication and facilitated …
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Neuropsychological profiles of children and adolescents with craniosynostosis
… complex (e.g. cardiac, respiratory and hearing impairments), and the nonsyndromic craniosynostoses, in which craniosynostosis presents in isolation. Reconstructive surgery to remodel the cranium is required in most cases, normally between 6 to 12 months of age. The risks of adverse central …
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Surviving Disablist Hate Rape : Barriers, Intersectionalities and Collective Interventions with Disabled Women in the North of England.
… with many physical, sensory, mental health and intellectual impairment labels, women in institutions and women who rely on the perpetrators of sexual violence to access personal support. It is the first study to unpack audist hate crime against Deaf women. The thesis demonstrates how feminist …
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Geospatial analysis of risk components for elevated blood lead levels in Kansas: geologic and anthropogenic factors
… is evidence showing the irreversible effects of intellectual impairment still occur at levels of BLL below 10 µg/dL. In Kansas, Barton and Ellis counties residential soils were sampled, and chemical composition was examined with a handheld XRF and an HR ICP-MS. Particle size and pH were recorded …
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Functional brain imaging of facial emotion processing in individuals with intellectual impairments
… individuals with varying degrees of cooccurring intellectual disabilities or impairments, the existing literature has largely included those who are more, or most, intellectually able. This is particularly so in brain imaging research, largely by reason of the significant challenges of the …
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A scoping review of post-school young adults with mild-moderate intellectual disabilities employment retention within the open labour market in low- and middle income countries
… is a critical milestone for adults with intellectual disabilities, yet young adults with intellectual disabilities in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) face significant challenges in entering and retaining employment in the open labour market. Extensive research in high-income …
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Children with Cerebral Palsy: Current needs and challenges in the Western Cape
… The most prevalent comorbidities included: intellectual impairment, epilepsy, and visual impairment. Notably, a substantial proportion of this cohort had severe CP, classified as Gross Motor Function Classification System IV and V. This was a very minimal improvement compared with the …