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Direct linkKarine Baumstarck; Sibylle Del Duca; Houria El Ouazzani; Ilyes Hamouda; Any Beltran Anzola; Marie-Anastasie Aim; Marie-Christine Rousseau – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2025
Background: Advancements in medicine have increased the life expectancy of the people with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities. The hypothesis is that as parents get older, they worry about no longer being there for their child. This paper explores the extent to which the experiences of older parents may differ from that of younger…
Descriptors: Quality of Life, Severe Disabilities, Multiple Disabilities, Intellectual Disability
den Boer, M. C.; Voermans, M. A. C.; Embregts, P. J. C. M. – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2023
Background: Mothers of young adults with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities that live at home are less likely to be on the radar of formal services. We explored the experience of these mothers over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: A qualitative study using three case studies. Transcripts were analysed using Interpretative…
Descriptors: Mothers, Young Adults, Severe Intellectual Disability, Multiple Disabilities
Schwartz, Ariel E.; Kramer, Jessica M.; Rogers, E. Sally; McDonald, Katherine E.; Cohn, Ellen S. – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2020
Background: Young adults with intellectual/developmental disabilities and co-occurring mental health conditions (IDD-MH) experience significant mental health disparities. Barriers to services include transportation and stigma associated with services. Peer mentoring (PM) may be one solution to these barriers. Methods: We conducted exploratory…
Descriptors: Mentors, Intervention, Program Development, Peer Relationship
O'Mea, Melanie L. – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2013
Working with children who have multiple disabilities that include visual impairments can be especially challenging. Many disabling conditions manifest into behavioral difficulties that may take away from learning. Acting out may be a student's way of expressing a lack of healthy coping mechanisms in relation to his or her environment. Implementing…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Visual Impairments, Coping, Multiple Disabilities
Parrish, Rosalie N. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This qualitative study proposed to answer the following two questions: Do mothers of children who have multiple disabilities experience feelings that are consistent with chronic sorrow?, and What are mothers' perceptions of the chronic sorrow phenomenon? Seven biological mothers of children who have multiple disabilities were interviewed on two…
Descriptors: Multiple Disabilities, Grief, Mothers, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Wehmeyer, Michael L., Ed. – Oxford University Press, 2013
Roughly 54 million people with disabilities live in the U.S., and there are many more millions of people with disabilities around the world. Not surprisingly, differences among and between people with disabilities are often as notable as differences between people with and without disabilities. While the lack of homogeneity among people with…
Descriptors: Psychology, Disabilities, Interdisciplinary Approach, Special Education
