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Tanaka, Miho; Kanehara, Akiko; Morishima, Ryo; Kumakura, Yousuke; Okouchi, Noriko; Nakajima, Naomi; Hamada, Junko; Ogawa, Tomoko; Tamune, Hidetaka; Nakahara, Mutsumi; Jinde, Seiichiro; Kano, Yukiko; Kasai, Kiyoto – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2023
Background: The 22q11.2 deletion syndrome (22q11DS) is characterised by a changing pattern of overlapping intellectual, physical, and mental disabilities along the course of one's life. However, the impact of overlapping disorders (multimorbidity) on educational challenges remains unclear. Method: A survey was conducted with 88 caregivers of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Genetic Disorders, Disabilities, Comorbidity
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Martens, Marga A. W.; Janssen, Marleen J.; Ruijssenaars, Wied A. J. J. M.; Huisman, Mark; Riksen-Walraven, J. Marianne – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2017
Background: Recent studies have shown that it is possible to foster affective involvement between people with congenital deafblindness and their communication partners. Affective involvement is crucial for well-being, and it is important to know whether it can also be fostered with people who have congenital deafblindness and intellectual…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Deaf Blind, Affective Behavior, Interpersonal Communication
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Oliver, Chris; Woodcock, Kate A.; Humphreys, Glyn W. – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2009
Background: Repetitive questions and temper outbursts form part of the behavioural phenotype of Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS). We investigated the phenomenology of temper outbursts in PWS and their relationship with other PWS behavioural characteristics. Method: Four individuals with PWS were observed (5-10 h), during a number of experimental and…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Crying, Coping, Phenomenology
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Didden, Robert; Sigafoos, Jeff; Korzilius, Hubert; Baas, Astrid; Lancioni, Giulio E.; O'Reilly, Mark F.; Curfs, Leopold M. G. – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2009
There are only a few studies that have attempted to systematically document the communicative forms and functions in the repertoires of individuals with Angelman syndrome (AS). In the present study, we sent the "Inventory of Potential Communicative Acts" (IPCA) (Sigafoos et al. 2000a,b) to 136 families of children with AS. The IPCA aims to provide…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Genetics, Disabilities, Interpersonal Communication