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Bea Kreemers; Jarymke Maljaars; Kris Evers; Bea Maes; Ilse Noens – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2023
Background: Current literature mainly focuses on adaptive profiles from a categorical perspective but yields inconclusive results. The present study puts a transdiagnostic approach next to a "classical" categorical approach. Methods: In this study, 222 children (5-18 years old) with autism and/or intellectual disability participated.…
Descriptors: Profiles, Classification, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Intellectual Disability
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King, Michelle – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2020
"Dedifferentiation" represents the merging of the wider "intellectual disability" category with the broader one of "disability" generally; a product of the ascendance of the social model of disability. The recent re-emergence of the significance of impairment and embodiment in disability theory re-establishes the…
Descriptors: Severe Intellectual Disability, Multiple Disabilities, Classification, Decision Making
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Murray, Aja Louise; McKenzie, Karen – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2014
Background: Outcomes for people with an intellectual disability (ID) may differ depending on the severity of the condition. This study evaluated whether a tool used to screen for the presence of ID could also give an early indication of severity, in order to help inform future support needs. Methods: Multicategory receiver operating characteristic…
Descriptors: Accuracy, Learning Disabilities, Screening Tests, Classification
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Ward, Samantha L.; Sullivan, Karen A.; Gilmore, Linda – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2017
Background: Both parent-report and clinician-administered autism spectrum disorder (ASD) screening instruments are important to accurately inform ASD risk ascertainment. The aim of this study was to adapt a clinician-administered ASD screening instrument, the Autistic Behavioural Indicators Instrument (ABII), as a parent questionnaire equivalent…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Autism, Diagnostic Tests, Observation
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Gleason, Kara; Coster, Wendy – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2012
Background: The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF), and its version for children and youth (ICF-CY), has been increasingly adopted as a system to describe function and disability. A content analysis of the Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales-II (VABS-II) was conducted to examine congruence with the functioning…
Descriptors: Classification, Disabilities, Children, Behavior Rating Scales
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Morgan, Prue; Pogrebnoy, Dina; McDonald, Rachael – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2014
Background: Adults ageing with a disability need lifelong access to health services to meet their changing needs. This study aimed to explore in depth the experience and impact of health service access to address mobility change in adults ageing with cerebral palsy (CP). Method: Semistructured interviews were conducted. Qualitative analysis and…
Descriptors: Physical Mobility, Cerebral Palsy, Self Advocacy, Disabilities
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Schalock, Robert L. – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2011
This article addresses two major areas concerned with the evolving understanding of the construct of intellectual disability. The first part of the article discusses current answers to five critical questions that have revolved around the general question, "What is Intellectual Disability?" These five are what to call the phenomenon, how to…
Descriptors: Intelligence, Mental Retardation, Public Policy, Disabilities