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Parents' Initiative in Community-Based Support for Children with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: The "Ahada" Non-Profit Model
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Orly Ganany-Dagan – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2025
Background: The birth of a child with an intellectual or developmental disability inherently presents challenges to parents regarding the child's long-term future. This qualitative study examined the perceptions of parents who are kibbutz members, focusing on the non-profit organisation they established and the socioeconomic model they developed…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities, Inclusion, Foreign Countries
Micro-Recognition, Invisibility and Hesitation: Theorising the Non-Encounter in the Social Inclusion of People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
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Blonk, Laurine – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2021
Background: Often, people with and without intellectual disabilities do not mingle. Research has mostly focused on how to foster "convivial encounters" for social inclusion, but further thinking is needed on situations in which potential encounters do not take place. Method: Discussion of philosophical and urban sociological literature…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities, Interaction, Interpersonal Relationship
Evaluating the Impact of a Virtual Educational Intervention on Medical Students' Knowledge and Attitudes towards Patients with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
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Berger, I.; Weissman, S.; Raheel, H.; Bagga, A.; Wright, R.; Leung, F.; Loh, A.; Lee-Jones, C.; Isaacs, B.; Vogt, J. – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2023
Background: Research suggests physicians may harbour paternalistic attitudes towards people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and lack the knowledge and skills to work with them. This study examined the impact of a brief intellectual and developmental disability curriculum intervention on these outcomes. Methods: First-year medical…
Descriptors: Medical Students, Student Attitudes, Knowledge Level, Intellectual Disability
Athletes', Parents', and Siblings' Experiences from the Special Olympics World Games
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Werner, Shirli – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2015
Background: Research supports the importance of sports for people with intellectual disability (ID); however, the unique experience of the Special Olympics (SO) World Games has rarely been examined. The aim of this study was to examine how the SO World Games have affected athletes with ID, their parents and siblings, and the relations between…
Descriptors: Athletics, Intellectual Disability, Athletes, Parents
A Descriptive Examination of the Types of Relationships Formed between Children with Developmental Disability and Their Closest Peers in Inclusive School Settings
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Webster, Amanda A.; Carter, Mark – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2013
Background: One of the most commonly cited rationales for inclusive education is to enable the development of quality relationships with typically developing peers. Relatively few researchers have examined the features of the range of relationships that children with developmental disability form in inclusive school settings. Method: Interviews…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Developmental Disabilities, Intimacy, Friendship
Why Reinvent the Wheel? A Behaviour Analyst's Reflections on Pedagogy for Inclusion for Students with Intellectual and Developmental Disability
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Dillenburger, Karola – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2012
The number of children identified as having intellectual or developmental disability is rising worldwide and their education has been found wanting. It has been said that "they simply need better teaching." At the same time, there is an increasing evidence base that pedagogy that is based on the discipline of behaviour analysis offers…
Descriptors: Autism, Developmental Disabilities, Inclusion, Mainstreaming