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Folch, Annabel; Salvador-Carulla, Luis; Vicens, Paloma; Cortés, Maria José; Irazábal, Marcia; Muñoz, Silvia; Rovira, Lluís; Orejuela, Carmen; González, Juan A.; Martínez-Leal, Rafael – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2019
Background: The aim of this paper was to summarize the main results of the POMONA-ESP project, the first study to explore health status in a large representative, randomized and stratified sample of people with intellectual developmental disorders in Spain. Methods: The POMONA-ESP project collected information about the health of 953 individuals…
Descriptors: Health, Intellectual Disability, Health Services, Drug Therapy
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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
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Bolton, Patrick F. – Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews, 2004
Tuberous sclerosis is a genetic condition that is strongly associated with the development of an autism spectrum disorder. However, there is marked variability in expression, and only a subset of children with tuberous sclerosis develop autism spectrum disorder. Clarification of the mechanisms that underlie the association and variability in…
Descriptors: Autism, Etiology, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Epilepsy