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Florio, Tony; Trollor, Julian – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2015
Objectives: The main objective of the study was to compare mortality for people with an intellectual disability (ID) to the general population in New South Wales (NSW), Australia. A second objective was to provide mortality data for people with an intellectual disability from NSW in a standardized format, which allows for international comparisons…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mortality Rate, Mental Retardation, Death
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Heslop, Pauline; Glover, Gyles – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2015
Background: At present, there is limited statistical information about mortality of people with intellectual disabilities in England. This study explores the data that are currently available. Materials and Methods: Four recent sources of data about mortality of people with intellectual disabilities in England are reviewed: the Confidential…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mental Retardation, Mortality Rate, Death
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McCarron, Mary; Carroll, Rachael; Kelly, Caraiosa; McCallion, Philip – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2015
Background:Historically, there has been higher and earlier mortality among people with intellectual disability as compared to the general population, but there have also been methodological problems and differences in the available studies. Method: Data were drawn from the 2012 National Intellectual Disability Database and the Census in Ireland. A…
Descriptors: Mortality Rate, Death, Mental Retardation, Computation
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Kiani, R.; Tyrer, F.; Jesu, A.; Bhaumik, S.; Gangavati, S.; Walker, G.; Kazmi, S.; Barrett, M. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2014
Background: People with intellectual disability (ID) and epilepsy are more likely to die prematurely than the general population. A significant number of deaths in people with epilepsy may be potentially preventable through better seizure control, regular monitoring and raising awareness among patients and carers. The aim of this project was to…
Descriptors: Death, Seizures, Epilepsy, Mental Retardation
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Davis, Bryan L.; Rubinstein-Avila, Eliane – Intercultural Education, 2013
The article provides a critical review of the global scholarship on Holocaust education (HE). Despite the growing body of work on this topic, a search through major academic databases by the authors revealed that no such review of the research literature has been published as of yet. The review focuses on three main themes across the research…
Descriptors: Death, European History, Jews, Foreign Countries
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Proske, Matthias – European Education, 2012
Against the background of the pedagogization and internationalization of Holocaust memory discourse, this contribution focuses on the specific conditions of history classes on National Socialism and the Holocaust in Germany. Using a case study, this article shows both how the meanings of these subjects are communicatively negotiated in history…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Foreign Countries, Social Systems, Classroom Communication