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Direct linkBrunnberg, Elinor; Bostrom, Margareta Linden; Berglund, Mats – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2008
This survey, "Life and Health--Young People 2005," included all 15/16-year-old adolescents in mainstream schools in the county of Orebro, Sweden. Just students with a slight/mild or moderate hearing loss were included. There were 56 (1.9%) "hard-of-hearing (HH) students with multiple disabilities," 93 (3.1%) students who were…
Descriptors: Multiple Disabilities, Student Adjustment, Foreign Countries, Hearing Impairments
Lundeby, Hege; Tossebro, Jan – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2008
Background: The idea that raising a child with disabilities has a negative impact on the parents' relationship is still widely accepted despite contradictory research findings. This article addresses the impact of raising a child with disabilities on family structure in the present Norwegian context. Method: Family demographics were collected at…
Descriptors: Siblings, Multiple Disabilities, Family Structure, Parents
Richardson, John T. E. – Open Learning, 2010
This investigation compared outcomes in disabled and non-disabled students taking courses by distance learning with the Open University UK in 2003. Students with mental health difficulties showed poorer course completion than non-disabled students. Students with restricted mobility and students with other disabilities showed lower pass rates than…
Descriptors: Learning Problems, Open Universities, Distance Education, Multiple Disabilities
Petry, K.; Maes, B.; Vlaskamp, C. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2007
Background: In a recent study, we constructed an item pool that contains items on the quality of life (QOL) and related aspects of support of people with profound multiple disabilities (PMD). In the present study, a panel of experts assessed the content and the structure of this item pool in order to enhance its validity and usefulness. Method: A…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Questionnaires, Multiple Disabilities, Quality of Life
Sen, Reena; Goldbart, Juliet; Kaul, Sudha – Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, 2008
The Indian Institute for Cerebral Palsy (IICP) has been providing education and other services in Kolkata, Eastern India, for children and young adults with cerebral palsy and related disabilities for over 30 years. IICP started by providing education for just two children, and was highly dependent on western expertise. Described is the history of…
Descriptors: Multiple Disabilities, Cerebral Palsy, Young Adults, Nongovernmental Organizations
Papageorgiou, Dora; Andreou, Yiannoula; Soulis, Spyros – Support for Learning, 2008
A basic need for a child is to belong to a group (Maslow, 1970). Groups help children: to develop relationships and to foster individual mental health (Johnson and Johnson, 1989); and disabled and non-disabled children, when given assistance, can develop relationships with each other (Sideris, 1998). But there are very few opportunities in Cyprus…
Descriptors: Visual Impairments, Multiple Disabilities, Foreign Countries, Academic Accommodations (Disabilities)
Peer reviewedCavet, Judith – European Journal of Special Needs Education, 1988
A two-year project at the University of Manchester (England) is investigating the leisure opportunities available to people who are profoundly retarded and multiply impaired. The project is conducting an international literature review, identifying models of good practice within the European community, and disseminating information through reports…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Leisure Time, Models, Multiple Disabilities
Download full textBarkauskiene, Rasa – Learning Disabilities: A Contemporary Journal, 2009
A person-oriented approach was used to examine the role of parenting in the associations between single learning disabilities and multiple learning disabilities and the adjustment difficulties in 8-11-year-olds. The results revealed that multiple, but not single, learning disabilities were associated with greater difficulties in emotional and…
Descriptors: Mothers, Learning Disabilities, Child Rearing, Adjustment (to Environment)
Vlaskamp, Carla; Hiemstra, Saskia J.; Wiersma, Linda A.; Zijlstra, Bonne J. H. – Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, 2007
In the Netherlands, the Dutch government instituted policies that enable persons with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities (PIMD) to attend day services. Over the past 15 years, surveys have indicated a progressive increase in the number of hours that such adults spend at day activities centers. However, information about how these…
Descriptors: Individual Activities, Group Activities, Multiple Disabilities, Foreign Countries
Birath, Gunnar – 1985
The booklet is intended to help train people with mild mental retardation to drive electric wheelchairs. The systematic training incorporates features of adequate time, stress upon generalization, and a relaxed and secure environment. Lessons are presented on the following skill areas: preparation, starting and stopping, driving straight ahead,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mild Mental Retardation, Multiple Disabilities, Physical Disabilities
Warburg, Mette – Sight-Saving Review, 1974
Descriptors: Blindness, Etiology, Exceptional Child Research, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedLaxer, Gloria; And Others – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1988
Questionnaire responses provided by 319 European parents of autistic, multiply/physically handicapped, and Down's syndrome children revealed no potential pathologic event or cluster of events uniquely associated with autism. (Author/JW)
Descriptors: Autism, Clinical Diagnosis, Downs Syndrome, Etiology
McLinden, Mike – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 2004
This study of the haptic exploratory strategies used by nine children with visual impairments and additional disabilities when interacting with portable and freely manipulable objects found that a broader approach to assessment and analysis is required than is used with typically developing children. An "adaptive-tasks" approach is proposed as a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Multiple Disabilities, Children, Visual Impairments
Vlaskamp, C.; Hiemstra, S. J.; Wiersma, L. A. – Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, 2007
Persons with profound and multiple disabilities (PIMD) are dependent on staff to be sufficiently knowledgeable as to provide them with appropriate day services. One important determinant of the appropriateness and adequacy of a day support program is the level to which staff have detailed and specific knowledge about the functional abilities and…
Descriptors: Multiple Disabilities, Flow Charts, Measures (Individuals), Foreign Countries
Csapo, Marg; Clarke, Bryan R. – New Outlook for the Blind, 1974
Descriptors: Deaf Blind, Educational Needs, Exceptional Child Services, Foreign Countries
