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Peer reviewedGibson, David; And Others – International Journal of Rehabilitation Research, 1988
A study of 18 Down Syndrome and 18 other mentally retarded adults found evidence of a significant erosion of Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children scores from the third to fourth decades of life. The Block Design subtest was especially vulnerable to performance decline with age in the Down Syndrome adults. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Dementia, Downs Syndrome
