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Direct linkChloe Watfern; Philippa Carnemolla – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2025
Background: Climate change disproportionally affects people with intellectual disability. Despite this, people with intellectual disability are rarely included in conversations about just environmental futures. Methods: Using PRISMA-ScR guidelines, this scoping review maps the academic literature surrounding intellectual disability and climate…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Climate, Risk, Barriers
Tess Levy; Cristan Farmer; Siddharth Srivastava; Kristina Johnson; Jadyn Trayvick; Camille Brune; Alexandra Massa; Hailey Silver; Paige M. Siper; Jessica Zweifach; Danielle Halpern; Jennifer H. Foss-Feig; Jonathan A. Bernstein; Elizabeth Berry-Kravis; Craig M. Powell; Mustafa Sahin; Latha Valluripalli Soorya; Audrey Thurm; Joseph D. Buxbaum; Alexander Kolevzon – American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2025
The clinical spectrum of Phelan-McDermid syndrome (PMS) is varied, with wide-ranging degrees of intellectual disability, developmental delays, behavioral abnormalities, and medical features. Different types of genetic variation lead to PMS, and differing genotypes (e.g., size of deletion or type of variant) account for some of this variability,…
Descriptors: Genetics, Genetic Disorders, Intellectual Disability, Developmental Delays
Yu-Fen Yen; Pei-Yun Sun; Pei-Fang Tsai; Yen-Chin Chen; Sheng-Hsiang Lin – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2025
Background: Oral opportunistic bacteria pose health risks for people with intellectual disability, yet their relationship with activities of daily living (ADLs) remains underexplored. Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study of 178 institutionalised people with intellectual disability. ADL was assessed by caregivers. Oral samples were…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Microbiology, Institutionalized Persons, Dental Health
Elizabeth Oommen; Megan Dozeman; Megan Cuellar; Alyssa Koetje; Jacob Witte; Lauren Timmer; Erica Bradford – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2025
The aim of this study was to develop caregiver-friendly recipes for thickened liquids consistent with the International Dysphagia Diet Standardisation Initiative (IDDSI) guidelines using noncommercial thickening agents to reduce variability in preparation. Recipes were tested combining base and thickening agents, where base agents were measured in…
Descriptors: Cooking Instruction, Motor Reactions, Physical Disabilities, Food
Margaret Nikki Heiman – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This mixed methods study on postsecondary outcomes for individuals with disabilities focused on the experiences of young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) and significant disabilities from their perspective. The research questions include understanding their overall quality of life (QOL), the supports, services, and…
Descriptors: Quality of Life, Equal Education, Students with Disabilities, Young Adults
Justin E. Freedman; Alicia M. Drelick; Benjamin H. Dotger – Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 2024
Researchers increasingly recognize the importance of high school students with disabilities being prepared to advocate for postsecondary academic accommodations. The purpose of this study was to inform how self-advocacy instruction can reflect the authentic context in which postsecondary students with learning disabilities (LD) and with attention…
Descriptors: Self Advocacy, Postsecondary Education, Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Students with Disabilities
Anne Shaw – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2024
This review tracks the last 50 years of the journey towards the inclusion of disabled students in Higher Education (H.E.). It provides a critical overview of the impact of evolving U.K. policy aimed at widening participation for disabled H.E. students. The overview spotlights the historical, ideological and political influences on policy and…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Higher Education, Educational History, Barriers
So Yoon Kim; Shannon LaPoint; Kristen Bottema-Beutel – Journal of College Student Development, 2024
This study examined autistic undergraduate students' college experiences and their perceptions about their intentions to persist in college. Semi-structured online interviews were conducted with 27 autistic undergraduate students (mean age = 21.8 years; 40.7% men), and their responses were analyzed using qualitative content analysis. Students…
Descriptors: Student Experience, Academic Persistence, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Undergraduate Students
Kim, Hun Ju; Lee, Sung Ja; Kam, Kyung-Yoon – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2023
This study verified validity and reliability of the School Function Assessment (SFA) using Rasch analysis in South Korean school-based occupational therapy sites serving children with intellectual disabilities and others. Participants were 103 elementary school children (grades 1 through 6) with disabilities. Rasch analysis revealed several…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Test Validity, Test Reliability, Occupational Therapy
Gartland, Debi; Strosnider, Roberta – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2023
The National Joint Committee on Learning Disabilities (NJCLD) affirms the importance of transition as a critical component of successfully progressing from secondary school to college or university for students with learning disabilities. Although NJCLD has addressed secondary to postsecondary education transition planning in a previous paper,…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, College Bound Students, Students with Disabilities, Learning Disabilities
Stewart, Shannon L.; Dave, Hiten P.; Lapshina, Natalia – Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 2023
Psychiatric disorders are common in youth with intellectual and developmental disabilities. This is a vulnerable group of children whose behavioural problems often have more complicated care needs than other children, which can place a great deal of stress on their families. However, the association of family mental health issues, level of…
Descriptors: Trauma, Mental Disorders, Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities
Merrigan, Catherine; Senior, Joyce – Irish Educational Studies, 2023
A philosophy of inclusion, based on the fundamental principles of human rights and equal opportunities for all, has become central to the education of students with special educational needs (SEN) in an inclusive education system, in accordance with the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) (UN, "United…
Descriptors: Special Schools, Inclusion, Students with Disabilities, Equal Education
Lauter, Jessica Antoinette – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The perceptions of educators supporting students with disabilities in community colleges was the focus of this narrative inquiry study. The purpose of this qualitative study was to examine the perceptions of educators who teach students with disabilities in community colleges regarding barriers to their achievement and supports and resources…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Students with Disabilities, Community College Students
Jordan Margaret Olson Causadias – ProQuest LLC, 2023
There has been a sharp increase in mental health support for children in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, with a growing demand for school-based mental health services due to gaps in the US youth mental health infrastructure. This dissertation presents an action research study conducted in a Title I middle school in Arizona, exploring a school…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Trauma Informed Approach, Middle School Teachers
Stefanie Köb; Frauke Janz – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2023
This study examines the social position of N = 507 young people with and without intellectual disabilities (ID) in inclusive secondary classes, using a sociometric peer-rating method. In addition, their teachers (N = 21) were asked in topic-centred interviews about their subjective theories regarding the respective social position, as well as…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Inclusion, Secondary School Students, Teacher Attitudes
