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Post-secondary education could improve the IQ of adults with mild intellectual disability

Post-secondary education (PSE) has a potential for improving the IQ of adults with mild intellectual disability (ID), according to a new Bar-Ilan University study. The study examined the impact of PSE ...
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A Picture-Based Activity Schedule Intervention to Teach Adults with Mild Intellectual Disability to Use an iPad During a Leisure Activity

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Individuals with developmental disabilities have limited opportunities to participate in leisure activities, frequently due to lack of skills.
Psychology Today

Intellectual Disability (Intellectual Developmental Disorder)

Intellectual disability is a disorder marked by below-average intellectual function and a lack of skills necessary for independent daily living. The condition begins in the developmental period. The ...
Nature

A recessive form of extreme macrocephaly and mild intellectual disability complements the spectrum of PTEN hamartoma tumour syndrome

This study was approved by the Ethics Committees of the Universities of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Leipzig, and Oxford. Informed consent of patient 1 (P1) and both parents (including their consent for P2) was ...
Psychology Today

Intellectual Disability (Intellectual Developmental Disorder)

Intellectual disability is a disorder marked by below-average intellectual function and a lack of skills necessary for independent daily living. The condition begins in the developmental period. The ...
Disability Scoop

Postsecondary Programs May Boost IQ In Those With Intellectual Disability

Participating in university-based postsecondary programs may help individuals with intellectual disabilities increase their intelligence, new research suggests. Adults with intellectual disabilities ...
Disability Scoop

CDC Study Pinpoints Prevalence Of Intellectual Disability

Researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are offering up a new estimate of the number of American children with intellectual disability. In a study looking at 8-year-olds in ...
The Conversation

Hospitals only note a person’s intellectual disability 20% of the time – so they don’t adjust their care

Adrian Raymond Walker currently works in the Department of Developmental Disability Neuropsychiatry at The University of New South Wales, Sydney. The department receives core funding from the NSW ...
The Conversation

People with intellectual disability have a right to sexuality – but their families have concerns

Callista Kahonde receives funding from the National Research Foundation Innovation Postdoctoral Fellowship. She is a postdoctoral fellow at Stellenbosch University, Centre for Disability and ...
Science Daily

Low Maternal Education Linked To Intellectual Disabilities In Offspring

Using a epidemiologic approach, researchers have discovered a key indicator for increased risk of mental retardation in the general population. Researchers found that low maternal education resulted ...
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4 local nonprofits that help people with disabilities find jobs

Tony Guerrero operates a forklift at Firestone Walker Brewing Co. in Paso Robles. He found full-time employment at the brewery through NCI Affiliates. jjohnston@thetribunenews.com As a child, Tony ...