Dufek, Janet S. Harry, John R. Eggleston, Jeffrey D. Hickman, Robbin A.
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Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities
The study of monozygotic (MZ) twins enables researchers to understand the inheritability and manifestation of many disorders due to the presence of near identical genotypes. It is reasonable to speculate that the heterogeneous manifestations of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) present unique movement challenges to each MZ twin, regardless of nearly i...
Cheng, Sanyin Sin, Kuen Fung
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Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities
This study explores how self-determination relates to integration among deaf or hard of hearing (DHH) and hearing university students in mainland China. The American Institutes for Research (AIR) Self-Determination Scale and the Institutional Integration Scale were administered to 300 DHH students and 250 hearing students. Results showed that those...
van den Bogaard, Kim J. H. M. Nijman, Henk L. I. Palmstierna, Tom Embregts, Petri J. C. M.
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Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities
Self-injurious behavior (SIB) is one of the most detrimental behaviors for the person showing it, as well as for their environment. Nevertheless, structured clinical assessments of SIB are scarce. Staff completed a Self-Harm Scale (SHS) every time they witnessed SIB in clients with an intellectual disability (ID) and co-occurring psychopathology (N...
Fralish, Bethany Nickels, Megan Garcia, Jeanette
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Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities
The purpose of this case study was to examine the physiological and psychosocial effects of an immersive virtual reality (VR) system in a female, young adult with physical disabilities. Mixed-methods. University, City, State, USA. The current study consisted of six sessions over a span of three weeks, with each session lasting approximately 45 min....
Simó-Pinatella, David Mumbardó-Adam, Cristina
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Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities
Video-based interventions (i.e., video prompting and video modeling) have been acknowledged as efficient evidence-based practices to teach social or living skills to students with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). However, this strategy has been used less to teach these students’ academic skills, such as literacy skills, and this t...
White, Keeley Flanagan, Tara D. Nadig, Aparna
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Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities
Promoting self-determination (SD) in youth with disabilities is positively related to better post-secondary outcomes, such as employment and independence. Despite extensive research into SD and quality of life (QoL) for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, the relation between the two has not been examined for young adults with ...
Kim, Junhyoung Lee, Chungsup Ji, Minjoon
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Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities
Little research exists that explores which domains of life satisfaction contributed to life satisfaction among Korean older adults with a physical disability. The purpose of this study was to investigate which domains of life satisfaction predicted life satisfaction by the identified different age groups among Korean older adults with a physical di...
Bitsika, Vicki Sharpley, Christopher F.
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Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities
The effects of menarche on Sensory Features (SF) profiles were investigated in a sample of 53 high-functioning girls aged 6 yr. to 17 yr. (M age = 10.0 yr., SD = 2.7 yr) who had received a diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Results indicated that girls who had reached menarche were reported by their mothers as exhibiting significantly low...
Hakim, Renée M. Frey, Caroline M. Spadoni, Karen E. Meyer, Keith
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Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities
The purpose of this study was to administer clinical balance measures in community-dwelling adults with unilateral lower extremity (LE) amputations and determine optimal cut-off scores for identifying fallers. A cross-sectional study was conducted on a convenience sample of 40 independently ambulatory participants with unilateral LE amputations and...
Szmacinski, Natalia J. DeBar, Ruth M. Sidener, Tina M. Sidener, David W.
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Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities
The effectiveness of an audio model faded by volume on manding for materials was evaluated within an interrupted behavior chain with two children with autism. Behavior chains were interrupted to contrive an establishing operation (EO) by providing broken items and were interspersed with abolishing operation (AO) trials. An auditory model to teach m...
