‘My great hope in life is to have a house, a family and a daughter’: relationships and sexuality in intellectually disabled people

2014 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
pp. 56-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susana Rojas ◽  
Ignacio Haya ◽  
Susana Lázaro-Visa
Keyword(s):  
Disabled People ◽  
Intellectually Disabled ◽  
Great Hope

Pain assessment in intellectually disabled people: non-verbal indicators

2004 ◽  
Vol 45 (3) ◽  
pp. 236-245 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandra M.G. Zwakhalen ◽  
Katinka A.J. van Dongen ◽  
Jan P.H. Hamers ◽  
Huda Huijer Abu-Saad
Keyword(s):  
Pain Assessment ◽  
Disabled People ◽  
Intellectually Disabled

APPLICATION OF TAEKWONDO PARALYMPIC RULES FOR SPARRING COMPETITION IN TERMS OF SPECIAL NEEDS PHYSICAL EDUCATION FOR REDUCTION OF CHALLENGING BEHAVIOUR

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dariusz Mosler
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual Disability ◽  
Social Adjustment ◽  
Behavioral Therapy ◽  
The Other ◽  
Limited Area ◽  
Challenging Behaviour ◽  
Disabled People ◽  
Intellectually Disabled ◽  
Group Methods ◽  
Competition Rules

Aim of the study: Para Taekwondo is divided into competition of sparring (kyorugi) and patterns of defense-and-attack motions (poomse). The first one is limited to orthopedic-like disabilities, while the other also include intellectual and visual impairments. The aim of this study is to analyze rules of sparring competitions to propose a pattern of sparring-like exercises for people with intellectual disability for the purpose of reducing aggressive like behaviors that often occurs in this group. Methods: Analysis of the competition rules were compared with existing intervention and knowledge about reducing aggressive behaviors in a group of intellectually disabled people. Results: Limited area of striking, which exclude head and punishment for disobeying rules serve as similar intervention as in behavioral therapy for reducing aggressiveness. Conclusions: Limiting striking zone during practice may induce subconscious restriction in aggressive behavior, improving social adjustment for people with intellectual disability. 

scholarly journals Lived experiences of student nurses caring for intellectually disabled people in a public psychiatric institution

Curationis ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Annie Temane ◽  
Lizzie Simelane ◽  
Marie Poggenpoel ◽  
C.P.H. Myburgh
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Care ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Lived Experiences ◽  
Positive Attitude ◽  
Student Nurses ◽  
Spiritual Needs ◽  
Disabled People ◽  
Intellectually Disabled ◽  
Psychiatric Institution ◽  
Field Notes

Background: Caring for intellectually disabled people can be demanding for student nurses who are novices in the nursing profession. To ensure that quality nursing care is provided, student nurses should have an understanding of and a positive attitude towards intellectually disabled people. Nursing intellectually disabled people can be a challenge for the student nurses. Therefore, student nurses need to be able to deal with challenges of caring for intellectually disabled people.Objective: This article aims to explore and describe experiences of student nurses caring for intellectually disabled people in a public psychiatric institution.Design and method: A qualitative, exploratory, descriptive and contextual research design was used. Data were collected through individual in-depth phenomenological interviews, naïve sketches and field notes. Thematic analysis was utilised to analyse the collected data. Results were contextualised within the literature and measures to ensure trustworthiness were adhered to. Ethical principals were also applied throughout the research process.Results: Five themes emerged from the data. Student nurses experienced a profoundly unsettling impact on their whole being when caring for intellectually disabled people; they developed a sense of compassion and a new way of looking at life, and experienced a need for certain physical, mental and spiritual needs to be met.Conclusion: From the results, it is evident that student nurses were challenged in caring for intellectually disabled people. However, they developed a sense of awareness that intellectually disabled people have a need to be cared for like any other person.Keywords: experiences, student nurses, caring, intellectually disabled people, public psychiatric institution

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