PaísDI : Feasibility and effectiveness of an advocacy program for adults with intellectual disability and their stakeholders' groups in Chile

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcela Tenorio ◽  
Andrés Aparicio ◽  
Paulina Sofía Arango ◽  
Ana Karen Fernández ◽  
Alfonso Fergusson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual Disability ◽  
Advocacy Program

Increasing Inclusion and Reducing the Stigma of Special Needs in Latvia: What Can We Learn from Other Countries?

2018 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 379-395
Author(s):  
Zaiga Mikelsteins ◽  
Thomas G. Ryan
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Intellectual Disability ◽  
Special Needs ◽  
Western World ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Special Education Needs ◽  
Education Needs ◽  
The One ◽  
Advocacy Program ◽  
Adults With Special Needs

Latvia regained its independence in 1991 and has been slowly transforming the education system to meet the standards of the European Union (EU) and the Western world. Since regaining independence Latvia has started to integrate children with special education needs into regular schools and society; yet the process is quite restrained and measured, causing many to suggest that there must be a way and means to accelerate this process. If only Latvians could access and use practices found (Alberta) Canada or another inclusive country (Finland), that has successfully integrated students and adults with disabilities into school and society, to diminish Latvian problems such as life long dependency, poverty and social exclusion that adds to an already existing stigma of intellectual disability according to the European Union Monitoring and Advocacy Program (EUMAP, 2005). Stigma is the one issue that keeps surfacing as the key challenge for people with special needs in Latvia (Fine-Davis & Faas, 2014). Latvian society at present has minimal exposure and experience with children and adults with special needs, resulting in unawareness, avoidance, and a general misunderstanding of this population.

Normocentric biases taint cognitive neuroscience and intervention of autism

2019 ◽  
Vol 42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laurent Mottron
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual Disability ◽  
Cognitive Neuroscience ◽  
Social Motivation ◽  
Repetitive Behaviors ◽  
Restricted Interests ◽  
Autistic People

Abstract Stepping away from a normocentric understanding of autism goes beyond questioning the supposed lack of social motivation of autistic people. It evokes subversion of the prevalence of intellectual disability even in non-verbal autism. It also challenges the perceived purposelessness of some restricted interests and repetitive behaviors, and instead interprets them as legitimate exploratory and learning-associated manifestations.

Receipt of psychotropic medication by people with intellectual disability in residential settings

2000 ◽  
Vol 44 (6) ◽  
pp. 666-676 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Robertson ◽  
E. Emerson ◽  
N. Gregory ◽  
C. Hatton ◽  
S. Kessissoglou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual Disability ◽  
Psychotropic Medication ◽  
Residential Settings

Abstract # OR-20: External Validation of the Leicester Self-Assessment Diabetes Risk Score in a Population with Intellectual Disability

2016 ◽  
Vol 22 ◽  
pp. 12
Author(s):  
Laura Gray ◽  
Yogini Chudasama ◽  
Alison Dunkley ◽  
Freya Tyrer ◽  
Rebecca Spong ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual Disability ◽  
Risk Score ◽  
External Validation ◽  
Diabetes Risk ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Diabetes Risk Score
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