Advancing social inclusion in the neighbourhood for people with intellectual disabilities: an exploration of the literature

Leisure time and recretional activities for people with intellectual disabilities: literature review of its nature, barriers, strategies and effects

Abstract: Background and Aim: In the contemporary world, investigation about how to spend leisure time and participating in recreational activities along with the researches concerning work and its effects has been paid attention to by many authors. The aim of the present paper is to investigate the quality of leisure time and the role of recreational activities in the life of people with inte...

Social inclusion in the neighbourhood and the professional role identity of group home staff members: views and experiences of staff regarding neighbourhood social inclusion of people with intellectual disabilities

فراگیرسازی اجتماعی افراد کم‌توان دهنی: ارائه مدل بوم‌شناختی شبکه‌های اجتماعی و مشارکت محلی

Social inclusion is an important goal for people with intellectual disability, families, service providers, planners and policymakers. Pay attention to importance of social inclusion, still remains somewhat obscure in this concept which lead to overlapped and conflict in its definitions. Legislation and policies concerning persons with disabilities advocate full and effective social inclusion a...

معرفی رویکرد خود- وکیلی و بررسی مروری تأثیرات آن به عنوان روشی مناسب برای توانمند سازی افراد دارای کم توانی ذهنی

Not so long ago, people with intellectual and developmental disabilities were deprived of their primary rights and many people fought against this discrimination to achieve these rights and sought equal rights as everyone in the society through self-advocacy movement. The main purpose of this movement is empowering and enhancing people with intellectual and developmental disabilities’ con...

Comparison of Postural Control and Functional Balance in Individuals People with Intellectual Disabilities with and Without Developmental Coordination Disorder

Introduction: Balance in individual with intellectual disability has a great importance due to the failure to perform motor tasks. The purpose of the present study was to compare postural control and balance function in two groups of individual with intellectually disabled with and without developmental coordination disorder. Methods: The present study was a cross-sectional and causal-comparat...