OBJECTIVE To evaluate the change in incidence rates of road traffic disabilities from 1980 to 2005 in China. METHODS We employed the 2006 China National Sample Survey on Disability to derive weighted number of persons with disabilities resulting from road crashes and weighted age-gender-specific population at risk by disability occurrence year. The annual incidence rate of road traffic disabi...

It is crucial to understand the attitude of psychology students towards disability because are projected be engaged in health services, especially mental health. The purpose this study was examine attitudes moderated by gender, class, frequency contact with disabilities and experiences related disability. research method used correlational quantitative through distribution an online self-report...

The mobile world is increasingly becoming ubiquitous throughout the world as an entry point to consult but also activate services, as more and more people use smart phones as entry points to interact with the Web. At the same time, people with disabilities are leveraging the Web and smart phones in ways never imagined before, where technologies lower the burden of becoming au pair with people w...

This speech was presented at a conference, the National Goals in Research, Policy, and Practice, held in Washington, DC, on August 6-7, 2015. The conference was a working meeting to summarize the current state of knowledge and identify a platform of national goals in research, practice, and policy in intellectual and developmental disabilities. The meeting was jointly organized by the Research ...

Extant literature does not show the relationship between design attributes of Technology-mediated Learning (TML) environments or Course Management Systems (CMS) and behavioral attributes and their impact on academic success of students with disabilities. In addition, existing research does not consider the perceptions of disabled users regarding accessibility and its impact on the effectiveness...

The Learning Disability Index (LDI) is one of many diagnostic indicators proposed for the identification of students with learning disabilities that relies on patterns of performance on cognitive tests. The LDI is hypothesized to relate to students' specific neuropsychological deficits. The present study investigated the diagnostic utility of the LDI with the third edition of the Wechsler Intel...

A significant concern of parents and professionals is that adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities will go without regular educational-vocational activities. The authors examined predictors of such inactivity in individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, as well as how inactivity related to their sibling's well-being and the sibling relationship. Participants ...

The paper examines the links between degree of intellectual disability, challenging behaviour, service utilisation and cost for a group of people with intellectual disabilities living in care accommodation in England. A cross-sectional survey was conducted of people with intellectual disabilities, identified via provider organisations, with supplementary collection of costs data. Multivariate a...