BACKGROUND This study aimed to investigate the utilization of preventive health services in the adults with intellectual disabilities from the nationwide database. METHODS The research method of this study is secondary data analysis. The data was obtained from three nationwide databases from 2006 to 2008. This study employed descriptive statistics to analyze the use and rate of preventive hea...

fryns-aftimos syndrome is a rare autosomal dominant disorder characterized by craniofacial signs, anterior neuronal migration disorder (pachygyria, lissencephaly), skeletal deformities and mental retardation. we describe a five-year-old boy with abnormal facial features (hypertelorism, ptosis, high arched palate), skeletal problems (short stature, short fingers, flat feet) and mild intellectual...

Applied behaviour analysis by a specialist team plus standard treatment for adults with intellectual disability displaying challenging behaviour was reported to be clinically and cost-effective after 6 months. In a 2-year follow-up of the same trial cohort, participants receiving the specialist intervention had significantly lower total and subdomain Aberrant Behavior Checklist scores than thos...

We examined mothers' resolution of their children's diagnosis of Intellectual Disability (ID) and its link to maternal sensitivity, and we hypnotized that mothers' who are "resolved" will show more sensitivity during their interactions with their children than "unresolved" mothers. We assessed maternal resolution using the Reaction to Diagnosis Interview and maternal sensitivity in three differ...

This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of a proposed occupational therapy home program (OTHP) for children with intellectual disabilities (ID). Children with ID were randomly and equally assigned to OTHP or to no OTHP groups. The primary outcome measures were Canadian Occupational Performance, Bruininks-Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency-Second Edition, and The Children's Assessment...