This study addressed the presence of executive dysfunction in children with CHARGE syndrome, a genetic disorder with multiple physical anomalies and severe challenging behaviors. Ninety-eight children were included in the study. More than half received clinically significant scores on the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function (BRIEF; Gioia et al., 2000) scales of Shift, Monitor, and t...

Through the concept of design thinking the act of designing is presented as an intellectual activity, and the act of planning the design is elevated over the making process. However, the importance of materiality and the embodied sense-making that occurs in this context should not be forgotten. In this study, embodied cognition in design and craft practices was investigated through three case s...

Abstract This article makes a case that disability, particularly visual, hearing, and speech impairments, played significant role in Scottish Enlightenment thought. Focusing on the work of Dugald Stewart, particular his essay ‘Some account boy born blind deaf’, we argue disability was deep preoccupation thinkers who used it as test for various important philosophical questions including those c...