Description
Book SynopsisDevelopmental disabilities or neurodevelopmental disabilities (includes intellectual disability) are a diverse group of chronic disorders that begin at anytime during the development process (including conception, birth, and growth) up to 22 years of age and last throughout an individual's lifetime. Major disabilities include intellectual disabilities, learning disabilities, communication disorders, autism spectrum disorders, cerebral palsy, and neural tube defects. We provide an introduction and review epidemiology of major disabilities and have also gathered international research from United States, Australia, Ghana, Jordan, Ireland, Italy and India on various aspects of intellectual and developmental disability, which we hope will be of interest to our readers.
Table of ContentsPreface; Introduction; Intellectual, Developmental and Neurodevelopmental Disabilities; A Systematic Literature Review on People with Intellectual Disability and Health; Prevalence Rate of Intellectual Disability among Children in Barwani, India; The Experiences of Caring for Children with Intellectual Disabilities: Perspectives from Selected Special Schools in Ashanti Region of Ghana; The Quality of Life of Normally Achieving and Low-Achieving Participants: Is It Associated with IQ and Metacognition?; How Family Carers Support Profoundly Intellectually Disabled Persons in Decision Making: A Literature Review; Learning, Motor and Mental Health Profiles in Pupils with Borderline Intellectual Functioning and Average Intellectual Functioning; Effects of Social Skills Training Using Teaching Strategies from Applied Behaviour Analysis on the Social Development of Children with Mild and Moderate Intellectual Disabilities; People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: Reactions to Donald Trump Winning the 2016 United States Presidential Election; Ability of Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder to Identify Emotions Using Visual and Musical Stimuli; Prolonged Survival in Trisomy 13: Implications for Counseling and Care Planning; About the Editors; About the Center for Children with Chronic Diseases and Down Syndrome Center Jerusalem, Israel, Department of Pediatrics, Mt Scopus Campus, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel; About the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development; Index.
