This work was supported by a grant from Shalem Fund This study examined the impact of learning using an accessible digital book, based on the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) model, among adolescents and adults with intellectual disabilities. Participants were divided into two groups: one group learned using a digital book and the other using a printed book. The results of the study showed an improvement in academic achievement in ...
This work was supported by a grant from Shalem Fund The life expectancy of people with developmental intellectual disabilities (ID) has increased in recent years, and as a result, many more of them live to experience death and the loss of their relatives. The purpose of the study is to examine the personal and professional factors that contribute to professionals' perception of the emotional and practical needs of people with ...
This work was supported by a grant from Shalem Fund The research findings indicate that including individuals with intellectual developmental disabilities (IDD) in research raises unique complex ethical dilemmas among different research groups. Disagreements and differences in approach were seen within and between the different research groups. The findings emphasize that developing adapted ethical working rules is important and significant for the purpose of including individuals with IDD in research. ...
This work was supported by a grant from Shalem Fund The current study examined the missing perspective in the literature, of the special education team in the paradigm of partnership with parents. The study involved special education professionals from three schools from many sectors. All the selected schools belong to the complex special education system that includes motor disabilities, cognitive disabilities, or both. The current study examined the protective factors ...
This work was supported by a grant from Shalem Fund The study's goal was to examine giftedness phenomenon in the field of visual art among adolescents (aged 16-21) with intellectual disability (ID). The participants included twenty-nine adolescents with ID with a artistic talent in painting and 26 without such talent. The research question was, whether this talent is domain-specific, or whether they have high global cognitive ability in the field ...
This work was supported by a grant from Shalem Fund The purpose of this study is to trace and analyze the history of non-physical disabilities throughout the Classical Sunni Islamic period. The heart of the research is in the processing of data which comes from original sources written at the time of the research period, and which relate to non-physical disabilities. This study shows that the history of the non-physical ...
This work was supported by a grant from Shalem Fund. The main goal of the current study was to examine the developmental trajectories of musical aptitude (tonal and rhythmic) among individuals with non-specific intellectual disability (ID), compared to individuals with typical development (TD) in two age cohorts: older adolescence (17-21) and young adulthood (25-40). Musical aptitude was examined in light of three possible developmental trajectories of intelligence and cognitive ability ...
This work was supported by a grant from Shalem Fund. Over the years the emotional component has been completely absent from the definition of intellectual disability and these resources, emotional intelligence and other psychological aspects among the population of the intellectually disabled have not yet been examined. In our study, the question arises, why is the emotional component absent from the definition of the new intellectual disability, is it due ...
This work was supported by a grant from Shalem Fund Progress in the discourse and legislation concerning the human rights of people with disabilities has led to the realization of their rights across many life domains, including the right to marry and to bear children. With regard to the potential impact of disability on parenting, most research until now has focused on parenting as experienced by the parents themselves. However ...
This work was supported by a grant from Shalem Fund The objectives of the present study were to examine the developmental trajectories of crystalline and fluid intelligence and the developmental trajectories of the literal, figurative, and narrative language in adolescents (16-21) and adults (22-40) with mild and moderate non-specific intellectual disability (NSID) (N = 60, IQ = 40-70), compared to individuals with typical development (TD) (N = 60, IQ = ...