This work was supported by a grant from Shalem Fund for Development of Services for People with Intellectual Disabilities in the Local Councils in Israel Parenthood constitutes, usually, a substantial part of an one’s adult life, and therefore the right to found a family is an integral part of the United Nation’s Convention on the Rights of
This work was supported by a grant from Shalem Fund for Development of Services for People with Intellectual Disabilities in the Local Councils in Israel The study was cross-sectional, data were collected from a convenience sample of 95 (74 mothers and 21 fathers) parents of children with Down Syndrome, using a self-administered questionnaire designed
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,
This study was carried out by Michlol- the Evaluation and Measurement Unit of the Shalem Fund Legislation on the rights of people with disabilities, as well as the prevention of discrimination in the United States (ADA and WIIA) and the United Kingdom (DDA), has made the business community more aware of consumers with disabilities and
This work was supported by a grant from Shalem Fund. Between 2017-2019, thirty-eight individuals with moderate Intellectual Disabilities, (ID) residing in community apartments, participated in a study to improve leisure participation. While an important area of function and tool for supporting community inclusion, few studies have examined the efficacy of interventions to improve leisure participation
This work was supported by a grant from Shalem Fund. This study compared Family Quality of Life (FQoL), emotional and health factors among parents raising children with severe and profound intellectual disabilities at home compared to those whose child lives in a residential setting. 60 Parents of children with severe and profound developmental disabilities living
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
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
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,
Eating is a basic and existential daily activity, the skills of which every person learns in the early stages of his development. It is an activity that communicates with pleasure and often involves communication and shared time with those around us.Among the population with Intellectual developmental disabilities, we may witness difficulties in the various stages