Pub Date : 2024-10-25DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2024.104862
Justin S. Miller , Warren S. Brown , Ryan W. Mangum , Anne A.T. Nolty , Lynn K. Paul
Background and aims
Primary agenesis of the corpus callosum (ACC) is a congenital neurological disorder characterized by the absence, either partial or complete, of the corpus callosum in individuals who do not have intellectual disability and are otherwise neurologically asymptomatic. While mild to moderate neurocognitive deficits have been observed in individuals with primary ACC using neuropsychological assessments, the impact of this syndrome on adaptive behavior remains insufficiently understood.
Methods
This study used self- and informant-ratings on the Adaptive Behavior Assessment System, Second Edition (ABAS-II) to evaluate adaptive behavior in 35 adults diagnosed with primary ACC.
Results
While adults with primary ACC reported adaptive functioning comparable to an age-adjusted normative sample, family informants rated their adaptive ability below norms in several skill domains, particularly social skills.
Conclusions
This pattern of lower ratings by informants than self-ratings suggests adults with ACC may have poor understanding of their own behavior and its consequences. This study demonstrates that informants observe significant deficiencies in the conceptual, social, and practical aspects of adaptive behavior in persons with primary ACC, and that these deficiencies are not seen as clearly by the persons themselves.
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Pub Date : 2024-10-25DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2024.104861
L. Collart , E. Ortibus , N. Ben Itzhak
Background
Health-related Quality of Life (HRQOL) and its relation with functional vision is understudied in cerebral visual impairment (CVI).
Aims
Characterising HRQOL, comparing child self- and parent proxy-reports, and exploring relations with functional vision.
Methods and procedures
Seventy-three children with CVI (n females = 33; n males = 40; Mean performance age = 7y2m) were included. HRQOL was measured with Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL) child self- and parent proxy-reports and compared using Wilcoxon signed-rank tests. Risk for impaired HRQOL was evaluated using cut-off scores. Parents scored functional vision using the Insight Questions Inventory and the Flemish CVI Questionnaire.
Outcomes and results
61 % (self-reported) or 66 % of children (proxy-reported) were at-risk for impaired total HRQOL. Ratings were correlated (rs = 0.305; p = 0.013); however, children rated higher total HRQOL compared to parent-proxy (r = 0.382; p = 0.002). The Insight Questions Inventory and the PedsQL proxy-report were correlated (rp = −0.454; p < 0.001), the Flemish CVI Questionnaire was negligibly correlated (rp = −0.244; p = 0.041).
Conclusions and implications
HRQOL is reduced in CVI, and both child and parent perspectives are crucial. HRQOL and functional vision are intricately related, and impairment in one negatively affects the other.
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Pub Date : 2024-10-21DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2024.104860
Veronica Sperandini , Federica Alice Maria Montanaro , Paola De Rose , Paolo Alfieri , Stefano Vicari
Background
Individuals with intellectual disability (ID) are more vulnerable to traumatic and stressful events, increasing their risk of developing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Aims
This study aimed to investigate differences in psychopathology, post-traumatic symptoms, and adaptive functioning in a sample of Italian children and adolescents with and without ID. It also sought to determine whether the type of interpersonal trauma was associated with distinct psychopathological outcomes.
Methods and procedures
Sixty-six children and adolescents exposed to interpersonal trauma (physical/sexual abuse, domestic violence, and neglect), were selected and divided into two groups based on the presence or absence of ID. Assessment consisted of structured parent interviews and parent-reported questionnaires. For each scale, comparisons between subtests were performed.
Outcomes and results
Children and adolescents with ID were more likely to exhibit more severe post-traumatic symptoms, anxiety issues, social problems, and poorer adaptive functioning, with the exception of the practical domain, which appeared to be equally impaired in both groups. In terms of interpersonal trauma typology, exposure to physical/sexual abuse and domestic violence led to greater post-traumatic symptoms compared to neglect.
Conclusion and implications
Interpersonal trauma significantly affects children and adolescents, with or without ID, highlighting the need for tailored treatments for both groups.
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Pub Date : 2024-10-17DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2024.104857
David Littlefair , Matthew McCloskey-Martinez , Pamela Graham , Fiona Nicholls , Amy Hodges , Reinie Cordier
Background
Education systems on an international basis have experienced an increase of neurodiverse students in mainstream schools. Such students can experience a deficit in school connectedness which restricts inclusive participation. In My Shoes is an intervention programme developed in Australia to support the inclusion of pupils with autism in primary school settings. This study aimed to adapt this programme for delivery in UK primary schools and widen it to encompass all neurodiverse pupils.
Methods
Focus groups of key stakeholders (Pupils, Parents, Teachers and Senior Leaders) explored and shared perspectives on the In My Shoes programme with regard to adapting and refining it for delivery in UK primary schools. Focus group data were analysed using a thematic approach.
Results
Five themes emerged from the data focusing upon materials, curriculum, context, duration, and whole-school approach. Linking the intervention to the PSHE curriculum for delivery was a key finding.
Conclusions
All key stakeholder groups found the programme beneficial to school connectedness and participation. They contributed to adaptations necessary to widen intervention to encompass all neurodiverse children and for deployment in UK primary schools. The biggest endorsement came from the pupil groups that were most enthusiastic about the intervention, who demonstrated an understanding and a relation to the concepts of the programme. Following revisions to the materials and adaptations suggested by stakeholders, a small feasibility study will be conducted with neurodiverse pupils and their typically developing peers across mainstream year 4 and year 5 classrooms (age 8-10 year olds) in the UK.
背景国际教育体系中,主流学校中的神经多样性学生越来越多。这些学生在与学校的联系方面可能会出现缺陷,从而限制了他们的全纳参与。In My Shoes "是澳大利亚开发的一项干预计划,旨在帮助小学环境中的自闭症学生融入学校。本研究旨在调整该计划,使其适用于英国小学,并扩大其范围,以涵盖所有神经多样性学生。方法由主要利益相关者(学生、家长、教师和高级领导)组成的焦点小组探讨并分享了有关 "我的鞋子 "计划的观点,以便对其进行调整和改进,使其适用于英国小学。结果从数据中得出了五个主题,分别是材料、课程、背景、持续时间和全校方法。结论所有主要利益相关群体都认为该计划有利于学校的联系和参与。他们为扩大干预范围以涵盖所有神经多样性儿童以及在英国小学实施所需的调整做出了贡献。最大的认可来自于对干预最热衷的学生群体,他们表现出对计划概念的理解和关系。在根据利益相关者的建议对教材进行修改和调整后,我们将在英国的主流四年级和五年级教室(8-10 岁)对神经多样性学生及其发育正常的同龄人进行一项小型可行性研究。
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Pub Date : 2024-10-16DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2024.104849
D. Kimbrough Oller , Edina R. Bene , Hyunjoo Yoo , Pumpki Lei Su , Helen Long , Cheryl Klaiman , Stormi L. Pulver , Shana Richardson , Moira L. Pileggi , Natalie Brane , Gordon Ramsay
Background
We describe acoustic patterns across the five most prominent vocal types in typically developing infants (TD) and compare them with patterns in infants who develop autism (ASD) or a developmental disability (DD) not related to autism. Infant-directed speech (IDS) is a potentially important influence on such vocal acoustic patterns. Both acoustic patterns and effects of IDS are important for understanding the earliest origins of communication disorders.
Aims
To compare duration, pitch and loudness of infant vocalizations for three groups of infants (TD, ASD, DD) in circumstances with high or low amounts of IDS.
Methods and Procedures
Two five-minute segments from each of 1259 all-day recordings across the first year were coded and acoustically analyzed for three groups of infants (130 TD, 44 ASD, 21 DD). Duration, mean fundamental frequency, and root mean square amplitude were determined for >162,000 infant utterances.
Outcomes and Results
Cries were longest and loudest, and vowel-like sounds were shortest of the five vocal types in all groups. TD infants showed significant alterations in vocal acoustics during periods of high IDS.
Conclusions and Implications
Strong similarities in acoustic patterns occurred across the three groups, but only the TD group showed significant acoustic effects of IDS.
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Pub Date : 2024-10-15DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2024.104856
Pastora Martínez-Castilla , Elena López-Riobóo
Background
Temporal-sampling theory argues that difficulties in the processing of syllable stress auditory markers and in lexical stress discrimination contribute to explaining the language problems of children with developmental language disorder and of those with dyslexia. The theory has not been tested in other developmental disabilities.
Aims
This research sought to assess the potential of temporal-sampling theory as a framework to accounting for language difficulties in Down syndrome (DS).
Methods and procedures
Thresholds for auditory markers of lexical stress, lexical stress discrimination, and receptive vocabulary were studied in teenagers and young adults with DS and in peers with other intellectual disability (ID) of unknown origin matched on chronological age and non-verbal cognition.
Outcomes and results
Frequency and intensity thresholds were higher in participants with DS, and their lexical stress discrimination and receptive vocabulary skills were lower than those of the group with other ID. Lexical stress discrimination was predicted by intensity thresholds and group, while receptive vocabulary was only predicted by lexical stress discrimination.
Conclusions and implications
The results suggest that temporal-sampling theory is useful to explain language difficulties in individuals with DS or with other ID. This opens up new window opportunities for the design of language intervention programs in such populations.
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Pub Date : 2024-10-15DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2024.104858
Ali Fahad Aldakhil
Background
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a prevalent neurodevelopmental disorder that not only impacts children's behavior, learning, and social interactions but also their quality of life. Advances in artificial intelligence (AI) may provide new opportunities to improve the ADHD symptoms and quality of life of children with ADHD, especially through customized play activities that address their specific needs.
Aims
This study examined the impact of AI-based play activities on the quality of life of 61 Saudi children aged between 8 and 12 years who had an ADHD diagnosis.
Methods
AI-based play activities intervention consisted of twelve 45-minute sessions, delivered to the experimental group over four weeks (three sessions per week). The control group did not receive any intervention. Children and parents completed the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL) at pre-test, post-test and follow-up.
Results and outcomes
The experimental group exhibited significant improvements in all dimensions and total scores of PedsQL, with moderate to large effect sizes. These improvements were not observed in the control group. The beneficial effects of the AI-based play activities were maintained at the 7-weeks follow-up.
Conclusions
AI-based play interventions may enhance quality of life for children with ADHD, with sustained improvements observed after 7-weeks. Incorporating such interventions into educational and therapeutic settings could improve behavioral, social, and cognitive ADHD symptoms. Future research should explore broader applications and long-term effects of AI-based play activities interventions.
背景注意缺陷/多动障碍(ADHD)是一种普遍存在的神经发育障碍,不仅影响儿童的行为、学习和社会交往,还影响他们的生活质量。人工智能(AI)的进步可能会为改善多动症症状和多动症儿童的生活质量提供新的机会,特别是通过定制游戏活动来满足他们的特殊需求。这项研究考察了基于人工智能的游戏活动对61名年龄在8至12岁之间、被诊断为多动症的沙特儿童生活质量的影响。对照组不接受任何干预。儿童和家长在测试前、测试后和随访时填写了儿科生活质量量表(Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory,简称 PedsQL)。对照组则没有这些改善。结论基于人工智能的游戏干预可提高多动症儿童的生活质量,7 周后可观察到持续的改善。将此类干预纳入教育和治疗环境可改善多动症的行为、社交和认知症状。未来的研究应探索基于人工智能的游戏活动干预的更广泛应用和长期效果。
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Pub Date : 2024-10-13DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2024.104855
Maximilian Schmausser , Anthony Holland , Jessica Beresford-Webb , Stephen J. Eglen , Katie Manning , Lucie Aman , Dina Kronhaus , Julian Koenig
Background
Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS) is a genetic neurodevelopmental disorder marked by disruptions in circadian rhythms and autonomic nervous system (ANS) activity, hyperphagia, and episodes of emotional outbursts. Previous trials suggest that both invasive and non-invasive vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) can reduce emotional outbursts in PWS, potentially through its effects on vagal activity.
Aim
This case series investigated the effects of transcutaneous auricular VNS (taVNS) on cardiac markers of circadian vagal activity, specifically heart rate variability (HRV) and heart rate (HR), and their potential links to improvements in emotional outbursts.
Methods
Five individuals with PWS (mean age: 26.9 years; 3 males, 2 females) received four hours of daily taVNS for 12 months, followed by one month of two-hour daily sessions. Outcome measures included daily recording of emotional outbursts and every three months 24-h HRV and HR recordings. Mixed cosinor models were applied to analyze changes in circadian rhythms of HRV and HR. A linear mixed model was used to assess the predictive value of cardiac vagal activity on emotional outbursts.
Results
Circadian amplitudes of HRV and HR were significantly higher at the end of the treatment compared to baseline (all p’s < .01). There was a significant increase in the rhythm-adjusted mean of HRV (p < .01), while the rhythm-adjusted HR mean significantly decreased, both indicating increased cardiac vagal activity. Higher rhythm-adjusted mean HRV predicted a lower number of emotional outbursts.
Conclusion
The results suggest that taVNS may be effective by targeting ANS activity in individuals with PWS, contributing to improvements in behavioral regulation.
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Pub Date : 2024-10-12DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2024.104851
Roel Kooijmans , Myrte van Langen , Hille Voss , Enid Reichrath , Jarymke Maljaars , Ruth Dalemans , Peter E. Langdon , Xavier Moonen
Background and aims
We investigated whether improving the cognitive accessibility of a widely used self-report measure leads to better understanding and more accurate answers in a sample of adults with mild intellectual disability and borderline intellectual functioning.
Methods and procedures
We undertook a series of cognitive interviews before and after adaptation of the instructions and selected items of an existing self-report measure of adaptive functioning. Interview results and participant feedback were supplemented with quantitative comparisons between participant and carer scores.
Outcomes and results
Adaptation based on participant experiences and preferences combined with evidence-informed guidelines improved understanding and accuracy. Self-report and carer-report scores showed greater convergence after adaptation; this occurred because people with intellectual disabilities appeared to understand the self-report measure more effectively.
Conclusions and implications
The results show that adaptation of the self-report instrument to suit the needs and preferences of people with mild intellectual disability or borderline intellectual functioning leads to a more accessible measure and more reliable and valid results. Results also highlight the importance of complementing proxy reports with a first-person perspective in assessment as clients and informants may differ in their assessment of behavior and skills.
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Pub Date : 2024-10-10DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2024.104850
Óscar Gonzalo , Inés Heras , José Luis Castillo , Cuauhtémoc Meza , Miguel Ángel Verdugo
Background
The Quality of Life Supports Model (QOLSM) is a well-suited framework for enhancing the inclusion of students with disabilities in higher education. No research aimed at assessing its impact has been identified.
Aims
This review aims to map the scientific literature to assess the current impact of QOLSM on higher education.
Methods and procedures
A Scoping Review of educational practices, policies, and cultures aimed at enhancing the quality of life for students with disabilities was conducted. Databases from EBSCOHost, ProQuest, and Scielo were employed to identify studies written in English or Spanish from 1978 to 2023. Four independent reviewers screened results for inclusion.
Outcomes and results
Out of 5361 records, 21 met the inclusion criteria. Students with developmental disabilities are the primary recipients of Quality-of-life support strategies. The reported educational practices were poorly aligned with the disability rights framework, the social-ecological model of disability, and the multidimensional Quality-of-Life construct. Specialized supports and mainstream settings were more common than generic supports and segregated settings.
Conclusions and implications
This review highlights the currently limited impact of the QOLSM in fostering the inclusion of students with disabilities in higher education. Conducting a systematic review or meta-analysis is not recommended at this stage.
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