Co-created training program to promote active ageing in people with Down syndrome

Language in ageing persons with Down syndrome.

Several cross-sectional studies and one longitudinal study were conducted on the language abilities of various cohorts of persons with Down syndrome aged between 14 and 50 years. No significant difference was observed on any of the receptive and productive morphosyntactic and lexical measures used, suggesting no marked change in the language of these persons from adolescence onto late adulthood...

How to Design an Exercise Program TO Reduce Inflammation in Obese People With Down Syndrome

Using Training with Older People for Active Ageing in Time and Space

This paper introduces aspects of the authors’ work within the “Città Educante” project that aims at exploiting advanced ICT technology to rethink the concept of learning environment and reshape it within a smart city perspective. In particular, the paper introduces the LECTurE module that, by relying on the timeline-based approach to automated planning, proposes contextualized lessons, as well ...

Reading in People with Down syndrome: “visual route” or “phonological route”?

Abstract Background and Purpose: Many people with Down syndrome learn to read to some degree, but how they learn to read has been debated by researchers. Some researchers have argued that given the phonological deficits of people with Down syndrome and their stronger visual-spatial abilities, they rely on the “visual route” to learn to read, while others have shown that the “phonological ro...

Speech production in people with Down syndrome

There is a well developed literature on the development of vocabulary and grammar in children with Down syndrome but limited information in the area of speech production. The spoken language of people with Down syndrome often leads to a lack of intelligibility which does not necessarily diminish with age, despite slow but steady development of phonology. This paper explores some of the elements...