OBJECTIVE To describe the cause of death together with emergency department presentations and hospital admissions in the last year of life of people with intellectual disability. METHOD A retrospective matched cohort study using de-identified linked data of people aged 20 years or over, with and without intellectual disability who died during 2009 to 2013 in Western Australia. Emergency depar...

Due to changes in legislation and policy the United States, higher education has become more available people with intellectual disability (ID). Currently, over 6000 students ID are enrolled 310 colleges universities. In past decade, federal government invested 100 million dollars a model demonstration program aimed at institutions of create, expand, or enhance high-quality, inclusive experienc...

Some students with intellectual disabilities require explicit instruction of language skills, including preposition use; however, little is known about effective ways to teach preposition use to this population. This study examined direct instruction (DI) to teach students to use and respond to prepositions. Results indicated that DI was an effective way to teach prepositions. Limitations and d...

Little is known about the relationships between phonological processing, language, and reading in children with intellectual disability (ID). We examined the structure of phonological processing in 294 school-age children with mild ID and the relationships between its components and expressive and receptive language and reading skills using structural equation modeling. Phonological processing ...

In a recent article, Saccuzzo, Kerr, Marcus, and Brown claimed to have demonstrated that retarded individuals have specific deficits in iconic storage duration and encoding speed. It is argued that problems with the logic and methodology of the Saccuzzo et al. experiment preclude the conclusions that were drawn. The purpose of this comment is to elucidate some of the methodological pitfalls in ...