Disability is generally defined as a physical, mental, or psychological injury that causes harm to the child’s physical mental development, both, and may affect his state development of education training. Thus, individual child becomes person with special needs less than peers same age in functions perception, both. Handicapped children are usually classified into following groups: Physically ...

Measurement in the shift of 424 normal children's perceptions of their handicapped peers was determined following their exposure to structured learning experiences of what it would be like to be handicapped. Attitude development and approaches used for attitude change are described. Significant positive shifts were found in children's perceptions of their handicapped peers' play capabilities, i...

Objective: The aim of this study was to identify the significant difficulties in access to health care services experienced by patients with physical disabilities. Method: A cross-sectional study at King Abdul Aziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on 235 persons with physical disability, from 1 January to 30 June 2014. Results: A total of 88% of the people with disability reported having the ...

Sex chromatin studies in institutions for mentally handicapped children show a considerably higher frequency of abnormalities as compared with observations on the general population. The published material is summarized in Table I. The present research was undertaken in order to determine the frequency of possible X chromosome numerical aberrations, by means of a sex chromatin study, in a group...

Congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries is a rare anomaly, where the systemic circulation is supported by the morphological right ventricle. We present a 43 year-old asymptomatic male, a former competitive short-distance runner, with recently diagnosed congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries. To our knowledge this is the first report of such a case.

objectives: the vineland adaptive behavior scale-ii is useful in assessing an individual’s daily functioning. they can be used as an evaluation and diagnostic tool for individuals who are mentally retarded or individuals with other handicaps. methods: to determine the efficacy of vabs in clinical settings, 3 cases with mental retardation and behavioral or emotional problems were evaluated accor...

In 1976 Rappaport et al. introduced the term Monosuperocentroincisivodontic dwarfism to describe patients who exhibit a solitary maxillary central incisor in both dentitions in conjunction with growth retardation.1 The frequency of congenitally missing maxillary primary central incisors has not been reported, but the frequency of congenitally missing maxillary permanent central incisors is rare...

OBJECTIVE Various programmes for adults with congenitally malformed hearts have been developed, but detailed descriptions of content, rationale and goals are often missing. The aim of this study was to describe and make an initial evaluation of a follow-up model for adults with congenitally malformed hearts, focusing on education and psychosocial support by a multidisciplinary team (EPS). MET...

BACKGROUND As a result of managed care mandates for primary care and the growing community presence of the 6 million mentally handicapped persons in the United States, primary care of this population will increasingly be provided by family physicians. How much family practice residencies emphasize training for care of this population is the focus of this study. METHODS A questionnaire was mai...