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Editorial
If You Start, Anything is Possible…
About a year ago, I attended a local dance-concert based upon the Odyssey presented by a group of artists from the Netherlands. After the performance I listened to the discussion that the choreo…
ARTICLES
Functional Caregiving: A New Construct for Mother's Caregiving to Adult Children with Intellectual DisabilitiesShu-Pi C. Chen, DrPH, RN; Sheila Ryan-Henry, ACSW; Nikolaus Bezruczko, PhD
Researchers currently lack a sound theoretical base for studying mothers' caregiving of adult children with intellectual disabilities. Functional Caregiving is a new construct proposed to describ…
Health Care Needs of Adults with Down SyndromeJoni Jacobsen Bosch, PhD, ARNP
Individuals with Down syndrome (DS) have a longer life expectancy than they did even 25 years ago. They need all the periodic health screenings other adults receive. In addition, there are ce…
His Name is MichaelLaurie A. McCray, RN, MS
Every new mother hopes to have a relatively easy delivery and to give birth to a healthy child. The reality is that doesn't always happen. In this article, the nurse author describes her personal…
The Receiving End of Learning Disability Services: Between Individuals and FamiliesMonique Lhussier, MSc; Catherine E. Gibb, PhD, PGC Disability Studies, BSc (Hons); Charlotte Clarke PhD, MSc, PGCE, BA, RN; Christopher Minto MSc, LLB (Hons), PGCE, RN; Anthony Perini MB, BS, MSc, FRC Phych
By studying either the experiences of people with intellectual disabilities or those of their carers, researchers have compartmentalised often intricately linked lives. In this qualitative res…