Neurobehavioral disorders in children, adolescents, and young adults with Down syndrome

G Capone, P Goyal, W Ares… - American Journal of …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
… Krieger Institute has evaluated over 100 adolescents and young adults (13–30 years) with
DS … Our findings from 68 adolescents and young adults with DS suggest that mood disorders …

Self‐awareness in young adults with Down syndrome: I. Awareness of Down syndrome and disability

C Cunningham, S Glenn* - International Journal of Disability …, 2004 - Taylor & Francis
young adults with Down syndrome deliberately did not discuss their disability with them;
many took a proactive role whilst others preferred to be reactive. Furthermore, Rapley, Kiernan, …

“I have a good life”: the meaning of well-being from the perspective of young adults with Down syndrome

…, J Bourke, H Leonard, S Girdler - Disability and …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
young adults with Down syndrome and to identify the barriers and facilitators to participation.
Methods: Twelve young adults with Down syndrome … for young adults with Down syndrome

A study of functional literacy skills in young adults with Down syndrome

S Bochner, L Outhred, M Pieterse - International Journal of …, 2001 - Taylor & Francis
… a study of young adults with Down syndrome who were born … in a group of young adults
with Down syndrome, some of whom … Results showed that all but one of the young adults had …

Health conditions and their impact among adolescents and young adults with Down syndrome

TJ Pikora, J Bourke, K Bathgate, KR Foley, N Lennox… - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
… Using questionnaire data collected in 2011 from parents of young adults with Down syndrome
we investigated the medical conditions experienced by their children in the previous 12 …

An investigation of the determinants of quality of life in adolescents and young adults with Down syndrome

F Haddad, J Bourke, K Wong, H Leonard - PLoS One, 2018 - journals.plos.org
… Overall, our findings revealed that quality of life of young people with Down syndrome was
most negatively associated with burden of medical conditions, but also with lack of friendships…

Understanding friendship: Young adults with Down syndrome exploring relationships

A Jobling, KB Moni, A Nolan - Journal of Intellectual and …, 2000 - Taylor & Francis
… and “counsel” may affect a person’s psychosocial quality of life. This paper describes a six
… of young adults with Down syndrome understand friendships better. The Down Syndrome

Psychiatric disorders in adolescents and young adults with Down syndrome and other intellectual disabilities

EM Dykens, B Shah, B Davis, C Baker, T Fife… - Journal of …, 2015 - Springer
… This study compared the psychiatric diagnoses of 49 adolescent and young adult patients
with Down syndrome to 70 patients with other intellectual disabilities (IDs). The groups were …

Influence of the environment on participation in social roles for young adults with down syndrome

…, S Girdler, J Bourke, P Jacoby, G Llewellyn, S Einfeld… - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
… The purpose of this study is to describe the social participation of young adults with Down
syndrome and examine its relationship with the physical and social environment. …

Bone mass in young adults with Down syndrome

M Guijarro, C Valero, B Paule… - Journal of …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
… Volumetric bone mineral density in patients with Down syndrome and controls. The … of
Down syndrome versus controls: Lumbar spine, P < 0.001 for the comparison of Down syndrome