Developmental approaches provide inclusive, universal, and methodologically rigorous
frameworks for studying persons with intellectual disability (ID). This is an exceptionally …

Speech plays an imperative part in friendly and verbal correspondence for people.'Verbal
correspondence'signifies communicating thoughts, sentiments and considerations …

We present this article as a testament to Ed Zigler's commitment to science in the service of
humanity and to policy based on conceptually compelling theory and methodologically …

Background Infants born at extremely low birthweight (ELBW:≤ 1000 g) are vulnerable to
intellectual disabilities, but the factors that may distinguish between ELBW survivors with …

Background Language acquisition strongly predicts executive functioning (EF) in early
childhood in typical development and in children with Down syndrome (DS). Both language …

An introduction to the journal is presented which discusses various reports within the issue
on topics including examination of extremely low birthweight (ELBW) survivors, profiles and …

Abstract Background Individuals with Down syndrome (DS) appear to perform at a level that
is commensurate with developmental expectations on simple tasks of selective attention. In …

As per the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (2004), students who
receive school-based special education services must be educated in the least restrictive …

This study aims to determine the significance of the direct effect of self-concept on academic
achievement, self-concept and academic achievement on student self-adjustment, and the …