Comprising two parts, Ed Zigler's developmental approach has greatly influenced how one
conceptualizes children with intellectual disabilities (ID). In part one, Zigler championed a …

Edward Zigler transformed the science and humanity of the work with persons with
intellectual disability. The developmental approach is Ed's great contribution to the field of …

Though the tremendous amount of recently-emerged developmentally-oriented research
has produced much progress in understanding the personality, social, and emotional …

In this chapter, we summarize the contributions to this volume and to the evolving field of
developmental research on intellectual disability (ID). The developmental theory and …

The adage “the more you know, the less you know” may best describe the contributions of
the developmental approach to the study of persons with intellectual disability. Based on this …

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

Intellectual disability is an odd behavioral classification in that it is based on amorph ous
concepts, arbitrary designations, and highly charged social values, all of which have …

This volume is the American Association of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
updated reference manual of definitions, which was assembled by a committee of 18 …

Intellectual disability (ID) has replaced the older term mental retardation (MR), reflecting a
more enlightened and progressive attitude toward individuals with disabilities. ID is …

This chapter explains the similarities, differences, and overlapping nature of intellectual
disability (ID) and developmental disability (DD), and provides operational definitions and …