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Age Related Visual Impairment in the Elderly
The most common causes of age related visual impairment in the elderly are presbyopia, cataracts, age related macular degeneration, primary open angle glaucoma and diabetic retinopathy. Untreated visual impairment leads to physical handicap, increased incidence of fall, depression, social isolation and dependency.  
Document Medical Journal of Malaysia 2004
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Visual Impairment in the Elderly and what Care Givers need to know
The study aims at finding current knowledge to achieve good care for visually impaired elderly. it will also find out the problems associated with vision loss in the elderly and how best they can cope with the situation. 
Document ARCADA University 2013
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Social Support and well being in Adults who are Visually Impaired
This study explored multiple aspects of social support and their links to the well-being of working-age adults with visual impairments. Instrumental help from family members was the most frequent type of positive support that was received, and underestimation of the participants' capabilities was the most frequent type of negative support that... More
Document Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness 2005
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The Symptoms of Autism Spectrum Disorders in Adolescents and Adulthood
This article describes the symptoms of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) manifested by 405 individuals between the ages of 10 and 53 years, all of whom had an ASD diagnosis. 
Document Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders 2003
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The ABC Teaching Social Skills to Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder in the Classroom
This study examines change in social functioning for adolescents with high-func-tioning Autism Spectrum Disorder  following the implementation of a school-based, teacher-facilitated social skills intervention known as Program for the Education and Enrichment of Relational Skills.  
Document Springer Journal 2014
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The United Nations Convention on the right and Dignities for persons with disability: A panacea for Ending disability discrimination?
The article arguing that the UN Convention is a necessary but not sufficient instrument for the enforcement of disability rights and should not be perceived as a panacea that will end disability discrimination. 
Document European Journal of Disability 2009
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Extending the capability paradigm to address the complexity of Disability
This paper reviews the paradigms that address disability and the ways of assessing a person’s capability set within this framework. Achieved functionings are easily measured through cross-sectional surveys, using counterfactual analysis to compare the situations of disabled and nondisabled people.
Document European Journal of Disability 2009
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Disability, Poverty, Human Rights and the need for accurate data to promote action
The research is both significant in itself and important because the goal of the conference was to underscore the need to address global disability issues within the larger context of international development policy. As part of this effort, the need for accurate data to complement, fortify and amplify the call for human rights found in the ne... More
Document European Journal of Disability 2009
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Engaging adolescents with disabilities in research
This paper reviews methods by which adolescents with disabilities can be engaged in research. The benefits and challenges of using these techniques are discussed, with adolescents with disabilities in South India. The paper concludes with a discussion of the benefits, drawbacks and implications of using participatory research techniques with a... More
Document European Journal of Disability 2009
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Violence against women with Disability: A Quest for Specific Sexual Violence Prevention Education in Tandem
This paper examines the important issue of sexual violence against women with intellectual disability. It is well known that women with Intellectual Disability (ID) are disproportionately vulnerable to sexual exploitation and violence victimisation. 
Document Global Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability 2017
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Sexuality and Intellectual Disability
This study focuses on the intersection of disability and gender: being intellectually disabled and being a young woman. It specifically, explores the lives of intellectually disabled young women and sexuality. 
Document STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY 2010
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Women with intellectual disability: Their sexual lives in the 21st century
The aim of this paper was to give an overview of, and a commentary on, research demonstrating what women with intellectual disability are saying about their intimate relationships and sexual lives in the 21st century.
Document Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability 2014
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