Insights from a retrospective review of children who underwent hypoglossal nerve stimulator implant surgeries.| Sleep Review
In this video I emphasize the importance for neurodivergent individuals of creating positive and ”rich” social networks (which consists of all the relationships we have with friends, family, teachers, therapists, counselors, and others). Once we understand our network (and we can draw a ”sociogram” to give us a picture of it) we can ”tweak” so […] The post Enriching Social Networks of the Intellectually Disabled first appeared on Thomas Armstrong, Ph.D..| Thomas Armstrong, Ph.D.
In this video (#33 in my series ”The Power of Neurodiversity’’), I focus on the issue of employment for people with intellectual disabilities. Only 19% of those with intellectual disabilities work, compared with 61% for neurotypicals. This isn’t right. Many of those who do work, end up in sheltered workshops doing menial tasks like assembling […] The post Video #33 – Positive Careers for the Intellectually Disabled first appeared on Thomas Armstrong, Ph.D..| Thomas Armstrong, Ph.D.
In this video (#32 in my series on The Power of Neurodiversity) I talk about the stereotypes that neurotypical people have about those with Down syndrome, which holds that they’re limited in what they can accomplish, that perhaps they can work at a sheltered workshop assembling cardboard boxes or bussing dishes at a fast food […] The post Video – 25 Positive Role Models with Down Syndrome first appeared on Thomas Armstrong, Ph.D..| Thomas Armstrong, Ph.D.
It was Tall Timber Days in our town here in the Minnesota northwoods, and we had a parade. For two miles, from the fairgrounds and through the old downtown, floats and fire engines, vintage cars an…| A View of the Lake
In this video I discuss the strengths associated with intellectual disabilities. It is especially important to do this because people with intellectual disabilities have been denegrated for over a century because of the dark history of I.Q. testing in America, wherein eugenically-minded psychologists used words like ”moron” and ”imbecile” to describe these individuals, and where […] The post Video #31 – Five Strengths of the Intellectually Disabled first appeared on Thomas Armstro...| Thomas Armstrong, Ph.D.
The state’s 2023 law permits abortions for “life-limiting” anomalies during the first 24 weeks of pregnancy, but it leaves some people behind.| North Carolina Health News
The Down Syndrome Association of the Republic of Argentina (ASDRA, acronym in Spanish) (in Spanish) is a non-profit organization that was founded in 1988 by a group of parents to improve the lives of their children with Down syndrome. ASDRA … Continue reading →| Collection Spotlight from the National Rehabilitation Information Center
Children with Down syndrome are at high risk for developing Obstructive Sleep Apnea. Listen more here on a podcast, Talking Sleep, presented by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine and featuring Dr. Ignacio Tapia. The post OSA in Children with Down Syndrome – Talking Sleep Podcast first appeared on Baby Sleep Advice for Parents & Kids.| Baby Sleep Advice for Parents & Kids
The Jérôme Lejeune Foundation adopts GNU Health for the research and management of Trisomy 21 and other intellectual disabilities of genetic origin.| MeanMicio
