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Social-sexual education in adolescents with behavioral neurogenetic syndromes

Wednesday, March 30th, 2011

A recent paper abstract I read brought up a very important topic which I don’t see discussed much: sex education for adolescents with developmental disabilities. I don’t know how good the paper itself is, but I agree with the conclusion: “Social and sexual education programs are of the utmost importance for adolescents with neurogenetic developmental [...]

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March Is Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month

Thursday, March 3rd, 2011

For the past few years, each April gets a lot of attention for Autism Awareness Month. All well and good but are you aware that Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month has already started? A message from The Arc: March Is Our Month Thanks to the advocacy efforts of The Arc in the 1980s, President Ronald Reagan [...]

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The Arc Action Alert – Do You Want “Congregate Care”?

Friday, February 25th, 2011

The Arc sends out periodic Action Alerts. I just got this one in my email inbox. Do you think the government should go back to segregated living and institutions for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities? Now is your chance to add your comments and be heard. Do You Want “Congregate Care”? Then now is [...]

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Work stress, burnout, and social and personal resources among direct care workers.

Friday, February 18th, 2011

No surprise, people who have jobs caring for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities face a lot of stress. A recent paper has looked into what causes and alleviates the stress for these workers. Work stress, burnout, and social and personal resources among direct care workers. Gray-Stanley JA, Muramatsu N. School of Nursing and Health [...]

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