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Marscha M. Engelen; Marie-Christine J. P. Franken; Lottie W. Stipdonk; Sarah E. Horton; Victoria E. Jackson; Sheena Reilly; Angela T. Morgan; Simon E. Fisher; Sandra Van Dulmen; Else Eising – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2024
Purpose: Stuttering is a speech condition that can have a major impact on a person's quality of life. This descriptive study aimed to identify subgroups of people who stutter (PWS) based on stuttering burden and to investigate differences between these subgroups on psychosocial aspects of life. Method: The study included 618 adult participants who…
Descriptors: Adults, Stuttering, Quality of Life, Psychological Patterns
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Angell, Maureen E.; Stoner, Julia B.; Fulk, Barbara M. – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2010
Essentially, the goal of the P-16 educational process is to teach students to become self-determined adults. Unfortunately, educational systems sometimes fail in addressing these factors and in educating students with various disabilities in the area of self-determination. In this article, the authors present the major findings that emerged from…
Descriptors: Physical Disabilities, Cerebral Palsy, Congenital Impairments, Teaching Methods
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McColl, Mary Ann; Jarzynowska, Anna; Shortt, S. E. D. – Disability & Society, 2010
The present study examined population level data on unmet needs for adults with physical, sensory and cognitive disabilities, using the National Population Health Survey. The study revealed that disabled adults (aged 20-64) reported more than three times as many unmet health care needs as their non-disabled counterparts. Even after controlling for…
Descriptors: Health Needs, Emotional Problems, Hearing Impairments, Foreign Countries