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Kay, Joshua J.; Clegg, Jennifer A.; Emck, Claudia; Standen, Penny J. – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2016
Background: Psychomotor therapy enables people to reflect on the relationship between experiences and feelings by starting from awareness of bodily responses rather than from awareness of emotion. In this study we examine PsyMot (ID), an assessment that directs this psychological therapy. Method: Twelve suitable consecutive admissions were…
Descriptors: Psychomotor Skills, Physical Therapy, Sensory Experience, Human Body
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Gaskin, Cadeyrn J.; Andersen, Mark B.; Morris, Tony – Disability & Society, 2012
Although physical activity can have substantial mental and physical health benefits, people with cerebral palsy usually lead sedentary lives. To understand, at an individual level, this inactivity, we interviewed a 29-year-old minimally active woman with cerebral palsy (Alana) about the meanings and experiences of physical activity throughout her…
Descriptors: Cerebral Palsy, Females, Adults, Experience
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Brice, Alejandro E. – Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, 2008
It is estimated that 3.2% of Cuba's population of 11.4 million persons has a severe disability of some kind. Recent economic difficulties have, it may be assumed, had a negative impact on health service provision--which is free to all--and thus, on population health outcomes and nutritional levels. There is a traditional culture of family care for…
Descriptors: Health Services, Special Schools, Social Problems, Mental Retardation