Visual impairments in people with severe and profound multiple disabilities: An inventory of visual functioning

Journal of Intellectual Disability Research

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 470-475

  van den Broek, Ellen G C ^a   Janssen, C G C ^b   van Ramshorst, T ^c   Deen, L ^c  

^a Visio Noordwest Nederland   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c Esdégé Reigersdaal ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Intellectual disability; Multiple disabilities; Prevalence of visual impairment; Visual functioning

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR VISION; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPILEPSY; EYE FIXATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; REFRACTION ERROR; SPECTACLES; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABLED PERSONS; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; MENTAL RETARDATION; MIDDLE AGED; VISION DISORDERS; VISION SCREENING; VISION TESTS;

EID: 33646267688     PISSN: 09642633     EISSN: 13652788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2788.2006.00804.x     Document Type: Article

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