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50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Demographic Characteristics, Health Conditions, and Residential Service Use in Adults with Down Syndrome in 25 U.S. States
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Stancliffe, Roger J.; Lakin, K. Charlie; Larson, Sheryl A.; Engler, Joshua; Taub, Sarah; Fortune, Jon; Bershadsky, Julie – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2012
This study describes service users with Down syndrome (N = 1,199) and a comparative sample with intellectual and developmental disabilities but not Down syndrome (N = 11,182), drawn from National Core Indicator surveys of adult service users in 25 U.S. states. Individuals with Down syndrome were younger than were individuals without Down syndrome.…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Down Syndrome, Residential Programs, Adults
Correlates of Everyday Choice and Support-Related Choice for 8,892 Randomly Sampled Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities in 19 States
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Ticha, Renata; Lakin, K. Charlie; Larson, Sheryl A.; Stancliffe, Roger J.; Taub, Sarah; Engler, Joshua; Bershadsky, Julie; Moseley, Charles – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2012
This article examines everyday choices made by 8,892 adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) and support-related choices made by 6,179 adults with IDD receiving services from 19 state developmental disabilities program agencies that participated in the 2008-2009 National Core Indicators Project. Controlling for physical and…
Descriptors: Adults, Mental Retardation, Developmental Disabilities, Selection
Satisfaction and Sense of Well Being among Medicaid ICF/MR and HCBS Recipients in Six States
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Stancliffe, Roger J.; Lakin, K. Charlie; Taub, Sarah; Chiri, Giuseppina; Byun, Soo-yong – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2009
Self-reported satisfaction and sense of well-being were assessed in a sample of 1,885 adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities receiving Medicaid Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) and Intermediate Care Facility (ICF/MR) services in 6 states. Questions dealt with such topics as loneliness, feeling afraid at home and in one's…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Well Being, Day Programs, Developmental Disabilities
Factors Associated with Expenditures for Medicaid Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) and Intermediate Care Facilities for Persons with Mental Retardation (ICF/MR) Services for Persons with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
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Lakin, K. Charlie; Doljanac, Robert; Byun, Soo-Yong; Stancliffe, Roger J.; Taub, Sarah; Chiri, Giuseppina – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2008
This article examines expenditures for a random sample of 1,421 adult Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) and Intermediate Care Facility/Mental Retardation (ICF/MR) recipients in 4 states. The article documents variations in expenditures for individuals with different characteristics and service needs and, controlling for individual…
Descriptors: Health Services, Expenditures, Individual Characteristics, Severe Disabilities
Overweight and Obesity among Adults with Intellectual Disabilities Who Use Intellectual Disability/Developmental Disability Services in 20 U.S. States
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Stancliffe, Roger J.; Lakin, K. Charlie; Larson, Sheryl; Engler, Joshua; Bershadsky, Julie; Taub, Sarah; Fortune, Jon; Ticha, Renata – American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2011
The authors compare the prevalence of obesity for National Core Indicators (NCI) survey participants with intellectual disability and the general U.S. adult population. In general, adults with intellectual disability did not differ from the general population in prevalence of obesity. For obesity and overweight combined, prevalence was lower for…
Descriptors: Obesity, Incidence, Adults, Females
Loneliness and Living Arrangements
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Stancliffe, Roger J.; Lakin, K. Charlie; Doljanac, Robert; Byun, Soo-Yong; Taub, Sarah; Chiri, Giuseppina – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2007
Adults with ID/DD live in increasingly small community settings, where the risk of loneliness may be greater. We examined self-reported loneliness among 1,002 individuals with ID/DD from 5 states in relation to community residence size, personal characteristics, social contact, and social climate. One third reported being lonely sometimes and one…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Social Environment, Psychological Patterns, Place of Residence