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50 Years of ERIC
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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Henninger, Natalie A.; Taylor, Julie Lounds – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2014
When researchers evaluate adult outcomes for individuals with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities (IDD), the perspective of families is not always considered. Parents of individuals with IDD ("N" = 198) answered an online survey about their definition of a successful transition to adulthood. Content analysis was used to…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Developmental Disabilities, Online Surveys, Content Analysis
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Burke, Meghan M.; Taylor, Julie Lounds; Urbano, Richard; Hodapp, Robert M. – American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2012
With the growing life expectancy for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, siblings will increasingly assume responsibility for the care of their brother or sister with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Using a 163-item survey completed by 757 siblings, the authors identified factors related to future caregiving…
Descriptors: Siblings, Adults, Caregivers, Mental Retardation
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Taylor, Julie Lounds; Hodapp, Robert M. – American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2012
A significant concern of parents and professionals is that adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities will go without regular educational-vocational activities. The authors examined predictors of such inactivity in individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, as well as how inactivity related to their sibling's…
Descriptors: Siblings, Mental Retardation, Developmental Disabilities, Sibling Relationship
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Taylor, Julie Lounds; Shivers, Carolyn M. – American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2011
This study examined aspects of the sibling relationship that predicted helping profession choice and volunteerism in siblings of individuals with mild intellectual deficits at 3 points in adulthood: their mid-30s, early 50s, and mid-60s. The 393 respondents were from the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study, a prospective, longitudinal study following…
Descriptors: Siblings, Sibling Relationship, Predictor Variables, Volunteers
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Esbensen, Anna J.; Bishop, Somer; Seltzer, Marsha Mailick; Greenberg, Jan S.; Taylor, Julie Lounds – American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2010
Differences between 70 adults with autism spectrum disorders and intellectual disability and 70 age-matched adults with Down syndrome were examined on variables indicative of independence in adult life. Adults with autism spectrum disorder had less residential independence and social contact with friends, had more limited functional abilities and…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Autism, Down Syndrome, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
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Taylor, Julie Lounds; Hurd, Heather Doescher; Seltzer, Marsha Mailick; Greenberg, Jan S.; Floyd, Frank J. – American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2010
We examined how the educational expectations that parents with mild intellectual deficits had for their children shaped their children's attainment, and how parents' own intellectual limitations affected this process. We identified 612 parents with mild intellectual deficits and 2,712 comparison parents from the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study, a…
Descriptors: Educational Attainment, Academic Aspiration, Educational Opportunities, Child Rearing