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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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Job Burnout amongst the Institutional Caregivers Working with Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: Utilization of the Chinese Version of the Copenhagen Burnout Inventory Survey
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Lin, Lan-Ping; Lin, Jin-Ding – Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 2013
Burnout has been considered important to understand the well-being of people who work with individuals with intellectual disabilities (ID) and developmental disabilities (DD). To identify personal and workplace characteristics associated with burnout, this study aimed to utilize the Chinese version of the Copenhagen Burnout Inventory to provide a…
Descriptors: Autism, Feedback (Response), Caregivers, Work Environment
Geographic Differences in Social-Welfare Oriented Institutional Care for People with Disabilities in Taiwan, 2002-2009
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Lin, Lan-Ping; Hsu, Shang-Wei; Kuo, Fang-Yu; Lin, Jin-Ding – Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 2013
The present paper aims to provide information of long-term trend of distribution and utilization of institutional care resource for people with disabilities by different geographic areas in Taiwan. Data were analyzed using governmental reported general population by administrative area, population of persons with disabilities, and the profile of…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Foreign Countries, Welfare Services, Social Services
Disparity in Autism Spectrum Disorder Prevalence among Taiwan National Health Insurance Enrollees: Age, Gender and Urbanization Effects
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Hsu, Shang-Wei; Chiang, Po-Huang; Lin, Lam-Ping; Lin, Jin-Ding – Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 2012
The present study aims to characterize the prevalence of autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) in Taiwan while examining the effects of age, gender, and urbanization on ASD occurrence. A cross-sectional study was conducted to analyze data from 895,639 random health insurance claimants who claimed medical services in the year 2007. Autism was defined…
Descriptors: Medical Services, Incidence, Autism, Public Health
The Study of Geographic Differences in the Prevalence of Disability among Taiwanese Population
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Lin, Jin-Ding; Li, Chien-De; Lin, Lan-Ping; Hsu, Shang-Wei – Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 2012
The present study analyzes data of the governmental reported general population and population of persons with disabilities from 2002 to 2009, to describe the disability prevalence and to test the overtime change with particular focused on the geographic differences in Taiwan. In average, the disability prevalence was 42.06% (range = 31.06%-80.04%…
Descriptors: Incidence, Foreign Countries, Welfare Services, Disabilities
Utilization and Expenditure of Hospital Admission in Patients with Autism Spectrum Disorder: National Health Insurance Claims Database Analysis
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Lin, Jin-Ding; Hung, Wen-Jiu; Lin, Lan-Ping; Lai, Chia-Im – Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 2011
There were not many studies to provide information on health access and health utilization of people with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). The present study describes a general profile of hospital admission and the medical cost among people with ASD, and to analyze the determinants of medical cost. A retrospective study was employed to analyze…
Descriptors: Medical Services, Expenditures, Autism, Hospitals
Aged and Dependency Ratios among Autism, Intellectual Disability and Other Disabilities: 10-Year Trend Analysis
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Lin, Jin-Ding; Lin, Lan-Ping; Sung, Chang-Lin; Wu, Jia-Ling – Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 2011
Dependency ratios are useful as general indicators of future economic and social health. The present paper focuses on the description of dependency ratios and over time change in different kind of disability which include autism, intellectual disability, vision, hearing, and limb impairments. We analyzed data mainly from the public web-access…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Older Adults, Trend Analysis, Foreign Countries
Ten-Year Trend Analysis of Autism Severity: A Nationwide Population-Based Register Study
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Lin, Jin-Ding; Sung, Chang-Lin; Lin, Lan-Ping; Hsu, Shang-Wei; Chien, Wu-Chien; Su, Sui-Lung; Wu, Jia-Ling – Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 2011
The severity of autism spectrum disorder was strongly related to the education and service outcome. Without a clear profile of autistic population and its change, efforts to understand its nature and improve the quality of service or education will be impossible. The present study aims to describe the over time reported rate of autism severity…
Descriptors: Mild Disabilities, Autism, Trend Analysis, Foreign Countries
Administrative Prevalence of Autism Spectrum Disorders Based on National Disability Registers in Taiwan
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Lin, Jin-Ding; Lin, Lan-Ping; Wu, Jia-Ling – Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 2009
The aim of this paper was to describe the over time prevalence of autism from 2000 to 2007 in Taiwan, with particular focus on the age, gender, prevalence and causes. We analyzed data from the public web-access information collected by the Department of Statistics, Ministry of the Interiors, Taipei, Taiwan. The data included: (1) the physically…
Descriptors: Incidence, Autism, Foreign Countries, Pervasive Developmental Disorders