Intellectual and adaptive functioning in individuals with Down syndrome in relation to age and environmental placement.
The cognitive and adaptive capacities of 130 individuals with Down syndrome were investigated as a function of age and environmental placement. Intellectual deterioration occurred whether individuals resided at home or in an institutional setting. Social/adaptive deterioration also occurred but with the least decline for those individuals who resided in institutional settings.
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Department of Pediatrics, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston.
Greer
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Aylward
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Hunt
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D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004314:Down Syndrome / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D004777:Environment; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007360:Intelligence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012112:Residential Facilities