Yona Lunsky

TL;DR: Gender difference patterns found for individuals with intellectual disabilities were similar to those of persons without intellectual disabilities, with the exception of eating disorder and psychotic disorder diagnoses.

TL;DR: Siblings are providing key support to their brother or sister with IDD during the COVID-19 pandemic, and they too must be supported.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the state of training for clinical and counselling psychologists in Canada, despite their involvement in the controlled act of diagnosis and their use of standardised instruments used regularly with this population, finding that the majority of students believed it was important to have training in developmental disability, yet struggled to obtain adequate didactic and experiential opportunities.

TL;DR: In a recent study as discussed by the authors, the number of adolescents and adults living with families with ASD ranged from approximately 22% to 70% (Howlin et al., 2012), leaving many parents with the responsibility of health care and social service provision for their adult child in addition to behavior management and assistance with daily living.