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Differences between children with DS and children with WS regarding their functioning at the level of activities and participation.
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Portraying the voices of children with complex genetic neurodevelopmental disorders about their health, care and education needs in their statutory documents is a challenging task. This study examined the ways by which the perspectives of children diagnosed with Down Syndrome (DS) and Williams Syndrome (WS) are portrayed in their statutory document...
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... their activities and the way they participate in daily routines, family relationships were perceived as the most important strength, followed Table 3 Differences between children with DS and children with WS regarding their functioning at the level of body functions. by having a conversation which is part of the communication chapter of the ICF-CY (mostly for children with WS), and complex interpersonal interactions (see Table 4), which is part of the interpersonal interactions chapter of the ICF-CY. ...Context 2
... and language functions (within the mental functions of the ICF-CY) are predicted as difficulties significantly more often in EHC plans of children with DS then in the EHC plans of children with WS (see Table 3). The most frequent difficulties mentioned by the children in relation to activities they participate in relate to fine hand use and general self-care, followed by informal social relationships, having conversations, communicating with -receiving -spoken messages and basic interpersonal interactions (see Table 4). No significant differences were found between the distribution of these variables and region, type of provision, age, or diagnosis. ...