Wil Buntinx

• PhD
• Professor (Associate) at Maastricht University

Background: Sexual rights and sexuality are important aspects of quality of life, also for people with intellectual disabilities (IDs). However, providing support in this area to people with ID poses some challenges. In this study, the content of individual support plan (ISP) documents was analysed to determine the extent to which sexuality and se...

Background Goals and objectives as mentioned in Individual Support Plans (ISPs) were analysed to explore what domains of quality of life they are associated with, what support resources are referenced for achieving the goals, and how domains and resources are related to clients age, gender and intellectual disability (ID) level. Method A total of...

Background: According to Dutch jurisdiction, individual support plans (ISP) should register the mutual agreements between a person with intellectual disabilities (ID) and a professional service organisation with respect to the support that will be provided. In planning for support, active involvement of both parties is necessary. The current study...

In the past decade, new models have emerged with respect to the constructs of (intellectual) disability, quality of life, and supports. These models have implications both for understanding the underlying phenomena as for validating professional practices. The authors describe the context and key components of models of human functioning (American...

The Supports Intensity Scale (SIS) was developed to provide information on the support needs of persons with intellectual disability. Our aim here was to evaluate the factorial validity of the SIS in a sample of 14,862 persons with intellectual disability. The structure of the instrument as promulgated by the developers was tested and its stability...

This is the fourth article in a series of articles from the Terminology and Classification Commit- tee of the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD). The intent of these articles is to communicate the organization's thoughts on critical issues associated with terminology, definition, and classification in

In response to the shift from a system-centred care model to a person-centred support model, the Supports Intensity Scale (SIS) has been developed as an instrument to assess the support needs of persons with intellectual disabilities. The instrument is used as a tool for constructing individual support plans, as well as a tool for resource allocati...

A systematic review of the literature. To investigate community participation of persons with an intellectual disability (ID) as reported in empirical research studies. A systematic literature search was conducted for the period of 1996-2006 on PubMed, CINAHL and PSYCINFO. Search terms were derived from the International Classification of Functioni...

A systematic review of the literature. To describe which environmental factors have an impact on community participation of persons with an intellectual disability. A systematic literature search was conducted for the period of 1996-2006 in Pubmed, CINAHL and PSYCINFO. Search terms were derived from the International Classification of Functioning,...

The American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities' (AAIDD) Terminology and Classification Committee has two primary purposes in publishing this Perspective: (a) to share our thinking about the construct underlying the term intellectual disability (henceforth the intellectual disability construct) and its relation to human func...

Increasing emphasis on financial and administrative control processes is affecting service culture in support organisations for persons with intellectual disability. This phenomenon is currently obvious in Dutch service organisations that find themselves in transition towards more community care and at the same time under pressure from new administ...

Editors' Note T he contributors to the AAIDD White Papers on the Supports Intensity Scale™ (SIS™) were sought out by the editors because of their demonstrated successful implementation of Supports Intensity Scale, the quality of their application, and the fi delity of their work to the conceptual and application model of SIS. It is important to rea...

There is considerable and intense discussion in the field of intellectual disability/mental retardation about the construct of disability, how intellectual disability fits within the general construct of disability, and the use of the term intellectual disability (Glidden, 2006; Greenspan, 2006; MacMillan, Siperstein, & Leffert, 2006; Schalock & Lu...

Disability is no longer considered a characteristic of the person but is now seen as a characteristic of the interaction of the person with the environment. This represents a socio-ecological conceptualisation of human functioning and disability. The person-environment interactions can be modulated - and hence the functioning of the person can be i...

In this 2002 manual (10th edition), the American Association on Mental Retardation (AAMR), through its Ad Hoc Committee on Terminology and Classification, continues its contribution of information on the definition and classification of the state of functioning currently known as mental retardation. With this work, the AAMR attempts to state, descr...

El Comité de Terminología y Clasificación de la Asociación Americana sobre Discapacidad Intelectual y Discapacidades del Desarrollo tiene dos objetivos principales al publicar este artículo : (a) compartir nuestras ideas sobre el constructo que subyace al término "discapacidad intelectual" (de ahora en adelante el "constructo de discapacidad intele...