OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
2023 JIDD Awards Announcement	23
Peer-led self-advocacy for people with intellectual disability through the lens of “freedom through encounter”	22
Sensory and balance impairments in Special Olympics athletes: An epidemiological study	13
Preconditions influencing the development of post-secondary training programs in universities for individuals with intellectual disabilities	13
Clinical supervision in positive behaviour support: A brief report on the perspectives of practitioners in Australia	12
Evaluating a visual communications tool to explore risk and safety with nurses and patients within an intellectual disability forensic service: A pilot study	12
Postural control in adults with Down syndrome	12
Exploring stakeholder perspectives on antipsychotic use for challenging behaviours in intellectual disabilities using a World Café approach	12
Employment experiences and challenges of parents supporting young people with intellectual disabilities in Harbin, China	12
Virtual Special Issue of JIDD and RAPIDD for ASID Conference	10
The effect of a walking, dancing, and strength training program on the functional fitness of adults with intellectual disability: A randomised controlled trial	10
A systematic review on attachment and down syndrome	10
Longitudinal analysis of disability acceptance and disability-related stress in people with intellectual and developmental disabilities	10
New Prize for the Most Outstanding Article	10
(In)Accessibility of urban public transport and transport exclusion in Poland: Perspective of parents of persons with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities	9
Measurement properties of the German version of the Cambridge examination for mental disorders of older people with Down syndrome and others with intellectual disabilities (CAMDEX-DS)	9
Adolescents with intellectual disability in residential child care: Double vulnerability	8
Siblings of adults with intellectual disabilities in Chinese societies: A scoping review	7
Sexual behaviours of individuals with developmental disabilities in South Korea: A qualitative study exploring the views and experiences of professionals	7
Disability group home residents and support worker perceptions of health communication during an infection outbreak: “Junk mail”	7
Change in function in activities of daily living associated with lower community participation for adults with Down syndrome	7
2023 Reviewers	7
Executive function abilities in Mexican people with Down syndrome during the COVID-19 pandemic	6
The family quality of life survey-2006: an examination of relationships between objective and subjective data	6
Physical activity mentoring programs for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities: A scoping review	6

The juncture and disjuncture of service delivery systems in post-parental care planning for rural people with intellectual disabilities	6
Fostering self-advocacy development in service-based self-advocacy groups	6
The relationship of productivity-based wages to human rights and occupational justice – an exploratory study	6
Active ageing in people with intellectual disability: a qualitative evidence synthesis of the experiences, challenges, and pathways to support	6
Challenges and strengths experienced by fetal alcohol spectrum disorder diagnostic clinics in Canada	6
Learning from people with disabilities: Investigating effects on pre-service teachers’ beliefs and practices in inclusive education	6
Announcement	5
Facilitators, barriers, and strategies for supporting shared decision-making with people with intellectual disability: A West Australian primary healthcare professional perspective	5
Does preservice teachers’ contact with children with intellectual disabilities during their practicum impact their attitudes and teaching practices? “If you don’t have the heart, you can’t cope … ”	5
2022: JIDD Awards Announcement	5
Epidemiology of constipation and its associated factors in an ageing population of people with an intellectual disability in Ireland: A cross-sectional study	5
Vulnerable but stronger together: An interpretative phenomenological analysis of the experiences of mothers of young adults with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities during the COVID-19 pan	5
Exploring sexual health in people with mild intellectual disabilities: A concept mapping study on the perspectives of relatives and support staff	5
Challenges of parents with children with intellectual and neurodevelopmental disorders during COVID-19: Experiences and their impact on mental health	4
Interventions to increase cervical screening rates for women with intellectual and developmental disabilities: a scoping review	4
Siblings of individuals with intellectual and developmental disability: Relations between involvement, personal resources, loneliness, and their adjustment	4
What is it like to be a twin of a person with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities?	4
The impact of sexual abuse on body experience in adults with mild intellectual disability or borderline intellectual functioning	4
Parents’ perceptions of risk and protective factors for problematic sexual behaviour in young Korean individuals with developmental disabilities	4
Development and validation of the AIDA scale: Anxiety in people with autism and intellectual disability assessment	4
Evaluating the impact of a virtual educational intervention on medical students’ knowledge and attitudes towards patients with intellectual and developmental disabilities	4
Parents’ tacit knowledge of their child with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities: A qualitative study	4
Socio-demographic and clinical profiles of adults with an intellectual disability admitted to acute general psychiatric wards in a Singapore hospital	3
Family functioning as a mediator or moderator between child behavioural and emotional problems and maternal psychological distress	3
Do images aid learning of Easy Read health information for people with intellectual disabilities? A cognitive load perspective	3
Active support as good support in group homes? A longitudinal interview study with service users	3
Single-case evaluation of oral feeding intervention and gastrostomy tube fading in adults with intellectual and multiple disabilities	3
The perspectives of agents working in positions of authority within health sector organisations regarding the involvement of experts by experience with an intellectual disability: An exploratory study	3
Health-related quality of life of children and adolescents with one vs. multiple disabilities – Are there differences from the parents’ perspective?	3
Physiological synchrony during meaningful moments of interaction: an exploratory study	3
Grief experiences of older Chilean adults with intellectual disabilities: “It still hurts inside”	3
Tacit knowledge in medical consultations for patients with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities: An exploratory qualitative study	3
COVID-19 in patients with Down syndrome: Characteristics of hospitalisation and disease progression compared to patients without Down syndrome	3
Announcement	3
Interview skills associated with employment recommendations for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities	3
The impact of traumatic and stressful life events on the relatives of trauma-exposed adults with severe or moderate intellectual disabilities: “Each time a piece of your strength breaks off”	3
Executive function is associated with behaviour problems in children and adolescents with cerebral palsy and intellectual disability	3
Families’ perspectives on the process of community transitions of individuals with severe intellectual and developmental disabilities	3
A qualitative study of the emotion regulation experiences of children and adolescents with intellectual disabilities: “Because it helps my brain to calm down”	3
Navigating uncertainty: taking methodological cues from relatives and care professionals for researching the perspectives of people with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities	3
The association of cognitive functioning and substance use disorders with adaptive impairments of inpatients in forensic addiction treatment	3
Short Physical Performance Battery reliability and validity in adults with mild to moderate intellectual disability	3
Down syndrome or Rett syndrome in the family: Parental reflections on sibling experience	2
Awareness of intellectual disability and intervention beliefs among teachers and university students in Kuwait	2
Operationalisation of self-determination of persons with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities: A Delphi study	2
Process evaluation of SPECTROM training: Staff views from a feasibility cluster RCT	2
A qualitative study investigating the experiences of young adults caring for a sibling with disability within immigrant families in the UK: “Challenges are just the constant”	2
Interdisciplinarity and self-injury: Toward an inclusive research and treatment paradigm	2
“A life well led”: What does this mean for a person with severe intellectual disability?	2
Individualised funding schemes for people with intellectual disabilities: A systematic review	2

Situational experiences of meaningfulness of support staff during their interactions with people with profound intellectual disabilities: An explorative study	2
The immediate effect of listening to music on postural balance and mobility in individuals with intellectual disability	2
The construct validity and reliability of the Motor Development List for the assessment of motor skills in children with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities: The next step?	2
2022 Reviewers	2
Networks of support: Microboards for children with intellectual disability	2
Relatives’ experiences of quality of healthcare services for adults with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities in Sweden	2
Correction	2
Analysis of sleep and sleep hygiene behaviours in relation to the 24-Hr Canadian movement guidelines among adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities: A pilot study	2
Assessments, assumptions and ableism: examining court-ordered parenting capacity assessments of parents with intellectual disability and cognitive difficulties	1
Positive behaviour support in Irish residential services: Perspectives of frontline staff, management and clinicians on implementation challenges	1
Loneliness and how to counter it: People with intellectual disability share their experiences and ideas	1
Reconceptualising the role of direct support staff for adults with intellectual disabilities by introducing the holistic support model	1
The uniquely relational role of nurses during the closure of large residential institutions for people with intellectual disability in Australia: A qualitative study	1
Attitudes towards individuals with intellectual disabilities: Comparison between Special Olympic partners and non-partners during the Special Olympics World Summer Games 2023	1
Experiences in outdoor recreation among individuals with developmental disabilities: Benefits, constraints, and facilitators	1
2021 JIDD Awards Announcement	1
Characteristics of children attending an autism specific early learning and care setting prior to and following introduction of the National Disability Insurance Scheme	1
What is ethically required to adapt to intellectual disability in cancer care? A case study of testicular cancer management	1
Communication and feeding skills in Rett syndrome: Case report	1
Home literacy environment and literacy outcomes in individuals with Williams syndrome and Down syndrome	1
Participation in mainstream community groups by older United States adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities: A multiple case study	1
Cultural beliefs versus professional health training: implications for healthcare delivery to persons living with intellectual disabilities in Ghana	1
Adversity versus fate, genetics, and the environment: Causal beliefs and attitudes toward intellectual disability	1
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder diagnostic clinics in Canada: “It wouldn’t happen if nobody wanted it to happen”	1
Susceptibility to peer influence in adolescents with mild-to-borderline intellectual disability: Investigating links with inhibition, Theory of Mind and negative interpretation bias	1
Mothers’ practices and barriers in sexuality education for adolescents with intellectual disabilities	1
Knowledge, attitudes and practices towards fetal alcohol spectrum disorder among healthcare workers in New Zealand	1
Maths matter for life: Towards an integrated approach to numeracy for the quality of life of young people with intellectual disabilities	1
Processing ambiguity in a social situation: A developmental and comparative study between a neurotypical population and a population with mild intellectual developmental disorder or borderline intelle	1
Challenges of online learning for children with special educational needs and disabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic: A scoping review	1
Parents of children with developmental disorders: Family hardiness and resilience	1
Young people with intellectual disability speak out about life after school: “I want to do more in life than just…be a disability person”	1
Supporting healthy ageing for people with intellectual disabilities in group homes: Staff experiences	1
Healthcare utilisation and characteristics of adults with fetal alcohol syndrome: a descriptive population-based cohort study in Ontario, Canada	1
My plan for a good life, right to the end: An accessible approach to advance care planning	1
Experiences of self-determination in old age among people with intellectual disabilities institutionalised in Chile: The right to decide does not age	1
A comparison of the sensory needs of autistic adults with and without intellectual disabilities: A short report	1