The impact of COVID-19 on patients affected by rare diseases and congenital disorders in South Africa: A scoping review by M C M Gomes, H L Malherbe

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« Je ne bégaierai pas… et je serai une fille » : les apories de l’autoreprésentation culturelle en tant que femme trans qui bégaie dans Crossing by Raphaël Jacques

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It takes a ‘spark’. Exploring parent perception of long-term sports participation after a practitioner-led, peer-group sports intervention for ambulant, school-aged children with c... by Georgina Clutterbuck, Mikaila Gent, Daniel Thomson

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Fear avoidance beliefs and quality of life quality after lumbar disc surgery by Dogan Gucluhan Guclu, Omer Senormanci, Oya Gonullu, Musa Cirak, Guliz Senomanci, Furuzan Kokturk

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A Novel 2.3 Mb Microduplication of 9q34.3 Inserted into 19q13.4 in a Patient with Learning Disabilities by Shalinder Singh, Fern Ashton, Renate Marquis-Nicholson, Jennifer M. Love, Chuan-Ching Lan, Salim Aftimos, Alice M. George, Donald R. Love

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Improvement of Mouth Functional Disability in Systemic Sclerosis Patients over One Year in a Trial of Fat Transplantation versus Adipose-Derived Stromal Cells by Maria Giuseppina Onesti, Paolo Fioramonti, Sara Carella, Pasquale Fino, Cinzia Marchese, Nicolò Scuderi

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3p14 De Novo Interstitial Microdeletion in a Patient with Intellectual Disability and Autistic Features with Language Impairment: A Comparison with Similar Cases by Ana Belén de la Hoz, Hiart Maortua, Ainhoa García-Rives, María Jesús Martínez-González, Maitane Ezquerra, María-Isabel Tejada

“…The patient is an 11-year-old female with speech and social interaction difficulties, learning disability, and slight facial dysmorphism, but no other major malformations. …”
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X-Linked Autism Type 9 Caused by a Hemizygote Pathogenic Variant in the TMLHE Gene: Etiological Diagnosis in an Adult Male with Moderate Intellectual Disability by Verhoeven WM, Pfundt R, Engelke UF, Kluijtmans LA, Egger JI

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Diagnostic Value of Microarray Method in Autism Spectrum Disorder, Intellectual Disability, and Multiple Congenital Anomalies and Some Candidate Genes for Autism: Experience of Two Centers by Akif AYAZ, Alper GEZDIRICI, Elif YILMAZ GULEC, Özge OZALP, Abdullah Huseyin KOSEOGLU, Zeynep DOGRU, Sinem YALCINTEPE

“…Objective: This study aimed to demonstrate the diagnostic value of microarray testing in autism spectrum disorder, intellectual disability, and multiple congenital anomalies of unknown etiology, as well as to report some potential candidate genes for autism. …”
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Trends in prevalence and disability-adjusted life years for refractive disorders in China and globally from 1990 to 2021: an analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 by Fangfang Lai, Hongfang Xia, Liang Wang

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Elevated Serum Carboxymethyl-Lysine, an Advanced Glycation End Product, Predicts Severe Walking Disability in Older Women: The Women's Health and Aging Study I by Kai Sun, Richard D. Semba, Linda P. Fried, Debra A. Schaumberg, Luigi Ferrucci, Ravi Varadhan

“…Further work is needed to establish a causal relationship between AGEs and walking disability.…”
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Author’s Response to Peer Reviews of “Identifying Safeguards Disabled by Epstein-Barr Virus Infections in Genomes From Patients With Breast Cancer: Chromosomal Bioinformatics Analysis” by Bernard Friedenson

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Inclusion of young people with disabilities in the future of work: forecasting workplace, labour market and community-based strategies through an online and accessible Delphi survey protocol by Arif Jetha, Kathleen A Martin Ginis, Emile Tompa, Monique A M Gignac, Dwayne van Eerd, Kay Nasir

“…Introduction The future of work is expected to transform the nature of work, create unique employment barriers for young people living with disabilities and disrupt pathways to better health. We present a Delphi survey protocol through which we aim to obtain future-oriented strategies that can improve the accessibility and inclusion of young people with disabilities in the future of work.Methods and analysis The Delphi survey will be conducted primarily online, over two rounds and in a format that is accessible to people living with disabilities. …”
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Effects of a social participation-focused virtual reality intervention for community-dwelling stroke survivors with physical disabilities: a randomised controlled trial protocol by Janita Pak Chun Chau, Suzanne Hoi Shan Lo, Vivian Wing Yan Lee, Kai Chow Choi, Alexander Yuk Lun Lau, David R Thompson, Eddie Chi Fai Kwok

“…This trial aims to develop and evaluate the effectiveness of a social participation-focused virtual reality (SP-VR) intervention on the physical, psychological and social outcomes of community-dwelling stroke survivors with physical disabilities.Methods and analysis A two-arm randomised, controlled, assessor-blind clinical trial will be conducted with 250 stroke survivor–caregiver dyads recruited from three acute and one rehabilitation hospitals, and three stroke nurse-led clinics. …”
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Translation, psychometric evaluation, and network analysis of the parental acceptance and action questionnaire (PAAQ) among Arab parents of children with and without specific learning disability (dyslexia) by Norah Alkhateeb

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Job satisfaction amongst special education teachers by Z. S. Alkayed, S. M. Al Ali, M. M. Al Masa’deh

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Perlindungan Hak Tenaga Kerja Penyandang Disabilitas Dalam Mendapatkan Pekerjaan Di Kota Padang by Ridwan Efendi Siregar, Khairani Khairani, Titin Fatimah

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A Study and Development of Workplace Facilities and Working Environment to Increase the Work Efficiency of Persons with Disabilities: A Case Study of Major Retail and Wholesale Companies in Bangkok by Soraj Pruettikomon, Chaturong Louhapensang

“…This research aims to improve the work effectiveness of people with physical disabilities in department stores, retail and wholesale companies in Bangkok. …”
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The prevalence and associated disability burden of mental disorders in children and adolescents in China: a systematic analysis of data from the Global Burden of Disease StudyResearch in context by Wanyue Dong, Yunning Liu, Ruhai Bai, Lei Zhang, Maigeng Zhou

“…Methods: Following the same approach as the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021, we systematically analyze epidemiological and demographic information for mental disorders, and assess the prevalence, disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs), and years lived with disability (YLDs) in the children and adolescents for mental disorders and their ten subtypes across national and provinces in China from 1990 to 2021. …”
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Reductions in Muscle Strength and Range of Motion Cause Locomotion Disability via Locomotion-Related Functional Limitation in Japanese Older Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study by Hungu Jung, Shigeharu Tanaka, Yuji Iwamoto, Takashi Kawano, Masahiro Yamasaki, Ryo Tanaka

“…Functional issues (impairments, functional limitations, and disabilities) gradually occur with age. Nonetheless, maintaining physical capability may help prevent locomotion disabilities at an older age. …”
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