Intellectual and adaptive functioning in individuals with Down syndrome in relation to age and environmental placement.

Brown, F R; Greer, M K; Aylward, E H; Hunt, H H · Pediatrics · 1990

cross_sectional · Level IV

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Abstract

The cognitive and adaptive capacities of 130 individuals with Down syndrome were investigated as a function of age and environmental placement. Intellectual deterioration occurred whether individuals resided at home or in an institutional setting. Social/adaptive deterioration also occurred but with the least decline for those individuals who resided in institutional settings.

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