Parents play an integral role in developmental growth and educational success for children with disabilities. When parents give adequate support and encouragement, children have more opportunities to succeed. At times, this can be difficult to do, as there are various stressors when raising a child with a disability. According to Lu, et al., Chinese parents of children with autism presented lower self-esteem, social support, and life satisfaction. Argyrakouli and Zafiropoulou also conducted a s...

Adults who stutter (AWS) are often underestimated in their working abilities during job interviews because of their stuttering. A little over 100 countries provide employment quotas for people with disabilities in their national legislation. In Japan, AWS with medical disability certification can use this quota system. This preliminary study examined whether AWS hired through such quotas feel satisfied. This study used a nine-item questionnaire regarding employment quotas to obtain information f...

Gesture and verbal language share a longstanding association due to which they have been studied together. These studies have much of a clinical importance in aphasia research. It is widely known that left hemisphere is involved in language processing and right hemisphere in visuo-spatial skills. Gestures being a visuo-spatial phenomenon become even more interesting to be studied in a person with right hemisphere lesion. We present case details of a 44-yearold female person with crossed aphasia ...