There are many studies concerning people with Down Syndrome, but I do not find references to people with other etiologies of intellectual disability
This could be because it is only DS and not other types of developmental disability that predispose to Alzheimer-type dementia.
Dear Tiziano,
Please find attached studies and references, James.
Head et aL (2007). Possible Compensatory Events in Adult Down Syndrome Brain Prior to the Development of Alzheimer Disease Neuropathology: Targets for Non pharmacological Interventions. Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 11(1), 61-76, DOI: 10.3233/JAD-2007-11110
Kendall, R. & Jablensky,A.(2003). Distinguishing Between the Validity and Utility of Psychiatric Diagnoses. Am J Psychiatry 2003; 160:4–12. https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/34d5/f3ff43453b57f338b149230e3b30d4ed3f1b.pdf
Karen Dodd, (2010) "Psychological and other non‐pharmacological interventions in services for people with learning disabilities and dementia", Advances in Mental Health and Learning Disabilities, Vol. 4 Issue: 1, pp.28-36, https://doi.org/10.5042/amhld.2010.0056
Hagberg B, Aicardi J, Dias K, Ramos O. A progressive syndrome of autism, dementia, ataxia, and loss of purposeful hand use in girls: Rett’s syndrome: report of 35 cases. Ann Neurol. 1983;14(4):471–9.
Jellinger K, Armstrong D, Zoghbi HY, Percy AK. Neuropathology of Rett syndrome. Acta Neuropathol. 1988;76(2):142–58.
Rumble et al (1989). Amyloid A4 Protein and Its Precursor in Down's Syndrome and Alzheimer's Disease. The New England Journal of Medicine. 320:1446-1452. DOI: 10.1056/NEJM198906013202203
Rodakowski, et al (2015). Non-pharmacological Interventions for Adults with Mild Cognitive Impairment and Early Stage Dementia: An Updated Scoping Review. Mol Aspects Med. 0,38–53.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4600436/pdf/nihms705188.pdf
Rivas-Vazquez et al (2004). Mild cognitive impairment: new neuropsychological and pharmacological target. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 19(1), 11-27. https://ac.els-cdn.com/S0887617702001671/1-s2.0-S0887617702001671-main.pdf?_tid=f2a44ed4-c604-11e7-b5c7-00000aab0f26&acdnat=1510311201_dcf3f73c724ef95f655f7c1ff52a88b6
Hashimoto et al (2004). Executive dysfunction can explain word-list learning disability in very mild Alzheimer's disease: The Tajiri Project. Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences (2004), 58-60. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1440-1819.2004.01193.x/epdf
Lifshitz, H. & Klein, P.S. (2011).Mediation between Staff and Elderly Persons with Intellectual Disability with Alzheimer Disease as a Means of Enhancing Their Daily Functioning. Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 46(1), 106 –115. http://daddcec.org/Portals/0/CEC/Autism_Disabilities/Research/Publications/Education_Training_Development_Disabilities/2011v46_Journals/ETADD_201103v46n1p106-115_Mediation_between_Staff_and_Elderly.pdf
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