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Ableism and Employment: A Scoping Review of the Literature

Social Sciences
Background: Ableism obstructs employment equity for disabled individuals. However, research lacks a comprehensive understanding of how ableism multidimensionally manifests across job types, disability types, stages of employment, and intersecting ...
Ramona H. Sharma, Renée Asselin, Timothy Stainton, Rachelle Hole   +3 more
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Neuropsychological and Educational Outcomes in Shwachman–Diamond Syndrome—A Report From the North American Shwachman–Diamond Syndrome Registry

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Shwachman–Diamond syndrome (SDS) is a rare autosomal recessive ribosomopathy characterized by bone marrow failure and multisystem involvement, with emerging evidence of associated neurocognitive impairment. Methods We conducted a retrospective study of 240 individuals with biallelic Shwachman–Bodian–Diamond syndrome (SBDS) mutations
Jane Koo, Melissa Gerstle, Leah Cheng, Richard Cooper, Katherine Coyne, Claire Dusa, Naomi E. Joffe, Diana Schwarz, Sarah Steltz, Akiko Shimamura, Kasiani C. Myers, Thea Quinton   +11 more
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ABLEISM ACTIVISM THEORY: EMERGING PERSPECTIVE IN LITERARY CRITICISM

, 2021
Critical disability theory was preceded by a good number of models of disability as instruments for analysing disability in various disciplines but rarely in literature.
Onyemelukwe, Ifeoma Mabel
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Exploring Predictors of Ableism: Positive Affect, Context-Sensitive Self, and the Role of Gender

European Journal of Mental Health
Introduction: Ableism refers to prejudice and discrimination against people with disabilities, often manifested in exclusionary curricula, inaccessible environments, and biased institutional policies that limit their full participation.
Ika F. Kristiana, Costrie G. Widayanti, Jessica D. Arywibowo, Dwi H. Oktawirawan, Crossita N. Shofiefany   +4 more
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Survival After Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation in Diamond–Blackfan Anemia Syndrome: The Role of Iron Overload—A Systematic Review

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We assessed the effect of iron overload (IO) on mortality and complications following hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) in patients with Diamond–Blackfan anemia syndrome (DBAS) in a systematic review of individual participant data and cohort data from observational studies.
Geoffrey Z. L. Kuppens, Evangelia Kiakou, Lieke de Zwart, Maurizio Miano, Eduard J. van Beers, Marc Bierings, Marije Bartels   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Internalized oppression and deaf people’s mental health

Scientific Reports
Deaf people experience ableism (able-bodied oppression), audism (hearing-ability oppression), and linguicism (sign language-use oppression) and this study investigated if internalizing these oppressive experiences predicts their mental health.
Piotr Tomaszewski, Piotr Krzysztofiak, Joanna Kowalska, Peter C. Hauser   +3 more
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A Collaborative Disability Studies-based Undergraduate Art Project at Two Universities

Disability Studies Quarterly, 2015
In this manuscript, we discuss research findings from a collaborative visual arts curricular unit on ableism, which we implemented in non-Disability Studies undergraduate courses at two universities during the 2012-2013 academic year.
John Derby, Valerie Karr
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Authoring Dis/ability Identities

Critical Education, 2020
Ableism, or the belief that abled ways of being and knowing are superior, perpetuates deficit views of ability differences, and constructs dis/ability as a problem in need of remediation so that individuals achieve “normalcy.” Ableism’s entrenched ...
Molly Baustien Siuty, Margaret R. Beneke
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A Situational Assessment of the Diagnostic Landscape and Organizational Readiness to Implement Next‐Generation Sequencing at Two Childhood Cancer Treatment Centers in Ghana

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Purpose Next‐generation sequencing (NGS) has emerged as a promising approach to improve diagnostic accuracy, but its feasibility in low‐ and middle‐income countries remains unknown. This study characterized the diagnostic landscape and assessed organizational readiness for NGS implementation at two childhood cancer treatment centers in Accra ...
Melissa Carvalho, Emmanuella Amoako, Nihad Salifu, Lily Gloria Tagoe, Yaw Bediako, Michelle Hermiston, Catherine Segbefia   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

The great divide : ableism and technologies of disability production [PDF]

, 2003
Subjects designated by the neologism 'disability' typically experience various forms of marginality, discrimination and inequality. The response by social scientists and professionals engaged in social policy and service delivery has been to combat the '
Campbell, Fiona Anne Kumari
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