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Self-directed disability support: building people’s capacity through peer support and action research [PDF]

, 2014
How are people with disability experiencing and managing the transition towards self directed support and preparing for the NDIS? In this project, small groups of people with disability around Australia met over 6 months to talk about their disability ...
Fisher, KR ; https://orcid.org/, Meyer, P, Ariella Meltzer, Karen R. Fisher, Cooper, S, Meltzer, A ; https://orcid.org/, Purcal, C ; https://orcid.org/, Phoebe Meyer, Ngila Bevan, Sam Cooper, Bevan, N, Wong, M ; https://orcid.org/, Melissa Wong, Christiane Purcal   +13 more
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Understanding Disability

, 2021
The book presents disability as an interdisciplinary issue of interest to representatives of numerous scientific disciplines. It includes chapters on systemic solutions and policies in disability, the role and significance of institutions in the ...
Podstawka, Katarzyna, Trojanowska, Milena, Krzywik, Adrianna, KOCEJKO, MAGDALENA, Nowakowska, Iwona, Figiel, Wojciech, Kamyk-Wawryszuk, Agnieszka, Pufund, Dorota, Lejzerowicz, Magda, Dobrychłop, Anna, Goede, Karolina, Albin, Kamila, Greniuk, Angelika, Kokot-Rybińska, Magdalena, Stawowy, Joanna, Głąb, Zbigniew   +15 more
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Obesity in British children with and without intellectual disability: cohort study

BMC Public Health, 2016
Background Reducing the prevalence of and inequities in the distribution of child obesity will require developing interventions that are sensitive to the situation of ‘high risk’ groups of children.
Eric Emerson, Janet Robertson, Susannah Baines, Chris Hatton   +3 more
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The association between employment status and health among British adults with and without intellectual impairments: cross-sectional analyses of a cohort study

BMC Public Health, 2018
Background There exists a well established link between employment status and health, with unemployment being associated with poorer health. Much less is known about the association between economic inactivity and health, especially among people with ...
Eric Emerson, Chris Hatton, Susannah Baines, Janet Robertson   +3 more
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Listening for policy change: how the voices of disabled people shaped Australia’s National Disability Insurance Scheme [PDF]

, 2014
: Voice has become an important yet ambivalent tool for the recognition of disability. The transformative potential of voice is dependent on a political commitment to listening to disabled people. To focus on listening redirects accountability for social
Thill, Cate, Cate Thill
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Sexual activity and sexual health among young adults with and without mild/moderate intellectual disability

BMC Public Health, 2018
Background There is widespread concern about the sexual ‘vulnerability’ of young people with intellectual disabilities, but little evidence relating to sexual activity and sexual health.
Susannah Baines, Eric Emerson, Janet Robertson, Chris Hatton   +3 more
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Tradeoffs in Visual Impairment Rehabilitation: Hearing Service User Accounts of Rehabilitative Relationships and Organisational Culture in South Africa

Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research, 2022
In order to access skills for adjusting to visual impairment (VI), individuals are drawn into the fabric of rehabilitation organisations and into relationships with rehabilitation workers.
Michelle Botha, Brian Watermeyer
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Understanding Disability Throughout History [PDF]

, 2022
Understanding Disability Throughout History explores seldom-heard voices from the past by studying the hidden lives of disabled people before the concept of disability existed culturally, socially and administratively.

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The impact of COVID-19 on people ageing with an intellectual disability in Ireland: Protocol for a follow-up survey [version 1; peer review: 2 approved]

HRB Open Research, 2021
Background:  The COVID-19 pandemic and associated lockdowns have had a dramatic impact on many people, but individuals with an intellectual disability, given the prevalence of congregate living and high levels of co-morbid conditions, may be particularly
Mary McCarron, Andrew Allen, Darren McCausland, Margaret Haigh, Retha Luus, Fathima Rosmin Bavussantakath, Fintan Sheerin, Niamh Mulryan, Eilish Burke, Eimear McGlinchey, Fidelma Flannery, Philip McCallion   +11 more
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Center on Disability Studies eNewsletter, July 2021 [PDF]

, 2021
Welcome to the July issue of the CDS enewsletter. We’re delighted to share with you some of the many research, dissemination, and other ongoing activities of the center.
Raphael, Raphael, Moriyasu, Annie, Takahashi, Kiriko, Leong, Genesis M.K., Stodden, Robert, Park, Hye-Jin, McGowan, Sarah   +6 more
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