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Impact of a disability-targeted microentrepreneurship programme in Kenya: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial of the InBusiness programme

Trials, 2023
Background There is a lack of evidence on the effectiveness of livelihood interventions amongst people with disabilities. In many countries, self-employment or microentrepreneurship is a dominant source of livelihoods for people with disabilities and ...
Lena Morgon Banks, Stella Kepha, Anja Zinke-Allmang, Paul M. Gichuki, Nathaniel Scherer, Charles Mwandawiro, Mark Carew, Doris Njomo, Shanquan Chen, Collins Okoyo, Calum Davey, Tom Shakespeare, Maria Antonella Pereira, Divya Goyal, Hannah Kuper   +14 more
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Deep Learning Algorithms to Identify Autism Spectrum Disorder in Children-Based Facial Landmarks

Applied Sciences, 2023
People with autistic spectrum disorders (ASDs) have difficulty recognizing and engaging with others. The symptoms of ASD may occur in a wide range of situations. There are numerous different types of functions for people with an ASD.
Hasan Alkahtani, Theyazn H. H. Aldhyani, Mohammed Y. Alzahrani   +2 more
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Center on Disability Studies eNewsletter, June 2022

, 2022
Featuring Employment First Bill passing, Summer ASD Swim Facts, 'Worry Time' Tips, Parent Resources w/ Sandra Oshiro, Meriah Nichols and Susan Rocco, Dr.
Moriyasu, Annie, Raphael, Raphael, Matheis, Maya, Oshiro, Sandra, Galeaʻi, Jared, Takahashi, Kiriko, Manaseri, Holly, Murphy, Kelle, Stodden, Robert, Park, Hye-Jin, Hooey, Eben, Nichols, Meriah, Leong, Genesis M.K., Kato, Lauren   +13 more
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The association between non-standard employment, job insecurity and health among British adults with and without intellectual impairments: Cohort study

SSM: Population Health, 2018
We sought to investigate the association between employment conditions and health among working age British adults with and without intellectual impairments. Using data from the 1970 British Cohort Study, we undertook a series of cross sectional analyses
Eric Emerson, Chris Hatton, Janet Robertson, Susannah Baines   +3 more
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Current practice and adaptations being made for people with autism admitted to in-patient psychiatric services across the UK

BJPsych Open, 2021
Background A significant number of people with autism require in-patient psychiatric care. Although the requirement to adequately meet the needs of people with autism in these settings is enshrined in UK law and supported by national guidelines, little ...
Keir Jones, Satheesh Gangadharan, Philip Brigham, Edward Smith, Rohit Shankar   +4 more
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Rule of law - wishful thinking? Exemptions from educational requirements and the use of coercion against people with intellectual disability

Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research, 2010
The article focuses on two conditions related to the use of coercion vis-á-vis persons with intellectual disabilities in Norway. The first condition concerns the widespread use of exemptions from legally binding educational requirements.
Karl Elling Ellingsen, Kim Berge, Dirk Lungwitz   +2 more
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Center on Disability Studies eNewsletter, May 2022

, 2022
Aloha! Welcome to the May 2022 issue of the CDS eNewsletter. Special highlights in this issue include: Artist Alexandra McClurg, Make Art, Change Lives. Disability Studies Courses: Summer 2022.
Moriyasu, Annie, Raphael, Raphael, Mānoa, Jerica, Takahashi, Kiriko, Leong, Genesis M.K., Manaseri, Holly, Park, Hye-Jin, Rombaoa Tanaka, Naomi   +7 more
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Madness as disability

History of Psychiatry, 2014
How does society imagine mental illness? Does this shift radically over time and with different social attitudes as well as scientific discoveries about the origins and meanings of mental illness? What happens when we begin to think about mental illness as madness, as a malleable concept constantly shifting its meaning?
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Development, implementation, and scalability of the Family Engagement in Research Course: a novel online course for family partners and researchers in neurodevelopmental disability and child health

Research Involvement and Engagement
Background Since 2011 when the Canadian Institutes of Health Research launched the Strategy for Patient Oriented Research, there has been a growing expectation to embed patient-oriented research (POR) in the health research community in Canada.
Andrea Cross, Alice Kelen Soper, Donna Thomson, Connie Putterman, Dayle McCauley, Samantha K. Micsinszki, Rachel Martens, Patricia Solomon, Lorraine Carter, James N. Reynolds, Olaf Kraus de Camargo, Jan Willem Gorter   +11 more
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Rights and knowledge-based approach to aging and disability: an overview of issues and approaches

Social Welfare: Interdisciplinary Approach, 2012
This analysis paper is part of a larger project led by the Canadian Centre on Disability Studies (CCDS) and funded by Human Resources and Social Development Canada (HRSDC), called “From Research and Knowledge to Better Practice: Building Strategies and ...
Olga Krassioukova-Enns, Laurie Ringaert
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