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Disability, Autonomy and Definitions: Between Discrimination and Emancipation

, 2023
Discrimination against persons with disabilities takes various forms: inaccessibility of places and activities; segregation; non-recognition of legal status; exclusion from education and employment.
Boldrini, Miranda, CEPDISC'23 Conference on Discrimination   +1 more
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Racial discrimination and disability among Asian and Latinx populations in the United States

, 2022
Perceived racial discrimination positively and significantly predicted impairments across a variety of disability domains for both Asian and Latinx populations.
Stickley, Andrew,, Oh, Hans,, Araujo Dawson, Beverly,, Waldman, Kyle,   +3 more
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Bioinspired Adaptive Sensors: A Review on Current Developments in Theory and Application

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
This review comprehensively summarizes the recent progress in the design and fabrication of sensory‐adaptation‐inspired devices and highlights their valuable applications in electronic skin, wearable electronics, and machine vision. The existing challenges and future directions are addressed in aspects such as device performance optimization ...
Guodong Gong, You Zhou, Qingxiu Li, Wenyu Zhao, Sunyingyue Geng, Hangfei Li, Yan‐Bing Leng, Shirui Zhu, Guanglong Ding, Yongbiao Zhai, Ziyu Lv, Ye Zhou, Su‐Ting Han   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Estimates of Wage Discrimination Against Workers with Sensory Disabilities, with Controls for Job Demands [PDF]

We provide the first-ever estimates of wage discrimination against workers with sensory (hearing, speech, vision) disabilities. Workers with sensory disabilities have lower probabilities of employment and lower wages, on average, than nondisabled workers.
BALDWIN, Marjorie, CHOE, Chung
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Critiquing 'disability': the Disability Discrimination Act's interplay with society [PDF]

, 2007
This paper presents a critique of the legal constitution of disability employed by the Disability Discrimination Act 1995. The concept of disability employed will be evaluated with reference to current social models of disability.
McTigue, P
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Cross‐Scale Hierarchical Targeted Delivery System Based on Small‐Scale Magnetic Robots

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This article reviews a cross‐scale hierarchical targeted delivery system that integrates magnetic continuum robots and magnetic microrobots. By combining rapid long‐range navigation with precise microscale targeting, the system overcomes key limitations of single‐scale approaches.
Junjian Zhou, Zhiqiang Chen, Yuanbiao Ma, Zhiqiang Tang, Qianqian Wang   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Association between experiences of discrimination and mental health among persons with disabilities in Canada during the COVID 19 pandemic

Discover Mental Health
Discrimination against Persons with disabilities (PWDs), a pervasive issue that predates COVID-19, was reportedly magnified and manifested in both overt and subtle ways during the pandemic with implications for the mental health (MH) of PWDs. Nonetheless,
Sulemana Ansumah Saaka, Christa Sato
doaj   +1 more source

Frailism: a scoping review exploring discrimination against people living with frailty

The Lancet. Healthy Longevity
Summary: People living with frailty can experience discrimination, but unlike the characteristics of age and disability, frailty is not protected by law.
Philip Braude, MBBS, Emma Grace Lewis, PhD, Steve Broach KC, MA, Edward Carlton, PhD, Sarah Rudd, MSc, Jean Palmer, Richard Walker, MD, ProfPhD Ben Carter, MD, ProfMD Jonathan Benger, MD   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Disability inclusion in higher education in Uganda: Status and strategies

African Journal of Disability, 2016
Background: Uganda has embraced inclusive education and evidently committed itself to bringing about disability inclusion at every level of education. Both legal and non-legal frameworks have been adopted and arguably are in line with the intent of the ...
Paul Emong, Lawrence Eron
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Co‐Delivery of Sustained Release Chondroitinase ABC‐37 With Human iPSC‐Derived Neural Progenitors Promotes Transplant Survival and Functional Recovery in a Rodent Model of Stroke

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
A regenerative strategy for stroke combines human stem cell–derived neural progenitor cells with sustained release of a matrix‐modifying, thermostable chondroitinase ABC‐37 enzyme. In a rat model of stroke, co‐delivery enhanced transplanted cell survival and neuronal differentiation, degraded inhibitory extracellular matrix components, and improved ...
Nitzan Letko Khait, David Xinzheyang Li, Keyi Guo, Hong Cui, Quinton Sirianni, Dhana Abdo, Cindi M. Morshead, Molly S. Shoichet   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source