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Danish and British Protection from Disability Discrimination at Work - Past, Present and Future.

, 2015
Denmark and the United Kingdom both became members of what is now the European Union (EU) in 1973 and are thus equally matched in terms of opportunity to bring their anti-discrimination laws into line with those of the EU and other supra-national ...
Lane, Jackie, Videbæk Munkholm, Natalie, Videbaek Munkholm, Natalie, Lane, Jacqueline   +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

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
doaj   +1 more source

Can disability studies contribute to client-centred occupational therapy practice? [PDF]

, 2010
Occupational therapists frequently cite a ‘client-centred’ approach as a fundamental aspect of their practice. However, there are many examples in the narratives of disabled people that suggest that the health and social care services they experience do ...
Collins, Bethan, McCormack, Cathy, Cathy McCormack, Collins, B, Bethan Collins, McCormack, C   +5 more
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Additive Manufacturing of Patient‐Specific Intracranial Aneurysm Cell Culture Models

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
Patient‐specific intracranial aneurysm models were fabricated using chocolate moulding, 3D printed water‐soluble cores, and direct resin 3D printing. Moulding PDMS around sacrificial cores made of chocolate or 3D printed water‐soluble resin yielded accurate, expandable, and endothelializable models that outperformed resin‐based approaches.
Chloe M. de Nys, Jaimee‐Lee Wood, James I. Novak, Danilo Carluccio, Craig D. Winter, Ashley R. Murphy, Mark C. Allenby   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Disability, Happiness and the Welfare State

This book looks at disability as an evolving social phenomenon. Disability is created through the interaction between persons with impairments and their environment. Exploring these experiences of persons with disabilities and discussing universality and

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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
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Defining Disability: Understandings of and Attitudes Towards Ableism and Disability

Disability Studies Quarterly, 2017
Disabled people, amidst political and social gains, continue to experience discrimination in multiple areas. Understanding how such discrimination, named here as ableism, operates is important and may require studying perspectives of people who do not ...
Carli Friedman, Aleksa L. Owen
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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

Rights and responsibilities: The Disability Discrimination Act (1995) and adults with learning disabilities

, 2008
The purpose of this research is to examine Part III (access to goods, facilities and services) of the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) 1995 in relation to people with learning disabilities.
Lerpiniere, Jennifer, Stalker, Kirsten
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