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Disability: getting it “right”. [PDF]

, 2008
This paper critically engages with Tom Shakespeare’s book Disability rights and wrongs. It concentrates on his attempt to demolish the social model of disability, as well as his sketch of an “alternative” approach to understanding “disability ...
Thomas, Carol
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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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Supported Accommodation Evaluation Framework (SAEF): drop-in support [PDF]

, 2015
The NSW Department of Family and Community Services, Ageing, Disability and Home Care (ADHC) commissioned the Social Policy Research Centre (SPRC) at University of New South Wales (UNSW) Australia to design an evaluation framework and collect data for ...
Karen Fisher, Fisher, KR ; https://orcid.org/, Ariella Meltzer, Karen R. Fisher, Smedley, C, Meltzer, A ; https://orcid.org/, Purcal, C ; https://orcid.org/, Rosemary Kayess, Jones, A ; https://orcid.org/, Charlotte Smedley, Hill, T ; https://orcid.org/, Kayess, R, Deborah Lutz, Sally Robinson, Trish Hill, Robinson, S, Christiane Purcal, Anna Jones, Lutz, D   +18 more
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Evaluating Technologies with and for Disabled Children [PDF]

Extended Abstracts of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2019
Due to policies supporting the inclusion of disabled children in mainstream schools and the use of technologies to enable personalized schooling, there are broad research incentives and opportunities to design technologies for disabled children in educational contexts.
Emeline Brulé, Oussama Metatla, Katta Spiel, Ahmed Kharrufa, Charlotte Robinson   +4 more
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Evaluation of Services Our Way [PDF]

, 2014
An evaluation of Services Our Way, a NSW Government service model designed to build the capacity of Aboriginal people to have greater access to mainstream and disability services and encourage self-directed support.
Shona Bates, Fisher, KR ; https://orcid.org/, Bates, S ; https://orcid.org/, Karen R. Fisher, Raven, M, Margaret Raven, Trish Hill, Rosemary Kayess, Hill, T ; https://orcid.org/, Kayess, R   +9 more
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Disability Among Older Adults Residing in Poldasht, Iran in 2018: The Role of Social Aupport as A Protective Factor [PDF]

Iranian Rehabilitation Journal, 2022
Objectives: The present study examined the role of social support in protecting against disability among older people residing in Poldasht, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran in 2018. Methods: This cross-sectional study was undertaken on 305 older adults who
Zahra Ghasemi, Fatemeh Mohammadi, Jamileh Amirzadeh-Iranagh, Hossein Khorani, Seyedeh Ameneh Motalebi   +4 more
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The Psychometric Features of the Patient-Rated Wrist Evaluation in Iranians With Scaphoid or Distal Radius Fracture [PDF]

Iranian Rehabilitation Journal, 2021
Objectives: It is essential to have a suitable instrument for the accurate assessments of pain and disability outcomes during interventions; such tools also help to guide hand surgery and rehabilitation programs in distal radius or scaphoid fracture ...
Mahsa Fadavi-Ghaffari, Akram Azad, Ghorban Taghizade, Noureddin Nakhostin-Ansari, Hooman Shariatzadeh, Sina Aminizadeh   +5 more
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Institutional maternal and perinatal deaths: a review of 40 low and middle income countries

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2017
Background Understanding the magnitude and clinical causes of maternal and perinatal mortality are basic requirements for positive change. Facility-based information offers a contextualized resource for clinical and organizational quality improvement. We
Patricia E. Bailey, Wasihun Andualem, Michel Brun, Lynn Freedman, Sourou Gbangbade, Malick Kante, Emily Keyes, Edwin Libamba, Allisyn C. Moran, Halima Mouniri, Dahada Ould el Joud, Kavita Singh   +11 more
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The evaluation of a screening tool for children with an intellectual disability: The Child and Adolescent Intellectual Disability Screening Questionnaire [PDF]

, 2012
The study outlines the evaluation of an intellectual disability screening tool, the Child and Adolescent Intellectual Disability Screening Questionnaire (CAIDS-Q), with two age groups.
Milanesi, Paula, Aja Louise Murray, Paula Milanesi, Karen McKenzie, Murray, Aja Louise, Donna Paxton, McKenzie, Karen, George Murray, Murray, George, Paxton, Donna   +9 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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