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Disability and Employment: Reevaluating the Evidence in Light of Reporting Errors [PDF]
Measurement error in health and disability status has been widely accepted as a central problem for social science research. Long-standing debates about the prevalence of disability, the role of health in labor market outcomes, and the influence of ...
Kreider, Brent, Pepper, John V.
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The ideology of neuroscience and intellectual disability: reconstituting the 'disordered' brain
, 2014 During the last two or three decades, neuroscience has changed how we understand brain functioning. This shift, which is re-conceptualizing the relationship between the materiality of the brain and consciousness, is bound to have implications for ...
Altermark, Niklas,, Lund University.
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The rain feels different under the same umbrella: Experiences with poverty across LGBTQ subgroups
American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract Population‐based survey data have demonstrated that LGBTQ communities report varying rates of economic insecurity, yet very little research directly assesses how pathways into and experiences with poverty look different among subgroups at the intersections of sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI).
Bianca D. M. Wilson, Lillian Nguyen
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Are objective, official measures of disability reliable? [PDF]
The issue considered in this study is whether objective, official reports on disability status are reliable. While there is a rather large literature on the reliability of self-reported disability, evidence regarding objective data is scant.
Skedinger, Per, Johansson, Per
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Culture - theory - disability : encounters between disability studies and cultural studies /
Which theoretical approaches of contemporary cultural criticism can Disability Studies employ? At the same time, what can Cultural Studies gain by incorporating disability more fully as a framework for critical analysis?
Waldschmidt, Anneeditor. +2 more
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American Journal of Industrial Medicine, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Outdoor agricultural workers experience significant heat exposure, yet few studies have evaluated whether wearable sensors can reliably measure continuous physiological responses in real field conditions. This pilot study examined the feasibility and predictive utility of core temperature, hydration, heart rate, and movement data ...
Sinan Sousan +10 more
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Sickness rate and disability resulting from diseases of the nervous system: leading factors and ways of prevention [PDF]
Medičnì Perspektivi, 2013 Over the past 10 years the total number of patients with diseases of the nervous system in Europe makes up 127,200,000 people, that is almost 25,8 % of the population have neurological pathology.
Kyrychenko A.G.
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The 9th International RASopathies Symposium
American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The RASopathies are a group of congenital disorders with overlapping clinical manifestations that are caused by pathogenic germline or early somatic variants that result in the hyperactivation of the RAS/mitogen‐activated protein kinase (MAPK) signaling pathway.
Pau Castel +41 more
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Dis/Entangling Disability, Mental Health, and the Cultural Politics of Care
Scandinavian Journal of Disability ResearchThis paper explores how understandings of care can be prefigured through engagements with concepts of ableism and sanism as productive and radical companions for (re)thinking care.
Katherine Runswick-Cole +3 more
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An in-depth examination of the implementation of the Disability Equality Duty in England
, 2008 This seven-month study examined the implementation of the Disability Equality Duty (DED) in England. The DED, introduced through the Disability Discrimination Act 2005, applies to public authorities in England, Wales and ...
Lerpiniere, Jennifer +5 more
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