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Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Introduction Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP) is a neurodegenerative ‘tauopathy’ with predominating pathology in the basal ganglia and midbrain. Caudal tau spread frequently implicates the cerebellum; however, the pattern of atrophy remains equivocal.
Chloe Spiegel +8 more
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The uncanny memory of Nazi euthanasia, the Risiera di San Sabba and the foibe
Incontri: Rivista Europea di Studi Italiani, 2015 Review of: Susanne Knittel, The Historical Uncanny: Disability, Ethnicity, and the Politics of Holocaust Memory, New York, Fordham University Press, 2015, XII + 350 p., ISBN: 9780823262786, $55 ...
Emiliano Perra
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Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background and Objectives Multiple sclerosis (MS) exhibits racially disparate rates of disease progression. Black people with MS (B‐PwMS) experience a more severe disease course than non‐Hispanic White people with MS (NHW‐PwMS). Here we investigated structural and functional connectivity as well as structure–function decoupling in the ...
Emilio Cipriano +11 more
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Disability, perceived discrimination and political participation [PDF]
International Political Science Review, 2016 Disability affects the lives of hundreds of millions across the world. People with disabilities often experience discrimination and unequal treatment. Sometimes the mere categorization of people into groups, that is, ‘healthy’ vs. ‘disabled’, is enough to trigger discriminatory behaviour against people with disabilities.
Papageorgiou Achillefs +1 more
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Impact of Positive Lifestyle Behaviors on Direct Health Care Cost Savings for Low Back Pain
Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.Objective This study aimed to investigate the relationship between a previously purpose‐developed lifestyle behavior scale and health care cost savings related to low back pain (LBP). Methods This longitudinal study used data from the Australian Twin Back (AUTBACK) study. LBP and lifestyle behavior measures were collected at baseline. Physical activity
Ye Tian +8 more
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Disability Studies Quarterly, 2016 Of feminism and disability theory's many overlapping concerns, few have received as much attention as prenatal genetic diagnosis and selective abortion. While the attention to how genetic selection reinforces disability stigma is important, much of this ...
Claire McKinney
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Of Non-Mice and Non-Men: Against Essentialism in Joshua Ferris's The Unnamed
Disability Studies Quarterly, 2020 Noticing the recent trend in disability studies to entertain essentialism in an attempt to capture the efficacy of identity politics, this essay articulates the reductive implications of doing so.
Nathan D. Frank
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Japanese Sociological Review, 2000 Disability Studies finally seem to have taken off in our society. However, it is still unclear which discipline and subject it is going to take. One possible choice will be to deconstruct “disablism” with a thorough criticism conducted by post-welfare theories. However, its theoretical base is still fragile.
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‘Work’ is a Four Letter Word? Disability, Work and Welfare [PDF]
, 2003 [Excerpt] This chapter suggests that to overcome the problem of disabled people’s ongoing disadvantage in mainstream employment and, therefore, society, a radical alternative strategy is required that poses a direct challenge to orthodox thinking on work,
Barnes, Colin
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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
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