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Understanding critical disability studies. [PDF]

CMAJ, 2014
In the spring of 1918, after three years of fighting on the Western Front, a 25-year-old soldier in the Canadian army was sent to a series of military hospitals in France, the United Kingdom and eventually Cobourg, Ontario, after which, he was discharged as “medically unfit” due to ...
Reaume G.
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Disability Studies

The Year's Work in Critical and Cultural Theory
This article brings together key texts and theorists from disability studies, which is a growing and vibrant inter/multidisciplinary field. It is an area of inquiry that has been evolving for the past forty years. It is important to note that, as part of the development of disability studies and in reflection of its global nature, there has been ...
Melissa Merchant, Sarah Courtis
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Being an Inclusive Researcher in a National Consultation Exercise—A Case Study

Social Sciences, 2022
This paper presents a case study of the Inclusive Research Network (IRN), an inclusive research group founded by the Centre for Disability Studies, contributing to a National Disability Research Agenda (NDRA) setting project.
Greta Westermann, Erin Louise Whittle, Susan Adrian, Suzanne Jessep, Melanie Nolan, Bruce O’Brien, Jasamit Pannu, Elizabeth Young, Mary-Ann O’Donovan   +8 more
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Tradeoffs in Visual Impairment Rehabilitation: Hearing Service User Accounts of Rehabilitative Relationships and Organisational Culture in South Africa

Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research, 2022
In order to access skills for adjusting to visual impairment (VI), individuals are drawn into the fabric of rehabilitation organisations and into relationships with rehabilitation workers.
Michelle Botha, Brian Watermeyer
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Learning Italian as a Second Language in a Sample of Ukrainian Children: A Game-Based Learning Approach

Pediatric Reports, 2023
Game-based learning is an educational approach aimed at acquiring knowledge through the use of play. There are various studies that note the effectiveness of playing as an educational tool and the use of digital platforms as a tool that can increase its ...
Alessandro Frolli, Francesco Cerciello, Clara Esposito, Mariagrazia Russo, Fabio Bisogni   +4 more
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Social Representation of Disability and Teachers

Education Sciences, 2021
With the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF), the term disability is consolidated in its dynamic meaning as a condition that is defined by the interaction between personal factors and the environment in which one ...
Sara Rizzo, Alessandro Frolli, Antonella Cavallaro, Giuseppina Sinigaglia, Sebastiano Scire   +4 more
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Universal Design for Learning for Children with ADHD

Children, 2023
Attention Deficit–Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a psychiatric condition that shows developmentally inappropriate levels of inattention, hyperactivity, or impulsivity.
Alessandro Frolli, Francesco Cerciello, Clara Esposito, Maria Carla Ricci, Rossana Pia Laccone, Fabio Bisogni   +5 more
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DISABILITY STUDIES

, 2021
DISABILITY RESEARCH AND DISABILITY ...
Toyin Falola, Anna Lee Carothers, Nic Hamel   +2 more
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‘We Got Lucky with the Judge’: Access to Justice for Disabled Women in Iceland

Laws, 2023
In this paper we aim to make a valuable contribution to the surprisingly limited body of research on access to justice for disabled women who have been subjected to violence.
Eliona Gjecaj, Anna Lawson, Rannveig Traustadóttir, James Gordon Rice   +3 more
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The Impact of COVID-19 on Cognitive Development and Executive Functioning in Adolescents: A First Exploratory Investigation

Brain Sciences, 2021
Background: The rapid expansion and severity of the COVID-19 contagion has had negative physical and psychological health implications for millions of people around the world, but even more so among children and adolescents.
Alessandro Frolli, Maria Carla Ricci, Francesca Di Carmine, Agnese Lombardi, Antonia Bosco, Emilio Saviano, Luisa Franzese   +6 more
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