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‘Telling Tales’. An investigation into the representation of disability in classic children’s fairy tales

open access: yesEducational Futures, 2017
The research examined the cultural construction of disability found within children’s traditional fairy tales that are employed to support the English National Curriculum.
Alan Hodkinson, Jemma Park
doaj  

Lived Experiences of Public Disability Representations: A Scoping Review

open access: yesDisabilities
Research has largely focussed on public perceptions of people with disabilities, particularly in the media. However, there is a lack of studies exploring how individuals with disabilities themselves experience public disability representation.
Aartjan ter Haar   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Understanding research, consent and ethics: a participatory research methodology in a medium secure unit for men with a learning disability [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
People with learning disability have historically been the subjects or recipients of research, rather than participants or contributors. Whilst there is considerable literature on issues of informed consent, little is known about what people with ...
Cook, Tina, Inglis, Pamela
core  

Real Trends or Measurement Problems? Disability and Employment Trends from the Survey of Income and Program Participation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
This paper addresses important concerns in using statistical data to track outcomes of people with disabilities and provides new evidence of employment trends of people with disabilities using alternative disability conceptualizations from the Survey of ...
David Wittenburg, Elaine Maag
core  

Exploring relationships between self-compassion, impostor phenomenon, and mental health among doctoral students

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology
IntroductionImpostor phenomenon (IP) is widespread in doctoral education and is strongly linked to mental distress. Self-compassion is theoretically and empirically positioned as a counterbalance to the harsh self-evaluation embedded in IP, yet large ...
Brian J. Clarke, Michael T. Hartley
doaj   +1 more source

The scintillating scholarly contribution of Professor Leslie Swartz: How do you hold a moonbeam in your hand?

open access: yesAfrican Journal of Disability
No abstract ...
Brian Watermeyer, Lieketseng Y. Ned
doaj   +1 more source

Research Brief: Employer Practices and the Employment of People with Disabilities: Scoping the Literature [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Much of the literature about disability employment aimed at employers has consisted of checklists and recommendations of best practices that are loosely based on academic theories of diversity but lack research-based evidence of their efficacy.
Karpur, Arun, VanLooy, Sara
core   +1 more source

The urgent need for disability studies among midlife adults. [PDF]

open access: yesWomens Midlife Health, 2020
Karvonen-Gutierrez CA, Strotmeyer ES.
europepmc   +1 more source

Consumers’ recommendations for improving access to healthcare services to adolescents with disabilities in Ghana

open access: yesBMC Research Notes
Introduction In Ghana, Adolescents with mobility and visual impairments and their families, encounter healthcare disparities, including socio-economic, physical, structural and attitudinal challenges, compared to the general population.
Ebenezer Mensah Gyimah   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Disability Studies and the Disability Perspective

open access: yesDisability Studies Quarterly, 2003
At a meeting of Society for Disability Studies Anthony Bale presented a paper in which he called for a statement of the perspective of the disability community. He observed that most members of the Society for Disability Studies use the terms "disability studies" and "disability" in commonly accepted ways.
openaire   +2 more sources

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