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Being a Disabled Patient: Negotiating the Social Practices of Hospitals in England

Social Inclusion, 2018
Accessing hospital care and being a patient is a highly individualised process, but it is also dependent on the culture and practices of the hospital and the staff who run it.
Stuart Read, Val Williams, Pauline Heslop, Victoria Mason-Angelow, Caroline Miles   +4 more
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A tale of caution: Navigating special education teacher resistance to well-being professional development

International Journal of Educational Research Open, 2023
Despite increased attention to special education teacher well-being in the past decade, special education teachers continue to leave the field at twice the rate of general education teachers (Boe, 2014; Fox et al., 2020).
Heather L. Walter, Elisabeth L. Kutscher, Harriet B. Fox, Elizabeth D. Tuckwiller, Karly B. Ball   +4 more
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Early Check: translational science at the intersection of public health and newborn screening

BMC Pediatrics, 2019
Background Newborn screening (NBS) occupies a unique space at the intersection of translational science and public health. As the only truly population-based public health program in the United States, NBS offers the promise of making the successes of ...
Donald B. Bailey, Lisa M. Gehtland, Megan A. Lewis, Holly Peay, Melissa Raspa, Scott M. Shone, Jennifer L. Taylor, Anne C. Wheeler, Michael Cotten, Nancy M. P. King, Cynthia M. Powell, Barbara Biesecker, Christine E. Bishop, Beth Lincoln Boyea, Martin Duparc, Blake A. Harper, Alex R. Kemper, Stacey N. Lee, Rebecca Moultrie, Katherine C. Okoniewski, Ryan S. Paquin, Denise Pettit, Katherine Ackerman Porter, Scott J. Zimmerman   +23 more
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Perceived causes and management of epilepsy among rural community dwellers in Ghana: a qualitative synthesis

Frontiers in Neurology, 2023
BackgroundIn Ghana, over 270,000 people live with epilepsy, of which 70% do not receive treatment. Despite the high number of people with the condition, misconceptions exist about its causes and management in African regions.
Daniel Gyaase, Daniel Gyaase, Theresah Ivy Gyaase, Theresah Ivy Gyaase, Rebecca Tawiah, Rebecca Tawiah, Godfred Atta-Osei, Godfred Atta-Osei, Isaac Owusu, Isaac Owusu, Wisdom Kwadwo Mprah, Wisdom Kwadwo Mprah, Yeetey Akpe Enuameh   +12 more
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Rights and knowledge-based approach to aging and disability: an overview of issues and approaches

Social Welfare: Interdisciplinary Approach, 2012
This analysis paper is part of a larger project led by the Canadian Centre on Disability Studies (CCDS) and funded by Human Resources and Social Development Canada (HRSDC), called “From Research and Knowledge to Better Practice: Building Strategies and ...
Olga Krassioukova-Enns, Laurie Ringaert
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Disabled people’s experiences of accessing reasonable adjustments in hospitals: a qualitative study

BMC Health Services Research, 2018
Background The UK Equality Act 2010 requires providers of health services to make changes or ‘reasonable adjustments’ to their practices in order to protect disabled people from discrimination or disadvantage when accessing care.
Stuart Read, Pauline Heslop, Sue Turner, Victoria Mason-Angelow, Nadine Tilbury, Caroline Miles, Chris Hatton   +6 more
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Who is disabled? On whether the functional definition of disability targets the same individuals as the subjective definition

Frontiers in Sustainability, 2023
With the increased attention to disability as a vulnerability criterion in the Sustainable Development Goals, international organizations and NGOs within the international development sector have started to pay explicit attention to persons with ...
Judith Baart, Willem Elbers, Alice Schippers   +2 more
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Life Quality and Participation of Disabled Children and Young People: Design and Methods of a Transformative Study

International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 2021
The LIFE-DCY research project has two aims. First, to evaluate disabled children’s quality of life (QoL) as reported by themselves and their parents, and second, to locate commonalities, differences, and conflicting issues in the processes that may ...
Snæfrídur Thóra Egilson, Linda B. Ólafsdóttir, Anna Sigrún Ingimarsdóttir, Freyja Haraldsdóttir, Ásta Jóhannsdóttir, Barbara E. Gibson, Stefan Hardonk   +6 more
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Parent Training and Therapy in Children with Autism

Pediatric Reports, 2021
With the introduction of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-5th ed. (DSM-5) autism spectrum disorders (ASD) fall into the category of neurodevelopmental disorders.
Alessandro Frolli, Antonia Bosco, Francesca Di Carmine, Antonella Cavallaro, Agnese Lombardi, Luana Sergi, Giulio Corrivetti, Maria Carla Ricci   +7 more
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Infusing disability equity within rehabilitation education and practice: A qualitative study of lived experiences of ableism, allyship, and healthcare partnership

Frontiers in Rehabilitation Sciences, 2022
BackgroundAddressing issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) has become central in implementing inclusive and socially responsible rehabilitation education and clinical practice. Yet, the constructs of disability and d/Deaf identity and culture,
Heather A. Feldner, Heather A. Feldner, Heather A. Feldner, Heather D. Evans, Heather D. Evans, Katherine Chamblin, Lesley M. Ellis, Mark K. Harniss, Mark K. Harniss, Danbi Lee, Danbi Lee, Joanne Woiak   +11 more
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