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Disability, Happiness and the Welfare State [PDF]
This book looks at disability as an evolving social phenomenon. Disability is created through the interaction between persons with impairments and their environment. Exploring these experiences of persons with disabilities and discussing universality and
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Center on Disability Studies eNewsletter, July 2021 [PDF]
, 2021 Welcome to the July issue of the CDS enewsletter. We’re delighted to share with you some of the many research, dissemination, and other ongoing activities of the center.
Raphael, Raphael +6 more
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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 +4 more
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Center on Disability Studies eNewsletter, September 2021 [PDF]
, 2021 Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.Aloha and Welcome to the September issue of the CDS eNewsletter. In this month’s issue, we are excited to feature many of the ongoing activities of the center.
Moriyasu, Annie +7 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 +23 more
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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 +4 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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Center on Disability Studies eNewsletter, January 2022 [PDF]
, 2022 Happy New Year and welcome to the January issue of the CDS eNewsletter. Despite the on-going pandemic, we hope to share our continued efforts at our Center to move forward towards improving the outcomes of individuals with disabilities and other ...
Moriyasu, Annie +6 more
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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 +6 more
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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 +12 more
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