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Non-use of healthcare services among persons with mobility impairments in Cofimvaba, South Africa

open access: yesAfrican Journal of Disability, 2023
Background: Access to primary health care is a fundamental right for all. However, persons with disabilities are experiencing difficulties when accessing healthcare because of various environmental and personal barriers which may lead to nonuse of such ...
Babalwa Tshaka   +2 more
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A defence of identity for persons with disability: Reflections from religion and philosophy versus ancient African culture

open access: yesAfrican Journal of Disability, 2019
Background: Religion and philosophy follow the Hegelian dialectic, man as thesis, evil as antithesis and ideal man or God the final synthesis, locking out persons with disability stating that they don’t meet the criteria of being human persons.
Patrick Ojok, Junior B. Musenze
doaj   +1 more source

Can disability studies contribute to client-centred occupational therapy practice? [PDF]

open access: yes, 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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Designing Collective Access: a feminist disability theory of Universal Design [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Universal Design (UD) is a movement to produce built environments that are accessible to a broad range of human variation. Though UD is often taken for granted as synonymous with the best, most inclusive, forms of disability access, the values ...
Aimi Hamraie
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Capacity of nurses and midwives for early identification of developmental delays among children in a Ghanaian rural district

open access: yesCogent Public Health, 2023
: Early identification of developmental delays provides an opportunity for early intervention that improves the child’s growth and development. Primary healthcare providers have a basic responsibility for the early identification of developmental delays ...
Hasehni Vampere   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Exploring the Integration of Disability Awareness into Tertiary Teaching and Learning Activities [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
A desire to have every student attending our University be aware of, and reflect on, disability in their studies and future careers, initiated our project to explore how to enhance disability awareness within all our University’s papers.
Clay, Lynne   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Quality of life of adults born very preterm or very low birth weight : a systematic review [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Aim To establish differences in health‐related quality of life (HRQoL) in adults born term and those born very preterm (VPT) and/or with a very low birth weight (VLBW). Methods Our systematic review is preregistered under PROSPERO‐ID CRD42018084005.
Grevinga, Manon   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Guest Editors' Introduction: Growing Disability Studies: Politics of Access, Politics of Collaboration

open access: yesDisability Studies Quarterly, 2014
This is an introduction and has no abstract.
Michelle Jarman, Alison Kafer
doaj   +1 more source

Disabled parents' involvement in their children's education : an examination of good practice. Summary for parents [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
This leaflet sets out the main findings from research about disabled parents' involvement in their children's education.
Brunner, Richard   +3 more
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Understanding intellectual disability through RASopathies [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Intellectual disability, commonly known as mental retardation in the International Classification of Disease from World Health Organization, is the term that describes an intellectual and adaptive cognitive disability that begins in early life during the
Pagani, Mario Rafael   +1 more
core   +1 more source

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