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Center on Disability Studies eNewsletter, May 2021 [PDF]

, 2021
Welcome to the CDS Newsletter for May 2021. In this issue, you'll learn more about events happening this month as well as our ongoing activities. In particular, you will find results from our 36th Annual Pacific Rim International Conference on Disability
Raphael, Raphael, Takahashi, Kiriko, Leong, Genesis M.K., Stodden; Robert, Uyehara, Lisa   +4 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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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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Disability, Access to Food and the UN CRPD: Navigating Discourses of Human Rights in the Netherlands

Social Inclusion, 2018
In 2016, the Netherlands ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UN CRPD), one of the last developed nations to do so.
Mitzi Waltz, Tanja Mol, Elinor Gittins, Alice Schippers   +3 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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Self-directed disability support: building people’s capacity through peer support and action research [PDF]

, 2014
How are people with disability experiencing and managing the transition towards self directed support and preparing for the NDIS? In this project, small groups of people with disability around Australia met over 6 months to talk about their disability ...
Fisher, KR ; https://orcid.org/, Meyer, P, Ariella Meltzer, Karen R. Fisher, Cooper, S, Meltzer, A ; https://orcid.org/, Purcal, C ; https://orcid.org/, Phoebe Meyer, Ngila Bevan, Sam Cooper, Bevan, N, Wong, M ; https://orcid.org/, Melissa Wong, Christiane Purcal   +13 more
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Center on Disability Studies eNewsletter, August 2021 [PDF]

, 2021
Aloha and Welcome to the August issue of the CDS e-newsletter. This month’s edition celebrates many of the research, dissemination, and other ongoing activities of the center.
Raphael, Raphael, Moriyasu, Annie, Banks, Sara, Tom, Tammy, Deese, Ronald, Takahashi, Kiriko, Chinn, Chuan, Leong, Genesis M.K., Tarnay, Jennifer, Conway, Thomas   +9 more
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A defence of identity for persons with disability: Reflections from religion and philosophy versus ancient African culture

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

African 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, Surona Visagie, Lieketseng Y. Ned   +2 more
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