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Tragic but brave or just crips with chips? Songs and their lyrics in the Disability Arts Movement in Britain [PDF]

, 2009
Disability culture is a site within which social and positional identities are struggled for and dominant discourses rejected; in which mainstream representations of people with impairments – as victims of personal tragedy – are held to the light and ...
Barnes, Berger, Britt, Campbell, COLIN CAMERON, Fiske, Hasler, Holdsworth, Holdsworth, Humphries, Marks, Martin, Masefield, Mercer, Miller, Morrison, Read, Reeve, Smith, Storey, Strinati, Sutherland, Swain, Swain, Swain, Taylor, Thomas, Young   +27 more
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Accessibility of Dutch Public Space: Regulations and Local Actions by Pedestrians with Disabilities

Laws
This article examines the accessibility of public space for individuals with disabilities in the Netherlands, as well as the relevant legal frameworks intended to promote accessibility.
Dick Houtzager, Edwin Luitzen De Vos
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Recovery services and expectation of consumers and mental health professionals in community-based residential facilities of Ghana

BMC Psychiatry, 2020
Background In the past decades, considerable global attention has been drawn to recovery services that seek to promote the personal recovery journey of consumers with mental illness.
Naomi Gyamfi, Eric Badu, Wisdom Kwadwo Mprah, Isaac Mensah   +3 more
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Disability inclusion in African health systems’ responses during COVID-19: A scoping review

African Journal of Disability, 2023
Background: People with disabilities often experience poorer access to healthcare because of multiple barriers even in non-crisis times, especially more so in low- and middle-income countries.
Madri Engelbrecht, Yandisa Ngqangashe, Luphiwo Mduzana, Kate Sherry, Lieketseng Ned   +4 more
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Reconstructing the lived experience of disability in antiquity: a case study from Roman Egypt [PDF]

, 2015
Over the last thirty years, the development of disability studies as an academic discipline has in turn ensured that interest in disability in historical periods has steadily increased.
Draycott, Jane
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The Perceptions of University Students as to the Benefits and Barriers to Using Immersive Virtual Reality in Learning to Work with Individuals with Developmental Disabilities

Education Sciences
The aim of this study is to understand the experiences of university students who took part in a pilot program for an experiential learning opportunity in immersive virtual reality (iVR). Experiential learning opportunities are essential for students who
Nicole Luke, Avery Keith, Nicole Bajcar, Brittney Sureshkumar, Oluwakemi Adebayo   +4 more
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AAC and Autism: Manual Signs and Pecs, a Comparison

Behavioral Sciences, 2022
Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) represent a heterogeneous group of disorders, with onset in developmental age, which present a clinical expressiveness that varies from subject to subject and in the same subject over time.
Alessandro Frolli, Sonia Ciotola, Clara Esposito, Sara Fraschetti, Maria Carla Ricci, Francesco Cerciello, Maria Grazia Russo   +6 more
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Re-Turning to Recognition and the Ongoing Search for Creative-Relational Belonging: A Collective Biography of Living with Disability

Disabilities
We, five co-authors of this paper, came together for a three-day collective biography workshop to reflect on moments of recognition that have impacted our lives.
Elisabeth De Schauwer, Jentel Van Havermaet, Inge G. E. Blockmans, Hanne Hellin, Bronwyn Davies   +4 more
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Disabilty in Older Adults with Depression [PDF]

, 2005
Depression is a leading cause of disability among older adults which can change the scope of daily life for older adults and threaten their ability to live independently in the community.
Chisholm, Denise
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Self-rated health and employment status in patients with multiple sclerosis [PDF]

, 2010
Purpose. The aim is to explore the association between self-rated health and employment status in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) when controlling for age, gender, functional disability, disease duration, anxiety and depression. Method. One hundred
Gavelova, M., Gdovinova, Z., Groothoff, J.W., Krokavcova, M., Middel, B., Nagyova, I., Rosenberger, J., Szilasiova, J., van Dijk, J.P.   +8 more
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