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‘Work’ is a Four Letter Word? Disability, Work and Welfare [PDF]

, 2003
[Excerpt] This chapter suggests that to overcome the problem of disabled people’s ongoing disadvantage in mainstream employment and, therefore, society, a radical alternative strategy is required that poses a direct challenge to orthodox thinking on work,
Barnes, Colin
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Educating Health Professionals about Disability: A Review of Interventions [PDF]

, 2013
Health professionals need to understand the human rights and health needs of disabled people. This review of evidence on interventions demonstrates that a range of often innovative approaches have been trialled.
Anderson E.S., Cervasio K., Chmar J.E., Dehaitem M.J., Delucia L.M., Disability Rights Commission, Dorji S., Freudenthal J.J., Graham C.L., Jones P., Jurczyk I., Karlowicz K.A., Kleinert H.L., Larson-McNeal M., Mullen K., Oliver M., Shakespeare T., Sharma N., Sumilo D., Symons A.B., World Health Organization, World Health Organization and World Bank   +21 more
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More than a ramp

Forced Migration Review, 2010
"People with disability live in families and live in communities. We cannot be separated from society.” Simon Ong’om, Chairperson of the Gulu Disabled Persons Union (GDPU)
Gulu Disabled Persons Union
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Disturbance of the stato-dynamic function in patients with foot amputation defects and their compensation by prosthetic orthopedic products

Гений oртопедии, 2018
Material and methods The article discusses the features of the changes in the dynamic characteristics of the foot-support interaction in patients with foot amputation defects that reflect the state of their stato-dynamic function and the success of ...
Andrei A. Trofimov, Ludmila M. Smirnova, Igor' V. Shvedovchenko, Oksana E. Gaevskaya   +3 more
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Acceptance of Industrial Collaborative Robots by People With Disabilities in Sheltered Workshops

Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 2021
The integration of people with disabilities into the working world is an important, yet challenging field of research. While different inclusion efforts exist, people with disabilities are still under-represented in the open labor market.
Sandra Drolshagen, Max Pfingsthorn, Pascal Gliesche, Andreas Hein, Andreas Hein, Andreas Hein   +5 more
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Practice of law in the provisioning of accessibility facilities for person with disabilities in Malaysia [PDF]

, 2018
Malaysia’s significant changes can be seen clearly through the improvement of social welfare of the disabled and people with disabilities. Although the governments has carried out various policies and provide facilities as well as provision for the ...
Ismail, Amalina Hanani, Kusbiantoro, Andri, Tajunnisa, Yuyun   +2 more
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Contextual Adaptation, Translation, and Validation of the Affiliate Stigma Scale (ASS) among Primary Caregivers of Children with Physical Disabilities in Nepal: An Observational Study

Journal of Nepal Medical Association
Introduction: The experience of affiliate stigma can cause psychosocial problems among caregivers of children with physical disabilities, seriously affecting children’s care and rehabilitation.
Bibek Banskota, Deepa Bhatta, Rajan Bhusal, Prakash Kumar Yadav, Ashok Kumar Banskota   +4 more
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The Independent Living Movement in the UK [PDF]

, 2003
[Excerpt] The origin of the Independent Living Movement in the UK go back to the late 1970s. Disabled People in the UK, like many other disabled people in other Countries were very disenchanted by the services being provided for them at this time ...
Evans, John
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Can disability studies contribute to client-centred occupational therapy practice? [PDF]

, 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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Challenging international development’s response to disability in rural India: A case for more ethnographic research [PDF]

, 2005
In this article I argue that an ethnographic approach has a contribution to make to the analysis of disability and development. Anthropologists document the experiences of disabled people whilst also critiquing the current operational structures and ...
Bradley, Tamsin
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