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Disabled Children, Disabling Practices

open access: yes, 1984
Reports and Proceedings ...
Rees, Stuart, Emerson, Anneke
openaire   +2 more sources

Understanding the Housing and Support Experience of People With Complex Disability in Australia: A Qualitative Analysis of Submissions to the Disability Royal Commission

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In 2019, the Australian government established the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability (‘Disability Royal Commission’, DRC) to investigate widespread mistreatment of people with disability. Nearly 10,000 people with disability, their families and supporters engaged with the DRC.
Kate D'Cruz   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Identification of demographic factors and health problems that affect the acceptance of disease and health behaviors of patients with osteoarthritis [PDF]

open access: yesPeerJ, 2017
Introduction Osteoarthritis (OA) is one of the most common causes of musculoskeletal system’s ailments. In the prevention of the disease and in its comprehensive treatment, proper health-related behavior becomes an extremely important factor for ...
Matylda Sierakowska   +2 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Caring for Caregivers in Retirement: Social Security Works for Direct Care Workers [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Social Security provides the basic foundation for the economic security of retired workers, workers who become disabled before retiring, and the children and spouses of workers who die or become disabled.
Shawn Fremstad
core  

Key worker services for disabled children: what characteristics of services lead to better outcomes for children and families? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
Background: Research has shown that families of disabled children who have a key worker benefit from this service and recent policy initiatives emphasize the importance of such services. However, research is lacking on which characteristics of key worker
Beresford B.   +14 more
core   +1 more source

Confessions of a Poverty Researcher: My Journey Through the Foothills of Scholarship

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper describes the key events, experiences and ideas that influenced the author's career as a poverty researcher. He describes how his early disillusion with economics was replaced by a spark of interest in social issues and how his migration from the UK to Australia in the mid‐1970s provided the impetus to begin what became a lifetime ...
Peter Saunders
wiley   +1 more source

Accessible Environment for Young People with Disabilities in St Petersburg: Sociological Analysis

open access: yesДискурс
Introduction. The article is devoted to the opportunities and barriers of the environment. It is proposed to look at the creation of an “accessible environment” not only as the elimination of physical barriers, but also from the point of view of its ...
O. A. Novozhilova
doaj   +1 more source

Comparison of Power Hierarchy, Cohesion and Structure in Families with and Without a Disabled Child From the Perspective of their Mothers, Bushehr 2015 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Background: Power hierarchy, cohesion and family structure are the main component of every family. Families with disabled children may be affected with this structure and function.
Kamran Mirzaei   +4 more
core   +2 more sources

Adults With Intellectual Disability Moving out of the Family Home Using the National Disability Insurance Scheme: Family Members' Planning Experiences

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT For adults with intellectual disability and their families, future planning and moving out of the family home in Australia will increasingly occur within the context of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). As a market‐based, individualised funding system its impact on this transition remains largely unknown. This paper reports on a
I. Belperio   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

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