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R-E-S-P-E-C-T: The Relationship Between Being Respected and Quality of Life of Disabled People

open access: yesDisability Studies Quarterly, 2018
The United Nations exclaims "all human beings have the right to be treated with dignity and respect" (Annan, 2005, p. 34). Yet, disabled people have long been denied respect in the United States and have been subjected to disability oppression and ...
Carli Friedman
doaj   +1 more source

Access to IDEA Data by People with Disabilities, For People with Disabilities

open access: yesDevelopmental Disabilities Network Journal
The Rhonda Weiss Center for Accessible IDEA Data’s (Weiss Center) mission is to improve state capacity to collect, report, analyze, and use IDEA data in accessible formats for individuals with disabilities. IDEA stands for Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
Johan Rempel, Fred Edora
openaire   +1 more source

Strengthening Responses to Older Adult Abuse: A Review of Contextual Prevention Strategies in Australian Policy

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Older adult abuse is a significant social issue that has attracted necessary attention in Australian policy. Yet, the scope of abuse prevention strategies proposed within these policies has not been systematically reviewed, nor has their alignment with evidence‐informed frameworks been assessed.
Madeline Lee   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Discussions around Precision Genetic Engineering: Role of and Impact on Disabled People

open access: yesLaws, 2016
Genetic researchers are advancing in their abilities to extract precise genetic information from biological and human entities bringing genetic research steps closer to accurately modifying genes of biological entities, including that of humans.
Gregor Wolbring, Lucy Diep
doaj   +1 more source

Access to Justice for People With Disability in Australia: A Systematic Review

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT People with disability face persistent inequities in accessing justice. This systematic review synthesised evidence on what facilitates and impedes access to the justice system for people with disability in Australia, focusing on the little studied area of civil and administrative law. There were 47 peer‐reviewed papers included, most of which
Kate Davies   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Invisible cyclists? Disabled people and cycle planning–A case study of London [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
This paper reports on analysis of over 50 London transport and cycling strategy documents. Both image and text were analysed, in exploring representations of disabled people, particularly as cyclists or potential cyclists. It remains unusual for disabled
Aldred, R.   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Lived experiences of student nurses caring for intellectually disabled people in a public psychiatric institution

open access: yesCurationis, 2016
Background: Caring for intellectually disabled people can be demanding for student nurses who are novices in the nursing profession. To ensure that quality nursing care is provided, student nurses should have an understanding of and a positive attitude ...
Annie Temane   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Hippocampal Seizure‐Related Burden is Associated with Accelerated Long‐Term Forgetting in Focal Epilepsy

open access: yesAnnals of Neurology, EarlyView.
Objective Memory impairment is a frequent comorbidity of focal epilepsy, incompletely explained by seizure frequency or structural pathology. Ictal and postictal hippocampal dysfunction disrupt memory processes, but their cumulative impact remains poorly quantified.
Ionuț‐Flavius Bratu   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

A research of the attitudes of sports sciences students towards disabled people

open access: yesTürk Spor ve Egzersiz Dergisi, 2015
The purpose of this study was to determine the attitudes of students who had a class on disabled people and those who did not. The students who participated in the study were studying at the Faculty of Sports Sciences of Ondokuz Mayıs University during ...
Gul Cavusoglu   +3 more
doaj  

AI Tools, Especially Chatbots and Disabled People: Views of Critical Disability Studies Students

open access: yesSocieties
AI tools, including chatbots, have become increasingly mainstream and could pose many problems for disabled people and their allies. Such problems could include the lack of accessibility of AI tools for disabled people, including disabled activists and ...
Gregor Wolbring   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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