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Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Hearing loss is a poignant issue in many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and, without sufficient support, it can also contribute to disabling life experiences. The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) is intended to provide support to eligible people experiencing disability, however, to effectively serve this ...
Hannah Lack +4 more
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Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study explored the mediating influences of access to social activities, social services, and health and medical services on the relationship between social determinants of health and health‐related quality of life. A survey of 602 adults was conducted in a regional area of Australia.
Candice Oster +4 more
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Global trends in disability rehabilitation and their implications for leprosy programmes [PDF]
, 2007 [Excerpt] Globally, the disability rehabilitation scenario today is at an exciting stage. After many years of effort, the International Convention on Rights of Persons with Disability is in sight, a major step forward, and binding on governments to ...
Thomas, Maliakal Joseph, Thomas, Maya
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The development of direct payments in the UK: implications for social justice [PDF]
, 2005 Direct payments have been heralded by the disability movement as an important means to achieving independent living and hence greater social justice for disabled people through enhanced recognition as well as financial redistribution.
Barnes, C. +5 more
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Games for the rehabilitation of disabled people
Proceedings of the 4th Workshop on ICTs for improving Patients Rehabilitation Research Techniques, 2016 In this paper, we consider the use of games in the rehabilitation of disabled people, with particular attention to blind and partially sighted people. Serious games are currently very widely used in a variety of applications including education, training, culture, therapy and rehabilitation.
Leporini B, Hersh M
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Internet access for disabled people: Understanding socio-relational factors in Europe
, 2017 Access to the Internet has become a sine qua non-of everyday life. It also offers new routes to economic and social inclusion for disabled people. Research on the digital divide shows that social factors affect Internet access but disability status is ...
Frederike Scholz +2 more
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Australian 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
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Animal Models and Experimental Medicine, EarlyView.Time‐ and dose‐related pathological changes of knee osteoarthritis rat model induced by monosodium iodoacetate. Abstract Knee osteoarthritis (KOA) is a chronic degenerative disease. Monosodium iodoacetate (MIA) induction is the most commonly used therapeutic effect evaluation and mechanism of action research model; we observed a lack of standardization
Wei Pu +6 more
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Disability in education response sheet [completed response from the Further Education Development Agency (FEDA)] [PDF]
, 2000 "FEDA welcomes the introduction of legislation for disability rights in education. This should ensure that disabled people have better access to educational opportunities.
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Visual Features in Stereo‐Electroencephalography to Predict Surgical Outcome: A Multicenter Study
Annals of Neurology, EarlyView.Objective Epilepsy surgery needs predictive features that are easily implemented in clinical practice. Previous studies are limited by small sample sizes, lack of external validation, and complex computational approaches. We aimed to identify and validate visually stereo‐electroencephalography (SEEG) features with the highest predictive value for ...
Chifaou Abdallah +20 more
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