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Accessing emergency rest centres in the UK - lesson learnt [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Emergency rest centres (ERC) are premises that are used for the temporary accommodation of evacuees during an emergency situation. They form an important part of emergency response, by providing a focal point for receiving people and providing food ...
Kipling, J, Newton, R, Ormerod, M
core   +2 more sources

“I was Excited by the Idea of a Project that Focuses on those Unasked Questions” Co-Producing Disability Research with Disabled Young People

open access: yesChildren & society, 2018
In this article, we detail the politics and practicalities of co‐produced disability research with disabled young people with life‐limiting and life‐threatening impairments.
K. Liddiard   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Expanding worldviews on psychometric analysis of measurement tools in health professions education and research

open access: yesAnatomical Sciences Education, EarlyView.
Abstract Worldviews influence research—from design to interpretation and reporting. Historically, psychometrics has been predominantly situated within a positivist paradigm, while social research has often aligned with interpretivist or critical paradigms. However, emerging perspectives in the philosophy‐of‐science are challenging this rigid alignment,
Michelle D. Lazarus   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Including Disabled People in Sanitation and Hygiene Services [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
The needs of disabled people in developing countries are consistently overlooked when it comes to providing sanitation and hygiene services. This reality has severe and widespread consequences for the health, dignity, education, and employment of ...
Guy Collender   +3 more
core  

Associating cognitive abilities with naturalistic search behavior

open access: yesJournal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, Volume 76, Issue 4, Page 665-685, April 2025.
Abstract Differences in cognitive abilities affect search behaviors, but this has mostly been observed in laboratory experiments. There is limited research on how users search for information in real‐world, naturalistic settings and how real‐world search behaviors relate to cognitive abilities.
Tung Vuong   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Human Rights of Disabled People in the South [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
[Excerpt] This paper focuses on human rights of disabled people in the South. This superficially remote topic is actually relevant to every reader. This article explains that our ignorance has led to the global disparity between rich and poor people and ...
Katsui, Hisayo
core   +1 more source

Empowering People with Disabilities [PDF]

open access: yesIndian Journal of Psychological Medicine, 2018
K. S. Jacob, Reema Samuel
openaire   +4 more sources

Individual and collective transitions: Changes in family information networks over time in life with chronic illness

open access: yesJournal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.
Abstract Chronic illness represents a transition for both patients and their family members although transitions and information behavior changes have largely been explored from an individual perspective. Illness‐related transitions may be undertaken individually or collectively, but little is known about how family information networks change in the ...
Lindsay K. Brown, Tiffany C. Veinot
wiley   +1 more source

Ergonomic Standards for Disabled People in Pedestrian Areas : Results from Leeds Observation Work 1988/89 [PDF]

open access: yes, 1989
This working paper is one of a series (WP 252, 253, 254, 255, 274, 275), describing work undertaken under contract to TRRL investigating design guidance for pedestrian areas and footways to satisfy the needs of disabled and elderly people.
Berrett, B.   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Food insecurity and disability among working-age and older adults

open access: yesPublic Health Nutrition
Objective: To explore relationships between disability, food insecurity (FI) and age and examine how socio-economic factors impact risk of FI among disabled people in working and older age.
Mia Hadfield-Spoor   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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