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Disability Studies: What’s the Point? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
[Excerpt] While the content of these courses had much to offer in terms of furthering our understanding of the experience of ‘chronic illness’ and the ensuing economic and social outcomes in terms of daily living for disabled people and their families ...
Barnes, Colin
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Listening to young children with disabilities: Experiences of quality in mainstream primary education

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract All children should have access to quality education through a child‐centred pedagogy. An inclusive, child‐centred pedagogy uses a strength‐based view of children that recognises each child as unique and competent, providing children with multiple opportunities to explore and learn at their own pace.
Katherine Gulliver
wiley   +1 more source

Understanding quality in inclusive research: a process of dialogue

open access: yes, 2013
The case for research by and with (rather than on) people with learning disabilities has been successfully made. Calls for emancipatory research have drawn attention to the ways that research owned by disabled people can better tackle social oppression ...
Nind, Melanie
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The absent presence of disability in British higher education

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Rates of disability disclosure are steadily increasing in British higher education (HE), with 18% of the student population having a known disability in 2023/24. It might be assumed that progress is being made with increased representation, rights and support for disabled students.
G. Koutsouris   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Job Sectors That Affecting the Employment Rate of Disabled People in Asia and Pacific Countries

open access: yesIndonesian Journal of Disability Studies, 2018
Disabled people certainly have a same opportunity to pursue their career life through working in the certain job sector that is suitable based on their abilities and skills.
Bayu Sutikno
doaj   +1 more source

Evaluating the effectiveness of the Disability Discrimination (NI) Order (2006) duties [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
This report evaluates the effectiveness of the Disability Discrimination (NI) Order (2006) duties. These duties require public authorities in Northern Ireland to promote positive attitudes towards disabled people and to encourage the participation of ...
Bridge, Simon   +2 more
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Technology‐enhanced learning in higher education institutions: Exploring the lived experiences of students with specific learning differences and their lecturers

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper challenges the prevailing assumption that technology‐enhanced learning (TEL) inherently benefits all students in higher education, examining how undergraduate students with specific learning differences (SpLDs) and/or autism spectrum disorder (ASD) use technology for learning.
Alexia Achtypi   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Disingenuous ‘box‐ticking’: Undergraduate students' attitudes towards university mental health awareness efforts

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Mental health problems are common among UK undergraduate students. In response, many universities have put considerable effort into raising awareness about student mental health problems and avenues of support (e.g., via workshops, posters, email newsletters and social media posts).
Sorcha Finan, Lucy Foulkes
wiley   +1 more source

System failure? Exploring the interplay of fear of failure, competition, cooperation and sense of belonging in education in England and Flanders

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Fear of failure is damaging in a host of ways yet is rife in many schools. Drawing on self‐worth theory, we explore whether fear of academic failure is higher in education systems with features that increase students' experiences of competition. To do this, we compare two very different education systems: England, where, for instance, national
Carolyn Jackson, Mieke Van Houtte
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  

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