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People with Disabilities

open access: yes, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a series of significant and complex impacts on the lives of people with disabilities. A disproportionate number of people with disabilities have become ill and died; established inequalities in health and social care provision have been highlighted and exacerbated.
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Labour market disadvantage amongst disabled people: a longitudinal perspective [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
Considerable cross-sectional evidence has highlighted the lower employment rates and earnings amongst disabled people in Britain. But very little is known about the progression of disabled people in employment.
Rigg, John A.
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The Health of People with Intellectual Disability [PDF]

open access: yesInternational Journal of Family Medicine, 2011
This special issue for the International Journal of Family Medicine is a first and warmly welcomed by those of us who work and research in the area. In “Prevalence of depression and dementia among adults with intellectual disabilities in Manitoba, Canada,” Dr. S.
Lennox, N.   +5 more
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Employment of Disabled People in Russian Regions: Status, Differentiation, Factors

open access: yesСтатистика и экономика, 2020
Purpose of the research. Employment of disabled people can be considered as a kind of reserve of the labor potential of the population in the conditions of aging and reduction of the population of working age.
O. V. Kuchmaeva
doaj   +1 more source

Coverage of Allies, Allyship and Disabled People: A Scoping Review

open access: yesSocieties, 2023
Disabled people face many problems in their lived reality, as evidenced by the content of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Disabled people are constantly engaged in activism to decrease their problems.
Gregor Wolbring, Aspen Lillywhite
doaj   +1 more source

Researching the lives of disabled children and young people [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Why a Special Issue of Children & Society dedicated to disabled children and young people? The simple answer to that question is ‘because disabled children are children first and foremost’.
Al-Krenawi   +22 more
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People with intellectual disabilities

open access: yesBMJ, 2004
Their health needs differ and need to be recognised and met People with intellectual disabilities comprise about 2% of the UK population. Demographics are, however, changing and the population of people with intellectual disabilities increased by 53% over the 35 year period 1960-95, which equals 1.2% per year.1 A further 11% increase is projected for
Sally-Ann Cooper   +2 more
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Changing the Narrative: Self-Representations of Disabled People in Social Media

open access: yesPrzeglad Socjologii Jakosciowej, 2023
The problem of inadequate media representation of disabled people has been changed in recent years by social media, owing to which disabled people can gain at least partial control over their image in public space and thus influence how non-disabled ...
Monika Struck-Peregończyk   +1 more
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Undergraduate Disabled Students as Knowledge Producers Including Researchers: Perspectives of Disabled Students

open access: yesEducation Sciences, 2022
Knowledge influences policy development and policies impact disabled people. Scientific and technological advancements, including neuro-advancements and their governance, have social implications for disabled people. However, knowledge is missing on this
Aspen Lillywhite, Gregor Wolbring
doaj   +1 more source

Digital exclusion: coming out from behind closed doors [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Government visions of a digital future show little indication of how disabled people, reliant on access technology, will participate. Access technology has the potential to offer independent use of the Internet but many disabled people already face ...
Watling, Sue
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