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Being Disabled in Gaza: A Situation Assessment in the Context of Problems, Needs and International Organisations

open access: yesSosyal Siyaset Konferansları Dergisi
The fact that life in Gaza has been under full blockade since 2007 has created an even more disadvantageous environment for disabled people who cannot participate in society in the necessary way.
Zehra Erol Karaca, Meryem Serdar
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"Today I Had an Eye Appointment, and I'm Still Blind": Crip Humor, Storytelling, and Narrative Positioning of the Disabled Self

open access: yesDisability Studies Quarterly, 2018
While able-bodied people may perceive the lives of disabled individuals as "tragic," disabled people often do not believe that to be the case. This paper argues that one way this incongruity might be mediated is through the use of humor and storytelling ...
Teresa Milbrodt
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A National Survey of Informal Supporters' Experiences and Views of Behaviour Support Practitioners in the National Disability Insurance Scheme

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines informal supporters' experiences and views of NDIS behaviour support practitioners, including engagement, information needed to support selection, and perceptions of practitioners' knowledge, skill, and practice. It reports data from a cross‐sectional online survey of 123 informal support providers of participants receiving
Alinka Fisher   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Two Years of Ocrelizumab Treatment in Black and Hispanic People with Multiple Sclerosis in CHIMES: A Single‐Arm Clinical Trial

open access: yesAnnals of Neurology, EarlyView.
Objective To evaluate the effectiveness and safety of ocrelizumab in self‐identified black and Hispanic people with relapsing multiple sclerosis. Methods The Characterization of Ocrelizumab in Minorities with Multiple Sclerosis (CHIMES) trial, a prospective, open‐label, single‐arm, phase 4 study, intentionally recruited underrepresented populations in ...
Lilyana Amezcua   +16 more
wiley   +1 more source

Disabled People [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
In Defence of Welfare was published in early 2011 and brings together responses from social policy experts to a range of different aspects of the Coalition government's planned reforms of - and cuts to - to welfare provision.
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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

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
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Seeing ourselves in anatomy: Embedding equity, diversity, and inclusivity to transform learning in a UK BSc curriculum

open access: yesAnatomical Sciences Education, EarlyView.
Abstract Embedding intersectional equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) in anatomy education is essential to reflect the growing diversity of student populations, support all learners, and prepare graduates for a more inclusive, socially responsive global workforce.
Michelle Welsh, Ourania Varsou
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
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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
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