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World Psychiatry, 2019 The United Nations (UN) Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) is the most up‐to‐date international legal instrument concerning the rights of persons with disabilities.
G. Szmukler
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Factors associated with public attitudes towards persons with disabilities: a systematic review
BMC Public Health, 2021 The aim of this review is to identify and summarize factors that are associated with public attitudes towards people with various disabilities systematically.
Ziru Wang +5 more
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Improve Access to Assistive Technologies and Promote Universal Health Coverage
Xiehe Yixue Zazhi, 2022 Assistive technology is a subset of health technology. The resolution on improving access to assistive technology adopted by the 71st World Health Assembly illustrates that it is extremely important to integrate assistive technologies into healthcare ...
DONG Liquan +3 more
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African Journal of Disability, 2021 Background Unemployment rates for persons with disabilities in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are high. This is despite the call to action by the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and Sustainable Development ...
R. Morwane, S. Dada, J. Bornman
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Functional lateralization of speech processing in adults and children who stutter
Frontiers in Psychology, 2011 Developmental stuttering is a speech disorder in fluency characterized by repetitions, prolongations and silent blocks, especially in the initial parts of utterances. Although their symptoms are motor related, people who stutter show abnormal patterns of
Yutaka eSato +12 more
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Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
European Journal of Health Law, 2009 Recalling its resolution 56/168 of 19 December 2001, by which it decided to establish an Ad Hoc Committee, open to the participation of all Member States and observers to the United Nations, to consider proposals for a comprehensive and integral ...
Inter-Parliamentary Union
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Telemedicine barriers and challenges for persons with disabilities: COVID-19 and beyond
Disability and Health Journal, 2020 The COVID-19 pandemic has forced a rapid adoption of telemedicine over traditional in-person visits due to social restrictions. While telemedicine improves access and reduces barriers to healthcare access for many, several barriers and challenges remain ...
T. Annaswamy +2 more
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A BMI-based occupational therapy assist suit: asynchronous control by SSVEP
Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2013 A brain-machine interface (BMI) is an interface technology that uses neurophysiological signals from the brain to control external machines. Recent invasive BMI technologies have succeeded in the asynchronous control of robot arms for a useful series of ...
Takeshi eSakurada +4 more
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Employing Persons with Disabilities [PDF]
AAOHN Journal, 1989 Training, job accommodation, and modification will be key factors in the placement of persons with disabilities in the public and private sectors. It is projected that the role of the occupational health nurse will be further extended to educating management and employees about the inclusion of the disabled into the work force.
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Is There a Disability Gap in Employment Rates in Developing Countries? [PDF]
, 2012 This paper examines differences in employment rates between persons with and without disabilities in 15 developing countries using the World Health Survey.
Mitra, Sophie, Mizunoya, Suguru
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