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Persons with disabilities

Behavioral Sciences & the Law, 1996
In 1990, the United States Congress enacted legislation protecting the civil rights of persons with disabilities. The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) (1990) has been termed the most significant civil rights legislation since the 1960s (Rothstein, 1992/1994; see also Drimmer, 1993; Gostin & Beyer, 1993).
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Extending social protection to persons with disabilities: Exploring the accessibility and the impact of the Disability Fund on the lives of persons with disabilities in Ghana

Global Social Policy, 2019
In many low-income countries, persons with disabilities are consistently denied access to essential services, contributing to a high incidence of poverty among them.
M. Opoku   +3 more
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DISABILITY IN PERSONS HOSPITALIZED WITH AIDS

American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, 1991
This study documents the types and degree of disability seen in persons with AIDS at discharge from acute hospitalization. Based on 37 discharge evaluations using the Functional Independence Measure (FIM), 60% required human assistance in at least one of 18 FIM areas. Thirty-two percent required human assistance in five or more areas. Fifty-one and 38%
M W, O'Dell   +3 more
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Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, 2018
This chapter examines the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). The Optional Protocol was adopted along with the CRPD on 13 December 2006 by the United Nations General Assembly, and entered into force on 3
Stavrinaki Tina
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Persons with Disabilities

2010
A key issue in the debate about reforming the U.S. health care system is how to finance and organize the delivery of long-term care. This volume offers perspectives on several important facets of this problem, including the regulation of private long-term care insurance, catastrophic out-of-pocket costs, and the use of long-term care and acute care ...
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Toward Competitive Employment for Persons with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: What Progress Have We Made and Where Do We Need to Go

Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities, 2018
Progress toward competitive integrated employment (CIE) for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) over the last 40 years has been mixed.
P. Wehman   +7 more
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Persons With Disabilities

Disability is a challenging issue across the globe, as almost 16% of the global population has some kind of disability. India, the most populous country in the world, also faces the severity of disability issues as 2.2% of its population belongs to that group.
Jipson Joseph, Ananya Pandey
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Rights of Persons with Disabilities

China’s Path of Human Rights Development, 2021
Huawen Liu
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Career Guidance for Persons with Disabilities

2008
In the last ten years important theoretical and applicative changes have taken place in the disability field that also have significant consequences for school-career guidance. Therefore, before dealing with the issue of career guidance for persons with disabilities it is appropriate to recall the new disability conceptualisations, formulated between ...
SORESI, SALVATORE   +3 more
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Persons with Intellectual disability

Medical Journal of Australia, 1987
J, Simpson, J, Krey, S, Bettison
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