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Showing 1 to 20 of 109 for “"; Social model"”.
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Developing a social understanding of autism through the 'social model'.
… of 'autism' to become engaged in the wider 'social model of disability' debate and to become included as part of the wider disabled people's movement.
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A SOCIAL MODEL FOR THE CONSUMER ACCEPTANCE OF TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION
… of technology usage and adoption. Numerous models have been developed in the United States and other developed countries to enhance the understanding of this issue. However, two main questions remain as to what extent these models and conclusions based on their past usage can be applied to …
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What social model? Disabled students' experience of work-related learning and placements.
This study explores the impact of the social model of disability on the inclusion of disabled students in higher education and employment contexts. It considers the experiences of disabled students on work-based placements as part of their undergraduate degree in a university setting. It analyses …
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Children's experiences of impairment and support in school : a social model approach.
… Chapter One looks at disability through a social model and considers the social climate that sets the scene. Chapter two looks at literature to inform the methodology for 'giving a child a voice' and strategies involved in listening to children. The third chapter looks at the methodology …
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In the wake of the social model : engaging with policy, theory and practice
… As such, they are formed in the wake of the social model of disability, a radical, field-forming idea that dominates the disabled people’s movement, disability policy and practice and disability studies in the UK. The works are clustered around two interlinked areas of concern: how disability …
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Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/ Myalgic Encephalomyelitis and Fibromyalgia : a Social Model of Disability Perspective
This thesis is composed firstly of a literature review focusing on the attitudes of health professionals towards chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME) and fibromyalgia. Secondly, a research paper explores the ways in which people living with CFS/ME have experienced …
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Do Community Learning Disability Nurses (CNLDs) Support Adults with Learning Disabilities in Wales to Access Secondary Healthcare: an exploratory study within the social model of disability
… activities undertaken.The study acknowledges the social model of disability as the underpinning ethos of CNLDs when supporting adults with learning disabilities to access secondary healthcare. <br/><br/>Conclusion <br/><br/>This study identifies that even where LDLNs are in post, CNLDs play an …
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Socialinio modelio taikymas afazijai įveikti /
This Master thesis discusses application of a social model in aphasia treatment. The paper analyses social model methods and means used by Lithuanian speech and language therapists while providing aphasia treatment in health service institutions. The study presents results of the research including …
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Language of Accommodation
… in the building were approached through the social model of disability lens. The social model of disability is a framework in which to view the world developed by disabled activists. This lens is based on the idea that a physical impairment does not disable someone, but rather that the …
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Reconciling Economic Efficiency and Social Needs? The EU, Objective 1 and Civil Society in Wales
… study exploring the development of the 'European social model' and the particular argument that EU policy initiatives in this area indicate the end of old style, elite decision-making where the market was the primary frame of reference. It has been claimed that the European social model, and its …
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Cripping Justice: Enabling Theory on Disability
… Historically, the starting point is the Medical Model, where disability is a bodily ‘defect’, and therefore the responsibility of the disabled person to address or overcome. Making progress in theorising and actuating rights and justice for disabled people, disabled activists and scholars …
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'Challenge and Change in a Cinderella Service': A History of Fulbourn Hospital, Cambridgeshire, 1953 – 1995
… history and documentary sources to explore the models of mental illness and the therapeutic practices associated with them in one provincial English psychiatric hospital during the second half of the twentieth century. The appointment in 1953 of a new Medical Superintendent from the Maudsley …
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Blind justice?: an investigation into the social and economic effectiveness of discrimination law in the delivery of fair employment for visually impaired people
This inquiry examines why UK legal and social policy has not prevented the employment exclusion of visually impaired people. Visual Impairment is one of the largest impairment constituencies. As a result, mainstream access solutions are, increasingly, freely available in computers, phones and …
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An Object-Oriented Parallel Social Simulation Framework
Agent-Based Modeling (ABM) is a powerful social simulation technique that employs a bottom-up approach for opinion dynamics study. In this work, we develop a social simulation framework based on ABM. The framework supporting multiple features of interest to social scientists and experimenters. The …
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These Days Are Ours: Exploring Young Disabled People's Experiences and Views of the Disabled People's Movement
… to be inclusive, remain committed to the social model of disability and accessible to young disabled people, the DPM must provide young members and newcomers with the resources and support to offer a vision for a new and inclusive society. To achieve this, the social model should be …
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Meanings of social exclusion and inclusion in relation to older people with dementia in care homes
This thesis explores the meaning of social exclusion in relation to older people with dementia in care homes. Its central objective is to identify the main influences shaping meanings of exclusion and inclusion in this context, and to understand how these influences are personally encountered and …
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Race, Class, and Health: Health Behavior and Hypertension in Black and White Americans
… are analyzed. In this dissertation the social model of health is adopted and its validity tested. As a theoretical framework for this study, the focus is on the minority status of blacks in the United States. In particular, the argument is made that both race and class affect health. …
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'Is this inclusive?'; teachers' perspectives on inclusion for children labelled with autism
… a central focus the impact of the individual and social models of disability on how these teachers conceive of their practice. The teachers were participants on a module on a university based professional development programme. Data were gathered from discussions between the teachers and from …
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