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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"Disability Law"”.
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The Spectre Of Institutionalization: Disability, Law, Performance, And Policy At The Pennhurst State School & Hospital And Pennhurst Asylum
… legal, medical, political, and social notions of disability, producing identities which simultaneously dehumanize and sustain dis/abled people. I theorize institutionalization as an ongoing social process and show how one dis/abled community uses performance to reinterpret and reclaim it. Chapters …
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Incapacity, disability and dismissal : the implications for South African labour jurisprudence
Disability in South African labour law is reduced to incapacity. An evaluation of disability and incapacity was made to advocate a clear conceptual break between the two concepts. Also, that disability should be grounded in a social model paradigm of disability which was a materialist critique of …
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Choice for All? Charter Schools and Students with Disabilities
… of quality. Levels of expertise in federal disability law and fiscal barriers were explored, as well.
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Women with disabilities and the right to work in Nigeria: recommendations for an inclusive public service and labour market
… disabilities constitute a vulnerable part of the disability population in Nigeria and are more impacted by these barriers. Due to the intersection between gender and disabilities, women with disabilities are often victims of double discrimination and encounter a greater degree of stigmatization in …
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East Tennessee State University Faculty Attitudes and Student Perceptions in Providing Accommodations to Students with Disabilities.
… to faculty members via the ETSU email system. Disability law and disability compliance year books served as the primary documents that were reviewed for pertinent information.</p><p>Grounded theory using a constant-comparison methodology served as the conceptual framework for the study. The …
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Predictors of Attitudes Toward Disability and Employment Policy Issues among Undergraduate Students at the University of Nairobi
Disability rights issues are an emerging area of discourse in Kenya. Persons with disabilities in Kenya face many barriers to integration into the larger Kenyan society possibly due to barriers such as societal negative attitudes. Research has indicated that the greatest barrier to rehabilitation …
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The social organisation of learning difficulties at university: a qualitative study of four Higher Education Institutions in the North East Region of England
… is a clear shift in people’s attitudes towards disability and the participation of disabled people in society and especially in education. The new disability law and the anti-discrimination legislation changed the relationship between disabled students and Higher Education, allowing them access …
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A Critical Analysis of the Efficacy of the persons with disabilities ACT in promoting and protecting the welfare of persons with disabilities: a case of the physically handicapped
… low income generating businesses. Legislation on disability has been repealed and policies have been formulated to address disability issues, however, persons with disabilities continue to be marginalized. This therefore necessitates research into this area. Thus this essay pays attention to the …
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A Critical Analysis of the Efficacy of the persons with disabilities ACT in promoting and protecting the welfare of persons with disabilities: a case of the physically handicapped
… low income generating businesses. Legislation on disability has been repealed and policies have been formulated to address disability issues, however, persons with disabilities continue to be marginalized. This therefore necessitates research into this area. Thus this essay pays attention to the …
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A study to determine local employers' perspectives regarding the Americans with Disabilities Act
This study was designed to explore the implementation strategies and effectiveness of a sample of major employers from several small suburbs of Los Angeles, in Southern California, regarding the Americans with Disabilities Act.
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A study to determine local employers' perspectives regarding the Americans with Disabilities Act
This study was designed to explore the implementation strategies and effectiveness of a sample of major employers from several small suburbs of Los Angeles, in Southern California, regarding the Americans with Disabilities Act.
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Education as a Source of Hope: An Examination of Teacher Beliefs and the Lack of Support for Children with Chronic Health Conditions
<p>As survival rates increase, more children with chronic health conditions are returning to K-12 classrooms after receiving medical treatments. Research has shown that many teachers believe that students with chronic health conditions should not have to worry about school while they are going …
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Physical Ability Testing: A Review of Court Cases 1992-2014
<p>Selecting employees for hire and promotion is one of the most essential functions of an organization. Many companies that have positions which contain a physical component rely on physical ability testing as part of their selection procedure. The establishment of both the Civil Rights Act and …
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The School to Prison Pipeline from the Inside Out: Survivor Narraitves
… failures — including the misidentification of disability-related behaviors as defiance and the overuse of exclusionary discipline. The research concludes that educational systems, despite good intentions, can unknowingly criminalize students who experience trauma and who have disabilities, …
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Understanding the History of Institutionalization: Making connections to De-institutionalization and the Olmstead Act for Persons with Intellectual Disabilities in the State of Illinois
… and historical papers accessed from the Disability Museum online journals. The creation of a table for use in coding themes as associated with 5 (out of 18) core concepts for disability policy.</p> <p>The Olmstead decision and the Ligas Decree provide a framework to identify barriers and …
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Technology as a Tool for Support: Classroom Teachers and Resource Specialists in Collaboration and Communication Practices
<p>Classroom teachers and resource specialists face hectic schedules that include supporting students and meeting the core curriculum standards. In order to support students with disabilities in the classroom, collaboration between classroom teachers and resource specialists is essential. With busy …
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LEVITY
<p>Why do people—especially lawyers and police—condone sexual violence, refusing to acknowledge the value and worth of survivors’ lives? What does it mean to <em>survive</em>? And to what travesties must we bear witness before collectively taking action to stop perpetuating toxic cycles which harm …
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Special Education: Inclusion and Exclusion in the K-12 U.S. Educational System
… and inservice experience and knowledge about disability and inclusion.</p> <p>Findings of the study showed that prior experience with disability, along with training and support in best practices during preservice credential programs and inservice practice shaped teachers’ attitudes toward …
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Cripping Justice: Enabling Theory on Disability
Disability activism and disability studies have, over the last half-century, evolved theories to understand disability and operationalise justice for disabled people. Historically, the starting point is the Medical Model, where disability is a bodily ‘defect’, and therefore the responsibility of …