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Showing 1 to 20 of 33 for “"Disability inclusion"”.
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Negotiating the Capability Imperative: Enacting Disability Inclusion in Medical Education
Medical education is a critical site for disability inclusion. Despite increased attention to diversity, equity, and inclusion, disabled medical students report enduring marginalization that reveals deeply-rooted inequities in medical systems and education. This thesis presents a grounded theory of …
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Under Pressure: A Joint Analysis of Disability Inclusion in Clinical Psychology Training
Introduction: While the inclusion of trainees with disabilities (TwDs) is a stated priority for UK Clinical Psychology (CP) programmes, TwDs often report access barriers and stigma. There is little understanding of the experiences of TwDs in the UK or effective strategies to enhance their …
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A case study exploring disability inclusion within the Muslim Ummah in South Africa
… world. However, in most scholarship focusing on disability, religion, as a way of understanding and dealing with disability, is side-lined or absent (Imhoff, 2017). Islam has a long rich history in South Africa and is currently one of the major religions here (Mahida, 2012). Followers of Islam …
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Fostering disability inclusion in hospitality organisations: Exploring co-workers' role in the social integration of employees with disabilities (EWDs)
… in the academic literature regarding fostering disability inclusion in employment within the hospitality sector, an emerging area of diversity and inclusion. Despite scholarly attention and ongoing efforts to promote disability inclusion through policies and human resources practices at both …
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Developing a Toolkit for Disability Inclusion in Sportswear Design Practice: Focusing on Consumers with an Upper Limb Impairment or Difference
… in popularity and more companies are embracing disability inclusion, adaptive and inclusive sportswear remains limited. Consistent exclusion can have a negative psychological influence akin to facing repeated rejection, and barriers to participation in sport can impact well-being. Yet there …
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Disability Inclusion in Nigeria: Influence of Culture and Discourse on Hiring and Provision of reasonable Accommodation for People with Disabilities in MNCs
… how local culture and discourse influence the inclusion of people with disabilities (PWDs) within an American multinational company (MNC) operating in Nigeria. Scholars recognise that while PWDs constitute the world's largest minority group, their participation in society remains limited due to …
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A study to determine the extent and nature of disability inclusion within the curriculum of the Faculty of Humanities, University of Cape Town
This study explored disability inclusion in the curriculum of the Faculty of Humanities, in the University of Cape Town. There is a need for Universities to actively engage in issues of diversity like disability, as reflected in the University of Cape Town Vice Chancellor Strategic Goals. This …
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Special Education: Inclusion and Exclusion in the K-12 U.S. Educational System
… in segregated environments. Yet, we know that inclusion in K-12 general education classrooms across the country is not consistently implemented.</p> <p>The purpose of this study was to better understand the effects, if any, of general education high school teachers’ personal and professional …
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Promoting the communication participation of vision impaired persons via digital inclusion: the role of a mobile network operator's processes
… operator (MNO) promote or hinder the digital inclusion of vision impaired persons in South Africa. It draws on the Diffusion of Innovation (DOI) theory and concepts in Inclusive Design, as well as the Social Model of Disability. Viewing the Diffusion of Innovation theory through a social model …
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DISABILITY EMPLOYMENT IN CÔTE D’IVOIRE: HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGERS’ EXPERIENCES AND CHALLENGES
… Code, a relevant NGO publication addressing disability inclusion in Côte d’Ivoire, and the publicly available websites of participating organizations. This approach was intended to illuminate the organizational obstacles confronting PWDs, the strategies HR managers employed to address these …
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IT’S MORE THAN A RAMP! The Comprehensive Accessibility Enhancement Package (CAEP) for Public Spaces
… from accessibility experts, city officials, and disability advocates via two rounds of interviews. A case study conducted with the City of Mississauga demonstrates how CAEP can be applied for structured evaluation, continuous improvement, and benchmarking of accessibility and disability …
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Educational Assistants Supporting Inclusive Education in Secondary Schools
… Keywords: educational assistant, developmental disability, inclusion, secondary
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Exploring the framing of disability in university policies: a comparative study at a selected university in Zimbabwe and in South Africa
Globally, disability inclusion has been brought into the spotlight and has become a significant issue in higher education policy and practice. However, this prominence has brought critical scrutiny to this policy and practice nexus, and challenges are being picked up all over the world. African …
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Bespoke Design Meets Systems at Scale: A Design Study with Judy Heumann
… thesis documents a bespoke design process for disability; it also establishes its relevance to population-scale systems in caregiving and health technology spaces. As people with disabilities are the largest minority group and one of the most underrepresented in the world, it is crucial to …
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Accessibility of academic libraries for students living with disabilities in selected South African Universities
Grounded in the social model of disability (Oliver, 1990), this study assessed the accessibility of academic libraries for students living with disabilities (SWDs) in selected South African universities. Academic libraries are central to higher education, yet systemic, physical and technological …
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Proposing clinician competency guidelines for the inclusion of disability in the undergraduate medical curriculum of South Africa - an exploratory study
Introduction Persons with disability make up the largest minority group in the world yet there is a dearth of research both internationally and nationally on how disability is included in professional training curricula for medical doctors. Aim of the study The purpose of this study is to add to …
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How can we include disability issues in undergraduate curricula at the University of Cape Town?
This study examined how disability issues can be included into the undergraduate curriculum at the University of Cape Town (UCT). It was based on Ohajunwa's (2012) study which looked at whether disability is included at all in UCT curricula. She found that disability issues were included but with …
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Rehabilitation care workers perceptions of the outcomes of a pilot training programme
… was a joint project between the Division of Disability Studies and the Departments of Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy and Speech and Language Therapy at UCT. Problem: Little is known about the perspectives of RCWs on the benefits and challenges of additional training in rehabilitation and …
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Deaf pupils' experiences of inclusion within a mainstream primary school: a case-study
… and document, deaf pupils' experiences of inclusion, their perceptions of the way teachers view deafness, and to observe the effect of using sign language to educate the children within a mainstream setting. This study has as its focus 5 deaf pupils who are part of a Hearing Impaired Unit …
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Advancing inclusive participation of children and young people with disabilities in community leisure and recreation.
… a right of every child and young person with a disability. Inclusion is about all children having the widest choices possible and the opportunity to access those choices in their own way. Aims: Inclusive participation is the focus of this research; it set out to examine to what extent this is …
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