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Showing 1 to 20 of 1215 for “"Disabled"”.
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'Disabled women must stand up': exploring the leadership experiences of disabled women in disabled people's organisations in Zimbabwe
… of this study was to analyse the experiences of disabled women in leadership positions in DPOs in Zimbabwe. The literature review focused on the crosscutting issues of (1) leadership, gender and disability. (2) women and disability in Zimbabwe. and (3) the current structure of DPOs in African …
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Attitudes of disabled people toward other disabled people and impairment groups
… research set-out to: a) investigate attitudes of disabled people (adults) toward other disabled people; and, b) attitudes of disabled people toward different impairment groups. Comparative data from a non-disabled sample was also collected. Two new attitude rating scales were developed for this …
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Body Concept and Self-Esteem in Disabled and Non-Disabled Groups
Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-08T21:24:38Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 6808087.pdf: 9792267 bytes, checksum: 402cc10d9a59575d7a58b2ef52692cc8 (MD5) Previous issue date: 1967
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Parenting Stress: A Comparison of Mothers and Fathers of Disabled and Non-Disabled Children
This study compared perceived levels of parenting stress between mothers and fathers of children with Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), children with developmental disabilities, and normally developing children. The relationship of certain demographic variables, such as …
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Personality patterns and vocational interests of learning disabled and nonlearning disabled high school students
… Self-Directed Search, Form E (EASY) for learning disabled (LD) and non-learning disabled (NLD) students. The sample included 90 LD students and 100 Non-LD students grades 9 through 12 in a large suburban school system. Research questions considered: (1) differences in personality and vocational …
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The Adoption of Disabled Children
… that contribute towards the decision to adopt a disabled child. Increased knowledge about placing disabled children for adoption is particularly important as they are regarded as the category hardest to place (Adoption Register 2009). Despite the wide gaps in knowledge, the negativity associated …
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The disabled pedestrian: human factors.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning. Thesis. 1974. M.C.P.
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These Days Are Ours: Exploring Young Disabled People's Experiences and Views of the Disabled People's Movement
… thesis explores challenges encountered by young disabled people participating and engaging within the UK Disabled People’s Movement (DPM). Challenges they face were identified following a qualitative investigation. Seventeen semi-structured interviews were conducted with both young disabled …
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A Comparative Study of the Experience of Disabled and Non-Disabled Students on Professional Practice Placements
The experience of disabled students in UK higher education has been the subject of research for many years, particularly following legislation in 2001 that introduced responsibilities on universities to make reasonable adjustments for disabled students. Most of this research has focused solely on …
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Idiomatic Comprehensions in Learning Disabled Adolescents
… 9 eighth grade and 10 tenth grade learning disabled (LD) adolescents. Each subject was presented with a multiple choice picture task, a nonstandardized lexical explanational and a standardized explanational task. Results failed to show a developmental trend between the eighth and tenth grade …
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Disabled parents living without their children
This portfolio has three parts: a systematic literature review, an empirical paper and appendices.Part one is a systematic literature review in which the empirical literature relating to factors influencing decision making within the child protection context is reviewed. A systematic search of …
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Kinesiotherapy Methods for Disabled Glenohumeral Joints
Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-12T01:12:23Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 7414543.pdf: 4311155 bytes, checksum: 5d665f28295fae227f60d52a1f279cf0 (MD5) Previous issue date: 1974
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Membrane binding properties of Disabled-2
Disabled-2 (Dab2) is an adapter protein that interacts with cell membranes and it is involved in several biological processes including endocytosis and platelet aggregation. During endocytosis, the Dab2 phosphotyrosine-binding (PTB) domain mediates protein binding to phosphatidylinositol …
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Adapting user interfaces for visually disabled users
… equipment more difficult for visually disabled people. The aim of this project was to explore whether it is possible to adapt such interfaces so as to make them usable by people who cannot see a screen. The approach adopted was based upon two principles: the replacement of visual …
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Visual Perceptual Problems in Adult Disabled Readers
… diagnosis and remediation.</p> <p>Sixty adult disabled readers were tested to try to discover if their reading difficulties were caused by visual perceptual problems. These subjects were selected randomly as to sex, age and severity of reading disablement from students attending the Adult Basic …
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A rehabilitation center for the severely disabled
Thesis (M. Arch.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1952.
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