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Showing 1 to 20 of 139 for “"Disabled people"”.
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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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The auto assist bar system for disabled people
… of the auto assist bar system to help the disabled people especially paralyzed in the legs where they have a problem to doing transaction stand-to-sit and sit-to-stand. An example the difficult movement of people with disabilities are from wheelchair to bed or from wheelchair to the toilet …
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Citizenship, social work and disabled people in Malaysia
… this thesis on citizenship, social work and disabled people, attempts to establish the value and applicability of a citizenship model of social work practice among disabled people in Malaysia. The citizenship model is developed through a critical review of the relevant literature on …
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Freedom of action : significant factors for disabled people
… which influence the freedom of physically disabled people, within South African society, to make choices that will enable them to conduct their daily lives independently. Qualitative research methods (observation and semi-structured interviews) were utilised to explore the problem from the …
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Disabled people and communication systems in the twenty first century
… society hold both opportunities and threats for disabled people and their organisations in the twenty first century, perhaps changing the boundaries of the disabled category. In drawing on literature from both the sociology of technology and disability studies, it contributes to two bodies of …
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Disability and citizenship: an emancipatory study of professionals' attitudes to disabled people
… to develop it in relation to the experiences of disabled people. Secondly, and of equal importance, to test an emancipatory methodology within an academic doctoral context. The empirical work supporting the first aim consisted of 30 interviews with 'professionals' to assess their attitudes …
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Disability and citizenship: an emancipatory study of professionals' attitudes to disabled people
… to develop it in relation to the experiences of disabled people. Secondly, and of equal importance, to test an emancipatory methodology within an academic doctoral context. The empirical work supporting the first aim consisted of 30 interviews with 'professionals' to assess their attitudes …
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Improving access to community pharmacy services for disabled people in Aotearoa New Zealand
… healthcare system of Aotearoa New Zealand. Disabled people are a social group widely recognised to experience poor access to health services. Health professionals may be unprepared to meet the diverse needs of disabled people. Despite this, limited research has been conducted exploring the …
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Changing position: an exploration of the meaning of sexual well-being for physically disabled people.
… the meaning of sexual well-being for physically disabled people and to use the knowledge gathered to inform social work practice with adults. It uses a practice project and research to achieve this aim. The well- being principle in the Care Act 2014 makes this a topical subject for social work …
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Exploring the role and exploring importance that independent living has in the lives of disabled people
… that Independent Living has in the lives of disabled people. I am a disability activist and involved in the Independent Living Movement both in Ireland and in Europe. Sadly very little research has been conducted into the Independent Living Movement in Ireland, this encouraged me to select …
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Business unusual or disabling ambiguity? : the mainstreaming of disabled people in the Working for Water programme
… that creates the conditions for the targeting of disabled people as participants in Working for Water - a flagship public works programme.
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A microcomputer-based synthesis of Blissymbols from key components to facilitate language acquisition in severely disabled people
Blissymbolics is a semantically-based graphic language which was originally developed as universal channel of communication to promote world peace. Instead, this logical and unambiguous symbol system has been adopted as a communication-enhancement system for pre-reading non-speaking children, and …
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An exploratory study of psychiatric symptoms in intellectually disabled people with and without a known history of sexual abuse
Current research shows that people with intellectual disabilities display psychiatric symptoms which are often similar to those found in the general population. Furthermore, some literature has found that psychiatric difficulties in the intellectually disabled population can manifest in atypical …
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Conceptualising disability in the workplace: contextualising the responses of managers and employees
… explores how staff and managers conceptualise disabled people within the work setting. Despite anti-discriminatory legislation and government support schemes disabled people remain disadvantaged in terms of employment. The development of the social model of disability has challenged traditional …
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We should be given a chance: identifying barriers and enablers from disabled people's employment in the office of the Premier of the Eastern Cape Provincial Government, South Africa
Disabled people have not been part of the employment processes, especially within government. They have always been encouraged to pursue income-generating projects like sewing, knitting or carpentry. These ventures have resulted in very few disabled people becoming employed in the formal sector and …
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(Re)presentations of Disability: Images of Persons with Down Syndrome
Disabled people have been misrepresented by mass media for decades. The result of disability misrepresentation is the perpetuation of negative disability stereotypes and models of disability. Disability representation has rarely been informed by authentic first-hand knowledge about what disability …
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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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On the periphery of hate crime: disability at the intersections of marginalisation, vulnerability and difference
… of disability hate crime from the perspective of disabled people, victims and key informants from criminal justice and other agencies. The evidence base included two focus groups with disabled people, an online anonymous questionnaire with 83 disabled participants, narrative interviews with 12 …
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Discovering a new way of life after an accident or illness : accessibility for disabled individuals in Icelandic society
… overview of the status of accessibility for disabled people in an unfamiliar environment. This was done from the participants point of view. The focus of this qualitative study was to find out if there were any specific facilities and areas that were lacking in our society in regard to …
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Disability hate crime and social work
… is a strong belief amongst those working with disabled people, that the vast majority of such incidents go unreported. This study explores disability hate crime conceptually, and in practice, through the testimony of disabled people themselves, and social workers who work alongside them. …
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