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Showing 1 to 20 of 58 for “"Disabled persons"”.
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A study of the nature and determinants of non-disabled persons attitudes towards persons with physical disabilities and disabled persons attitudes towards their disabilities and self-acceptance as measured by the attitudes toward disabled persons scale
… dependent variables, that is, attitudes towards disabled persons and attitude intensity, and certain independent variables, that is, contact, disability, religiosity and demographic variables. While the dependent variables functioned as criterions, it was assumed that the independent variables …
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COUNSELOR EFFECTIVENESS: RELATIONSHIP TO DEATH ANXIETY AND ATTITUDES TOWARD DISABLED PERSONS
… among death anxiety, attitudes toward disabled persons and counselor effectiveness. The subjects of this study were 50 masters degree students at The University of Arizona. All subjects were volunteers and were enrolled in the Rehabilitation Counseling graduate program. Additionally, …
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Placement of Severely Disabled Persons : Multi-Discipline Team Compared to Rehabilitation Counselors
… agencies prioritize their services to those persons who have a severe disability. In order to effectively place the severely disabled through the use of more sophisticated placement techniques, a few rehabilitation professionals are calling for a new type of professional in rehabilitation. …
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Assessing availability of managerial employment opportunities for disabled persons in Omusati Town Councils
… employment opportunities at management level for persons with disabilities at town councils in the Omusati Region. This was with a particular focus on examining organisational factors of importance for the employment of persons with disabilities and assessing the effects of these factors on town …
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The use of overcorrection in the treatment of irregular enuresis in developmentally disabled persons
… attempts to toilet train developmentally disabled indtviduals, Foxx and Azrin (1973) developed a treatment package designed to produce and maintain independent toileting in institutionalized retardates. The training procedure is divided into two phases. The first phase is the bladder …
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An investigation to determine the appropriateness of care provided by children for physically disabled persons
The area of young persons caring for the physically disabled is a relatively new field of research. In South Africa, limited attention has been devoted to adult carers; young carers have not been addressed. In Britain, the role of young carers has been highlighted in the course of several research …
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The employment requirements of disabled persons : a study of the development of state supported employment provision.
… and the employment exclusion experienced by disabled persons. In particular, the enquiry focuses upon the early post-war period up until the introduction in 1997 of the New Deal for Disabled Persons. The thesis postulates that: 1. major policy shifts within the Employment Service Disability …
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The level of awareness on the African Decade of Disabled Persons (ADDP) by people with disabilities in Zimbabwe
… among the leadership and grassroots members of Disabled People's Organisation (DPOs) in the African Decade of Disabled People (ADDP).
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Access to work for disabled persons in South Africa : the intersections of social understandings of disability, substantive equality and access to social security
… context of the promotion of access to work for disabled persons in South Africa. In consequence of an analysis of theoretical debates in the field of disability studies and how these find application in the sphere of employment equity law, it is concluded that, while social understandings of …
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Reflections on Disability: Perspectives on South Africa, India and the United States of America
… quota systems for the war veterans who were disabled by war to the alternative approach of anti-discrimination. The section will also discuss disability as a human rights issue and will give an overview of international organizations implementing the rights of disabled persons. Section 2 will …
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The Implicit Association Test as a Measure of Attitudinal Biases Towards Individuals with Disabilities: Assessing the Convergent Validity with the Interaction with Disabled Persons Scale and Tringo's Disability Social Distance Scale
… Association Test (IAT), Interaction with Disabled Persons Scale (IDP), Tringo's Disability Social Distance Scale (DSDS), and Marlowe-Crowne Social Desirability Scale (MCSDS) were administered to 74 college students. Participants completed IAT tests for four disability conditions (i.e., …
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The Self Expressed Needs of Physically Handicapped Persons Living in Iowa During 1976
… self-expressed needs of physically handicapped persons living in the State of Iowa during 1976. Procedure. A questionnaire was designed by the contributions of handicapped persons exclusively. The questionnaire was then distributed to six hundred physically disabled persons residing in the state …
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An Analysis of Select Psychometric Properties of the Vocational Assessment and Curriculum Guide
… to measure the vocational and social skills of disabled persons interested in competitive employment, were addressed. Reliability issues including stability of measurement, internal consistency, and interobserver agreement were examined. A validation procedure was conducted to determine whether …
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A case study exploring disability inclusion within the Muslim Ummah in South Africa
… are central to the way many people, including persons with disabilities, make sense of both the world itself, and their place in that world. However, in most scholarship focusing on disability, religion, as a way of understanding and dealing with disability, is side-lined or absent (Imhoff, …
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Investigation of user interface design guidelines to make the computer accessible to mentally retarded adults
… exploratory study found that developmentally disabled persons could use commercial computer hardware and applications effectively and were proud of their newly developed computer skills. It also derived user interface guidelines for the selection or design of applications for use with this …
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A study of the statutory provisions that facilitate the variation of labour standards in South Africa
… (Africans, Coloureds and Indians), women and disabled persons.
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Home Not Hospice, an integrated community for young and old in Old Town Alexandria, Virginia
… of our population: single families and older or disabled persons and couples. Located in Old Town Alexandria Virginia, the project sits on the banks of the Potomac River. The question of integration is central to this thesis. The first design challenge is to integrate the older persons and …
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Disability representation and portrayal in selected South African soap operas: a content analysis
The absence of or stereotypical portrayal of persons with disabilities in the mainstream media has negative and far-reaching consequences not only for an identity of disability but for how non-disabled persons relate to persons with disabilities. Conversely, positive media portrayal and …
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