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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"Medical-Model of Disability"”.
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An investigation into the educational experience of students wtih a learning difficulty in a college of further education
This paper considers the educational experience of 3 students with a learning difficulty who attend a College of Further Education. Using a participatory methodology interviews are carried out and opinions elicited regarding current and previous experiences of college and school. It is contended …
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Dentists and their Willingness to Treat Adolescents with Learning Disabilities : a Survey of Accessibility in Primary Dental Care
The aim of this study is to examine primary dental care practitioners’ <br/>willingness to treat adolescents with learning disability (LD) in two contrasting <br/>areas of Northern Ireland (NI) and Scotland using Cohen’s accessibility <br/>‘dental health professional’factors (Cohen, 1987).<br/>A …
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The Lived Experiences of Disabled Students in Inclusive Classrooms
… dissertation explores the lived experiences of disabled students in inclusive classrooms, with a focus on those participating in extensive support needs (ESN) programs. Intentionally inclusive of students who communicate through diverse methods, including augmentative and alternative …
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The Brain Scan as Ideograph
<p>Medical imaging devices have enabled doctors to render images of the brain without cutting into the body. These images are colloquially called “brain scans.” Through journalism and mass dissemination online, brain scans have become an example of Michael Calvin McGee’s “ideograph,” a language …
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Representations of Dyslexia Across Genres in Children’s and Young Adult Literature
Sitting at the intersection of disability studies, genre studies, and children’s and young adult (YA) literature scholarship, this doctoral thesis centres the representations of dyslexia and dyslexics across genres. Commonly defined within the medical model of disability as the struggle to read, …
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Community based mental health care: a necessity for realising the right to independent living and community inclusion of persons with mental disabilities in Uganda
… analysis, the thesis advocates for the provision of community based mental health care as a key strategy in promoting the realisation of the right to independent living and community inclusion for persons with mental disabilities (PWMDs) in Uganda. Uganda ratified the United Nations Convention on …
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Why do Channel 4 and the BBC portray disability and disability sport differently? Analysing the production processes and audience reception of mediated sport
This thesis focuses on the perceptions of the audience/media professionals on the nature of the content on the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) and Channel 4 – a mainstream commercial television broadcaster in the UK. It investigates whether Channel 4 portrays disability in shows which are …
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An Examination of the Experiences and Perceptions of Dyslexic Police Officers in England and Wales
The experiences of dyslexic adults in education as well as the ‘caring professions’ of nursing, teaching and social work continue to be fertile ground for academic study. This study extends the range of current academic knowledge of dyslexia in the workplace by exploring the experiences of dyslexic …
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Special Education: Inclusion and Exclusion in the K-12 U.S. Educational System
<p>The U.S. Department of Education defines students with disabilities as those having a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more life activities. Previous research has found that students with disabilities placed in inclusive environments perform better academically and …
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Understanding how ableism impacts inclusion of autistic children in ECE in New Zealand
Research shows that, despite the promise of inclusive early childhood education (ECE) in national and international legislation, disabled children and their families are still marginalised in ECE (Lyons, 2021; Macartney, 2011, 2019; Purdue, 2009). Recent work in Critical Disability Studies (CDS) …
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"Even the dog has Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder" (ADHD). A cross-cultural comparative study of parents’ and teachers’ knowledge and attitudes towards ADHD in Scotland and Romania
The aim of this research was to investigate the way in which ADHD is understood and constructed within Romania and Scotland, comparing and contrasting the discourses that constitute ADHD within different cultural contexts.Overall, this study employed a mixed method design based on a concurrent …
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Including children with disabilities in Colombian Escuela Nueva schools
… there is general agreement on the principle of inclusive education as something to be pursued, its meaning and nature is contested. Furthermore, a growing body of literature has questioned the relevance and application of models of inclusive education that have been generated in countries of …
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"You are coming with me": A phenomenological exploration of urban speech-language pathologists
… study explored the experiences and practices of urban, school-based speechlanguage pathologists (SLPs). The study focused on the assessment, certification, and service of students in urban schools, a majority of whom are members of minority groups in light of the disproportionality of students …
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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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Up-setting the Apple Cart: Mitigating Potentially Disabling Barriers in Education
… school administrators, as well as paraprofessionals (program, classroom, and/or individual assistants), and school-based specialists (speech-language pathologists, occupational therapists, social workers, etc.) were surveyed regarding their opinions specific to the impact of potentially …
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The way-finding journey within a large public building: a user centred study of the holistic way-finding experience across a range of visual ability
… in investigating the holistic experience of way-finding in buildings by people who have a range of visual ability. Previous research studies, spanning across a broad spectrum of disciplines, have focused on various characteristics of human way-finding (Arthur and Passini, 1992;Lynch, …