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Showing 1 to 20 of 20 for “"People with disability"”.
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Re/presenting the self: autobiographical performance by people with disability
Representations of people with disability, whether in print media and literature, film, television, or theatre, have traditionally been produced by nondisabled people with varying degrees of exposure to, and knowledge of, the lived experience of disability. The resultant tradition of …
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Home, health and participation for community living people with disability
… health and participation for community living people with disability and identify different groups with different needs for interventions. Study I used focus groups to explore aspects of importance for participation. Twenty-nine people with Parkinson’s Disease participated in nine focus groups. …
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A model for prediction of IT based assistive technology abandonment among people with disability
Despite people with disabilities’ (PWD) need for assistive technology (AT) devices and all of the modern improvements in the AT area, the average non-use of AT by PWD has been fluctuating around 30% over the past 30 years (Scherer, 2014). This high AT abandonment rate is not only discouraging for …
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Is Self-Other Overlap a Malleable Predictor of Willingness to Work with People with Disability?
… 1 in every 5 Americans have some form of disability, creating a high demand for professionals who are interested in working with people with disability (PWD). However, many people are uncomfortable working with PWD, or are unwilling to put in the additional effort that may be necessary to …
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Community participation and the right to health for people with disability: a qualitative study into Health Committees' understanding and practise of their governance role in relation to disability
BACKGROUND: People with disabilities encounter major barriers that prevent them realising their right to health in South Africa. Health committees are legislated structures for community participation in health at a local level. This study investigated how health committee members understand and …
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Factors leading to low employment rate of people with physical disability in Tanzania: A case study of Temeke Municipal Council
… factors leading to low employment rate of people with physical disability in Tanzania. Specifically, it looked at how the education system cater for people with disability, the treatment of people with disability at the workplace and identified environmental barriers of people with …
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The Economic Impact of Wheelchairs for the Disabled in Ethiopia
… disabled? In order to improve opportunities for people with disability, it is imperative to know the effect that a wheelchair has on the lives of the disabled. Estimates from 261 participants across Addis Ababa, Ethiopia were taken to estimate a wheelchair’s impact across numerous time, economic …
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Sheltered Workshops In Ireland : Relative Efficiency Of A Sample Of Twelve Units
… workshops form part of care services offered to people with disability. This paper explores the problems of definition that surround any study of workshops both in respect of what they are intended to achieve, and the people whom they are intended to serve.<br/><br/>The underlying philosophy that …
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Discovering a new way of life after an accident or illness : accessibility for disabled individuals in Icelandic society
… 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 accessibility. …
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An Electromechanical Synchronization of Driving Simulator and Adaptive Driving Aide for Training Persons with Disabilities
… our daily life and are especially important to people with disability because they extend their range of activity and allow participation in a social life. Sometimes driving a normal car is impossible for individuals with severe disability and they require additional driving aide. However, it is …
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Exploring the challenges and implications of designing, developing and implementing accessible e-government services
… governments deliver public services and interact with each other and with their citizens as well as businesses. Governments present their services via their online websites. It is therefore paramount that e-Government services are accessible and well-designed to allow all those who use the …
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Estratégias educacionais para o público-alvo da educação especial durante o período pandêmico em Salvador-BA
… by the target audience of special education (people with disability, with pervasive developmental disorders and with high abilities or giftedness), this research entitled Educational Strategies for the Target Audience of special education during the Pandemic Period in Salvador-Ba has the …
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Maltese text recognition tool for those with disability to access text
Currently, people with disability to access printed Maltese text require the assistance of another human reading aloud to them. This is not the case for text in English, since commercial text readers are available to carry out the same task. This, therefore, creates a disadvantage for those …
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Health professionals' perceptions of rehabilitation care workers
People with disabilities (PWD) often come from disadvantaged communities and struggle to access health and rehabilitation, education and employment. This leads to poorer health outcomes, lower education achievements, and higher rate of unemployment in comparison to people without disabilities. …
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Career conversations with occupational therapists: Capturing the qualities of narrative.
… storymaking in their clinical practice to assist people with disability to visualise and work towards a positive future which they, themselves, can construct. Little work seems to have been done using the same medium of storytelling with occupational therapists in order to explore aspects of their …
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Cognitive User-centred Design Approach to Improve Accessibility for Blind People during Online Interaction
… a fair level of equality in the society, blind people must also be able to use these facilities with equal ease and effectiveness Many governments decided to implement e-Government applications to enhance the delivery of information and services to its citizens, residents and businesses. These …
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Attitudes of health science students towards people with disabilities at Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre (KCMC) in Tanzania
The effects of disability on the individual not only include physical, psychological and emotional adjustments but also negative attitudes of able bodied people towards persons with disabilities. The attitudes of healthcare professionals towards persons with disabilities could affect rehabilitation …
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Enabling Pedagogy: Analysing New Student Perspectives in an Australian Pathway Program to Develop the ADEPT Framework in Order to Inform Curricula and Teaching Practice which Supports Students from Underrepresented Backgrounds at University.
… retention and degree attainment aligned with population presence (Australian Government, 2023). To address persistent gaps in university access and attainment, the Australian Government set participatory parity goals for 2050, focused on students from low-socioeconomic status, First …
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A design thinking approach to professional development in reasonable adjustment: A new methodology for trainers in the vocational education and training sector of Western Australia
… and understanding of the impact of injury and disability upon a person’s life and the significance of RA outside of the training context. A workshop (PD session) was designed and conducted to explorer the relevance and success of the PD framework and the use of design thinking in developing an …