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Showing 1 to 20 of 89 for “"Physical disability"”.
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Physical disability, disabled veterans and the American Revolution
… newly emerging America constructed its ideas of physical disability in the era of the War for Independence. In the colonies, physical disability never stood alone as an independent category of difference, but was anchored in discourses of poverty and morality. However, the tumultuous events that …
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Coworker reactions to a partner with a physical disability
… examine the relative impact of a task partner's physical disability, performance, and interpersonal behavior on the other partner's evaluations of and willingness to collaborate with that individual on a subsequent task. Participants were 198 students paired with a female confederate in one of …
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Being a parent with a physical disability: an exploration of lived experiences
… of adults with both acquired and congenital physical disabilities, and (2) explore the parenting experiences of fathers with acquired physical disabilities. Methods: A systematic review and thematic synthesis were conducted to synthesise the qualitative literature exploring the parenting …
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The Essential Role of Spirituality in Living With an Acquired Physical Disability
… the lives of four participants with an acquired physical disability. Participants' experiences of their spirituality in living with disabilities, their spiritual awareness, expressions, and realizations were presented in the individual portraits. Two common aspects regarding the role of …
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Physical Education for Elementary School Students with a Physical Disability: The Teachers' Perspectives
… and barriers to participation in elementary physical education for students with a disability from the experiences and perspectives of elementary school teachers as the people responsible for delivering the physical education curriculum and reporting on a student’s progress. Teachers who …
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Physical Disability and Suicidal Desire: An Examination of the Constructs of the Interpersonal-Psychological Theory of Suicide
… between university students with and without physical disabilities were examined. Participants were 184 students from two Southern universities who provided answers to online-based self-report questionnaires. It was hypothesized that students with physical disabilities would endorse higher …
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Factors leading to low employment rate of people with physical disability in Tanzania: A case study of Temeke Municipal Council
… 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 disability. The work …
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The experience of young carers in the context of a range of parental conditions: physical disability, mental health problems and substance misuse.
… with particular `types' of conditions (normally physical disability or mental health problems) or a specific diagnosis. However, these have not contrasted or discriminated young carers' experiences according to different parental conditions. To address this gap in knowledge, the current study …
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The blind, the deaf and the halt : physical disability, the Poor Law and charity c. 1830-1890, with particular reference to the County
This thesis examines the situation of the physically disabled poor over the period c. 1830-1890. It concentrates initially on the treatment of these individuals under the Poor Law and then proceeds to examine voluntary provision, focusing in particular on the special schools that were established …
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How progressive was the representation of physical disability within mainstream film in the 1990s, given the increased awareness about disability during the decade?
… dissertation will explore the representation of physical disability in mainstream films in the 1990s, determining that this onscreen representation was only slightly progressive in nature. It is based on a qualitative analysis of sixteen characters with disabilities in fifteen mainstream films …
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Coping with multiple sclerosis: The role of negative affectivity
… relationships among negative affectivity, physical disability, internal health locus of control, and negative mood were tested. It was hypothesized that negative affectivity would be a significant predictor of negative mood and that self-reported physical disability and an internal health …
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Factors Related to Mental Health Status in Elderly Type 2 Diabetes Patients
… the prevalence of cognitive dysfunction, physical disability, and depressive status in elderly diabetes patients, and their relationship with diabetic parameters. MATERIALS AND METHODS: One hundred and thirty three diabetes patients aged 65 years or over were evaluated for cognitive …
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Left Out: A Revealing Look Into the Everyday Fashion Choices of Individuals With Mobility Disabilities
… style of clothing often associated with physical disability is largely a result of the embedded notion that disability is a problem to be solved by the individual – a perspective influenced by the medical sociology of disability. As appearance plays a role in interactions, the stereotypes …
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Clinical Outcomes Associated with Speech, Language and Swallowing Difficulties Post-Stroke – A Prospective Cohort Study
… (i.e. length of hospital stay, degree of physical disability according to the Modified Rankin Scale [mRS], functional level of oral intake according to the Functional Oral Intake Scale [FOIS], dehydration, weight loss, aspiration pneumonia, mortality). Methods: Adults with a new incident …
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The Attitudes of Non-Disabled High School Students Toward Same-Age, Same-Sex Peers With Disabilities
… The peers with disabilities were either physically handicapped or educable mentally retarded (EMR). Data were obtained via a closed-format questionnaire completed in accord with the Fishbein and Ajzen theory of reasoned action. In presenting the data, the means used to describe the …
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Children of mothers with physical disabilities : perceptions of parenting, the mother-adolescent relationship and the adolescent's engagement in risky behaviour : five case studies
… study investigated the effect of a mother's physical disability on the mother-adolescent relationship, parenting and the adolescent's engagement in risky behaviour. Interviews were conducted with five mothers with visible physical disabilities and with their adolescent children. The …
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Recurrent groin hernia - Outcome after surgery
… on re-recurrence as well as chronic pain and physical disability. Methods: Papers 1 and 2 were based on nationwide data from the SHR 1992-2008. In Paper 1 the cumulative risk for reoperation was studied after repeated surgery for recurrent hernia. In Paper 2 the risk for reoperation was …
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An investigation into the effects of in-service training on (the knowledge, attitudes and understanding) of primary school teachers in the Kaduna State of Nigeria towards the integration of children with special educational needs in physical education
… of facilities, and the training of specialist physical education teachers are some of the measures taken in some countries. In Nigeria as in most developing countries, the physical educational needs of children with disabilities has not received due attention, and the result is that Special …
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