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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"disabilities studies"”.
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"Absent Students: A Critical disabilities studies approach to accessibility services "
… the experiences of students with auditory disabilities that affect learning in university settings. The objective was to examine services offered to university students with auditory disabilities from the perspective of the students receiving the services. This included an examination of …
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The constitutive relationship between race and disability in African American literature: a Black critical disabilities studies approach
… interconnected, yet seldom does black literary studies engage a disability studies praxis and rarely does disability studies engage with African American literature. I formulate a theory of reading race and disability as it pertains to the fiction, authors, and the larger African American and …
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Terrence McNally’s Universalizing Model: The Role of Disability in <em>Andre’s Mother; Lips Together, Teeth Apart</em>; and <em>Love! Valour! Compassion!</em>
… analytical partnership of queer, AIDS, and disabilities studies, this work assesses McNally’s use of various types of languages and finds the figures who are characteristically presented as the contrast to normalcy are in fact normalized and hegemonized.</p>
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“I Just Learn Differently”: The Experiences of Dis/abled Students of Color Interpreting and Resisting Normalizing Forces in the Mathematics Classroom
<p>This critical phenomenological study employs a disabilities studies in education and critical race theory (DisCrit) lens to unpack the learning experiences of seven dis/abled students of color in the secondary mathematics classroom. Based on data collected from individual and group interviews, …
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Self(ie)-Care and Mental Health
… goes further to combine photographic theory, disabilities studies, and photo-voice interviews in an attempt to allow for a voice for the excluded position of the ‘mad’. Through a queer reading of narcissism and analysis of the combined embodied gestures in the selfie – commanding the viewer to …
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An implementation evaluation of the rehabilitation care workers training programme
… rehabilitation and support for people with disabilities (PWDs) and their families. The rationale behind the programme was that if RCWs are given the necessary training and knowledge through learning and practical sessions, they will be more skilled to offer improved quality of care and …
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Intellectual Disabilities and Meaningful Lives: A Study of Policy and Change
Political advocacy was combined with disabilities studies to describe the policies in place for transition services, and what is actually happening in regards to bridging the school and community for our students with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities. The study is an examination of …
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Understanding physical activity among older African American women: A mixed-methods approach
… disproportionate burden of chronic diseases and disabilities and present one of the highest prevalence of physical inactivity compared to other racial/ethnic groups. Older African American women are a particular vulnerable group for physical inactivity and consequent chronic disease. Physical …
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Exploring cultural perspectives of physical activity among transnational African immigrants
… or delay the onset of chronic disease and disabilities. Studies have shown that different factors can facilitate and/or to prevent physical activity in different population and age groups. However, there is a dearth in information regarding physical activity and its determinants within the …
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Cerebral palsy, online social networks and change
… directed at a broad market i.e. people without disabilities. Unfortunately people with disabilities, especially those with physical impairments, often have a greater risk of experiencing loneliness than people without a disability as a result of their mobility, access and or communication …