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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"invisible disability"”.
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Health promotion among young adult African American men with invisible disability
… a group of young adult African American men with invisible disabilities. This hermeneutic phenomenological study used a non-experimental, descriptive design. The purposive sample consisted of 11 young adult, English-speaking, non-institutionalized, African American men with invisible disability …
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Invisible disability, visible people: a closer look at the experiences of teachers with learning disabilities /
… and Support, (d) Awareness of Learning Disability at Age 18, (e) Disclosure of Learning Disability, (f) Negative Impact of the Learning Disability Label, (g) Desire, Drive, and Obstacles, (h) Empathy, Compassion, and Self-Concept, and (i) Critical Views of Colleagues. The themes reflect …
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Drawing the Line: Visible and Invisible Disability, Identity, and Intersectionality in Award-Winning Graphic Novels for Teens
… study examines the complex social phenomenon of disability representation in teen literature, specifically the Great Graphic Novels for Teens list from the American Library Association. The tenets of critical disability theory guided a critical analysis of both text and imagery to explore how …
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Parent-Child Dyadic Experiences Living with Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS) during Emerging Adulthood
Chronic illness and invisible disability are impactful contexts during emerging adulthood and the launching stage of the family life cycle (Beatty, 2011; Capelle, Visser, and Vosman, 2016; Young et al., 2010). The parent-child relationship is important to both developmental and health outcomes in …
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The Aphasia Friendly Business Campaign
… ill-equipped to accommodate customers with this invisible disability. The present study introduces The Aphasia Friendly Business Campaign (AFBC), which has been designed to address the lack of knowledge surrounding aphasia. This knowledge mobilization project assists businesses in increasing …
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Case study of parents’ experiences as their children with hidden disabilities navigate the K-12 system to high school completion
… the K-12 school system as their children with invisible disabilities move toward graduation from secondary education are multifaceted. This qualitative study examined the experiences parents are having or not having at Kalamazoo Central High School (KCHS), a traditional high school within the …
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EASYSPACE. Uno spazio pubblico emancipato (impoterante) dalla prospettiva Sorda
… Yet, despite these numbers, deafness remains an invisible disability (World Report on Hearing, 2021). Its invisibility is partly due to the absence of outwardly recognisable signs and partly to the widespread assumption that deaf people can fully participate in society without particular …
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East Tennessee State University Faculty Attitudes and Student Perceptions in Providing Accommodations to Students with Disabilities.
… to faculty members via the ETSU email system. Disability law and disability compliance year books served as the primary documents that were reviewed for pertinent information.</p><p>Grounded theory using a constant-comparison methodology served as the conceptual framework for the study. The …
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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
… UK. It investigates whether Channel 4 portrays disability in shows which are designed to be laughed at or laughed with, given that Channel 4 has the UK broadcasting rights to the coverage of both the Summer and Winter Paralympics. The thesis investigates why the two broadcasters show disability …
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Lived Experiences of Women with Hidden Disabilities: A Phenomenologically Based Study
… fields of women's studies (gender studies) and disability studies (Depauw, 1996Article 25.1; Garland-Thomson, 2004). This qualitative study explored the lived experiences of inclusion, marginalization, and exclusion in the lives of women who have a permanent, non-visible (hidden) disability. It …
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Stigma and Disclosure of Chronic Pain in Higher Education: A Qualitative Study
<p>Students with chronic pain represent an overlooked population in higher education institutions, due to the barriers their conditions present and the stigma associated with chronic pain. There is existing research examines treatment of elderly populations and best practices for university …