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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"social disability"”.
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Investigating the psychological typology of social recovery in individuals with first episode psychosis
Background Social disability has long been linked with psychosis. However, at what stage disability occurs, whether it exists for all individuals, and factors predicting outcome are still under debate. Assessing social functioning in first episode psychosis (FEP) presents a methodological challenge …
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Challenges and Opportunities of Chinese Immigrant Students with Intellectual Disabilities in Transition Services
… of self, nature of relationships, beliefs about disability, and challenges and opportunities are examined. The study surfaces complex social, cultural, and economic factors that impact students’ experiences. Data indicates that participants’ sense of self are informed largely by negative …
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Livelihood development for women with vision impairments in the informal sector in Ghana
… sector have been recognised as a key factor for social and economic liberation. When women, especially women with vision impairments, participate in livelihood, they reap the benefits of a stable income source, a better standard of living, good physical and emotional health, self-identity, …
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Certain congenital anomalies : some psycho-social implications in adulthood
This study is an investigation of some psycho-social implications in adulthood of being born with a congenital anomaly. The congenital anomalies - oesophageal atresia, Hirschsprung's disease and high anorectal malformations are surgically corrected at birth, but can be associated with residual …
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Vision Impairment and Depression in the Older Adult
… The SOA II has been studied in the context of a social theory of aging that emphasizes interdependence through the life course using a stress process model that has been refined into a disability model. Disability is understood as a social construction outcome rather than as a medical outcome. …
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Structural and Functional Properties of Social Brain Networks in Autism and Social Anxiety
… that the DMN is involved in normative aspects of social cognition, and as such, disruptions in the function of DMN would be expected in disorders characterized by alterations in social function. Consistent with this notion, work in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and social anxiety disorder (SAD) …