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2. Towards a disability-informed approach to gender identity and a social model of gender.
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Wing, Jessica
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Abstract\nPoints of interestThis article applies the social model of disability to medical gender transition. It argues that disability and trans issues overlap, and that historical instances of disabled people’s experience of the medicalisation of their bodies can facilitate an understanding of the medicalisation of trans people. It is argued that gender-affirming surgeries can create impairments and new impairment categories. Therefore, medicalisation – both the reasons therefore and outcomes arising therefrom – must be discussed frankly and with great care and empathy. Considering Moore (2018)’s argument that, due to their contradictory approaches to medicalisation, the disability and trans movements cannot be allied, this article instead suggests the contrary. Rather, through drawing a larger circle around the two communities, we might better understand and improve the wellbeing of disabled trans and detrans individuals.This article explores how disability theory can be used to think about trans identities.This article argues that disability and trans issues are closely related, and explores some of these ways, especially medical interventions.This article observes that some medical treatments can create impairments, following the social model of disability’s definition of ‘impairment’.This article explores some ways that the experiences of trans and detrans individuals can be understood as impairment and disablement.This article explores how disability theory can be used to think about trans identities.This article argues that disability and trans issues are closely related, and explores some of these ways, especially medical interventions.This article observes that some medical treatments can create impairments, following the social model of disability’s definition of ‘impairment’.This article explores some ways that the experiences of trans and detrans individuals can be understood as impairment and disablement. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2025
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3. Why Disability Is Technologically Mediated?
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Arzroomchilar, Ehsan
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SOCIAL model of disability , *PHENOMENOLOGY , *ASSISTIVE technology , *PEOPLE with disabilities , *DISABILITY studies - Abstract
The social model of disability is predicated upon the dichotomy of disability and impairment, which proves vulnerable to objections. Phenomenological approaches to disability in particular found this sharp distinction contrived, and accordingly implausible. Moreover, the social model ignores lived body of individuals and the inside-out perspective on disability. A phenomenological approach thus places the emphasis on the embodied nature of being-in-the-world. Yet, when it comes to the role of technology in disabled people's life, and in particular assistive technologies, it does not do justice to the role they play, and as a result, technology is treated predominantly as instrumental. In this article, I suggest taking a more systematic approach to technology in disability studies and bringing its role into an interrogation. To that purpose, I will draw from the postphenomenology movement to show how technology may actively mediate individuals' life and, perhaps more importantly, how disability is technologically mediated. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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4. Attitudes of Jordanian People with Disabilities toward the Translations of Disability-Related Words in Light of the Social Model.
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Thalji, Mohammed B. and AL-Kasasbeh, Bashar
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RESEARCH personnel ,SEARCH engines ,PEOPLE with disabilities ,ENGLISH language ,EUPHEMISM - Abstract
This study sets out to examine the attitudes of people with disabilities (PWDs) in Jordan toward translations of disability-related words from English into Arabic. To this end, from the search engine Reverso Context, the researchers have elicited the Arabic translations of seven words namely: blind, deaf, dwarf, handicapped, paralyzed, wheelchair users, and mentally retarded. Then, the researchers distributed a questionnaire to twenty male Jordanian PWDs, asking them to classify the translations of those words based on X-phemisms: dysphemism (impolite), euphemism (polite), and orthophemism (neutral). Subsequently, the participants' attitudes, as indicated by their classifications, have been discussed in light of the social model. The attitudes of Jordanian PWDs toward Reverso Context's translations reveal a range of dysphemism (71%), euphemism (26%), and orthophemism (3%). These fluctuations in X-phemisms suggest a deviation from full consistency with the social model. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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5. From the equal opportunity commission case files: experiences among persons with disabilities in Trinidad and Tobago.
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Parey, Bephyer, Enightoola, Hannah, and Kutscher, Elisabeth
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EDUCATION , *HEALTH status indicators , *ACCESSIBLE design of public spaces , *SOCIOECONOMIC factors , *ATTITUDES toward disabilities , *DECISION making , *EXPERIENCE , *TAXATION , *HUMAN rights , *QUALITY of life , *DISCRIMINATION (Sociology) , *DISCRIMINATION against people with disabilities , *PEOPLE with disabilities , *EMPLOYMENT , *MANAGEMENT - Abstract
Everyone has the right to education, work, healthcare, participation in cultural life and community, and rest and leisure. Many groups of people however experience inequities in many aspects of life. One such group is persons with disabilities. The aim of this paper is to explore the lived experiences of persons with disabilities in Trinidad and Tobago by examining the complaints lodged with the Equal Opportunity Commission. Using a basic interpretive design, files related to four categories, namely, education, goods and services, accommodations and employment, are examined. Findings indicate various attitudinal, environmental and institutional challenges across all categories as well as financial, psychological and quality of life implications. Against the backdrop of various conceptualisations of the social model of disability and the social relational experiences of disability in the local setting, policy and practice recommendations are presented to support wellbeing for persons with disabilities in Trinidad and Tobago. Points of interest: Experiences of persons with disabilities are examined across four categories simultaneously, i.e. education, goods and services, accommodations and employment. Experiences among examined categories demonstrate inconsistencies in national and organisational policies to promote equal rights among persons with disabilities. Guidance on disability disclosure and measures to promote equal rights among persons with disabilities after disability disclosure are absent. Ambiguity and neglect of current social situations regarding the eligibility criteria of social assistance grants contribute to double disadvantage. The development of a social model of disability and wellbeing is recommended to promote equal rights among persons with disabilities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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6. If We Know What Works, Why Aren't We Doing It?
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Spencer, Margaret, Tarleton, Beth, Collings, Susan, McIntyre, Gillian, and Turney, Danielle
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LEGAL status of children ,CORPORATE culture ,PSYCHOLOGY of children with disabilities ,SATISFACTION ,PROFESSIONAL practice ,HEALTH policy ,MEDICAL care ,PARENTING ,EVALUATION of medical care ,PARENTS of children with disabilities ,SOCIAL support ,EVIDENCE-based medicine ,QUALITY assurance ,LEARNING disabilities ,PSYCHOSOCIAL factors ,CHILDREN - Abstract
High rates of child removal from parents with learning disabilities persist despite substantial evidence that parents with learning disabilities can provide their children with satisfactory care given appropriate support. Child welfare interventions disproportionality based on disability status presents a compelling social issue deserving urgent attention. Co-operative inquiry was used to analyse attitudinal and structural barriers that perpetuate inequitable treatment of parents with learning disabilities and their children, drawing on policy and practice examples from Australia and the UK. Bacchi's 'What is the problem represented to be?' approach to social policy issues was used to answer the question: if we know what works to support parents with learning disabilities, why aren't we doing it? This commentary contends that the pervasive representation of parents with learning disabilities as inherently deficient in the requisite skills ('parenting capacity') needed for safe caregiving has been difficult to shift due to systematic ableism. Neoliberal policies stigmatise a need for support ('dependence') as an individual failing and recast assessments of long-term support needs as an unsustainable burden on support services/systems. We conclude that for outcomes to change for parents with learning disabilities and their children a social model of child protection that addresses attitudinal and structural barriers and is based on principles of interdependence, relationality, and ethics of care is required. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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7. The Perspectives of Preservice Kinesiology Students Concerning Autism and Physical Activity: Differences by Adapted Physical Activity Exposure.
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Hauck, Janet and Felzer-Kim, Isabella
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CHILDREN with autism spectrum disorders ,PHYSICAL activity ,SOCIAL skills education ,PHYSICAL education teachers ,AUTISM spectrum disorders ,MULTIVARIATE analysis ,EDUCATION of children with disabilities - Abstract
Background: This study investigated the effect of an adapted physical activity (APA) course on knowledge and perceptions of preservice trainees regarding physical activity (PA) and autism spectrum disorder in 3 areas: knowledge/perspectives, importance and ease of improving developmental domains, and importance and ease of improving motor skills. Methods: Four hundred upper-level undergraduate students were recruited to participate in this survey-based study (251 APA students and 149 non-APA students participated). Survey data were analyzed using multivariate analyses of variance. Results: Participants estimated that the moderate to vigorous PA recommendations are 39.34 minutes per day, that 46.65% of moderate to vigorous PA occurs during school, and that 61.03% of children have motor difficulties. Participants perceived activities of daily living, sleep habits, and heart health as the easiest domains to improve, and problem behaviors, social skills, and self-esteem as the most difficult domains to improve. Knowledge/perspectives regarding autism spectrum disorder and PA were different by APA exposure (F
12,324 = 3.11, P <.001). Differences included self-efficacy in providing PA advice, knowledge of PA guidelines, and willingness to provide motor assessment referrals. Students differed by APA exposure in the importance of developmental domains (F8,381 = 4.37, P <.001) but not ease of improving those domains. Conclusion: Results suggest that APA education and contact with children with disabilities improves self-efficacy, perspectives, and knowledge of PA and motor concerns in children with autism spectrum disorder. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2023
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8. DISABLED MIGRANTS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE SOCIAL MODEL AND PROBLEMS ARISING FROM THE ACCESSIBILITY OF THE PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT: A QUALITATIVE RESEARCH ON DISABLED MIGRANTS.
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ÖZÇATAL, Elif Özlem
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EMIGRATION & immigration ,BUS stops ,SOCIAL participation ,SNOWBALL sampling ,MEDICAL care - Abstract
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- 2024
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9. Outcomes Among Sober Living House Residents Who Relapse: Role of Recovery Capital.
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Polcin, Douglas L., Mahoney, Elizabeth, Witbrodt, Jane, Subbaraman, Meenakshi, and Mericle, Amy A.
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HOUSING , *RESIDENTS , *DWELLINGS , *LONG-term care facilities - Abstract
Studies show individuals living in residential recovery homes on average make significant improvements in multiple areas of functioning. Residents who achieve and maintain complete abstinence have particularly good outcomes. Residents who relapse after entering the houses have been studied minimally. The current study examined outcomes for 197 residents who relapsed within six months after entering sober living houses (SLHs), which is one type of residential recovery home that is common in California. Despite having relapsed, these residents made significant improvements between entry into the house and 6-month follow-up on measures of percent days abstinent from alcohol and drugs (PDA), psychiatric symptoms, severity of employment problems, and stable housing. Higher recovery capital predicted higher PDA (coefficient = 0.28, SE = 0.09, p =.001) and lower severity of employment problems (coefficient = −0.00, SE = 0.00, p =.007). Recovery capital showed a significant decrease between baseline and 6-month follow-up among persons who relapsed and were no longer living in the house. SLH providers can draw upon social model recovery principles to enhance recovery capital. However, residents should also seek other sources of recovery capital outside the SLH, which may be particularly important for individuals who leave the home. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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10. Parenting a child with an intellectual disability: mapping experiences onto the power threat meaning framework.
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Dudley-Hicks, Duncan, James, Gail, and Morgan, Gareth
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CHILDREN with intellectual disabilities , *DISABILITY identification , *PARENTS , *ABLEISM , *PARENTING , *PARENTS with disabilities - Abstract
Abstract\nPoints of interestThis paper is the first to explore experiences parenting a child with intellectual disabilities in the UK through the lens of the Power Threat Meaning Framework (PTMF). Typically, parents’ responses are medicalised, pathologised and problematised by services and systems that are underpinned by neoliberal-ableist social policies. Repeat interviews were undertaken with seven parents of children with intellectual disability diagnoses to co-construct PTMF narratives. Utilising template analysis, parents’ experiences readily fitted within the PTMF elements: Power; Threat; Meaning; Threat Responses; and Strengths. Results were synthesised to offer a provisional PTMF pattern concerning parenting a child with ID within ableist societies. Findings emphasised how the threats endured by parents were interlinked with those encountered by their children. It is hoped the resultant pattern and theme content will support parents in developing non-pathologising understandings of their own experiences.The experiences of parents of people with ‘intellectual disabilities’ could be readily mapped onto the Power Threat Meaning Framework. The PTMF was originally developed to provide a narrative-based alternative to diagnostic/medicalised frameworks of ‘mental health’.Parents experienced threats of alienation and threats to their ability to protect and nurture their children. Notably, the threats encountered by parents were intertwined with the threats posed to their children.Parents felt powerless, trapped, and silenced by services, experiencing messages that what they were doing was inadequate, whilst being positioned as exclusively responsible for their child in a context of insufficient service provision.Parents’ emotions and actions can be regarded as threat responses; survival strategies for navigating parenting challenges in an ableist society.A provisional PTMF pattern was developed by synthesising the themes. It is hoped the theme content and provisional PTMF pattern will support parents in developing their own narratives.The experiences of parents of people with ‘intellectual disabilities’ could be readily mapped onto the Power Threat Meaning Framework. The PTMF was originally developed to provide a narrative-based alternative to diagnostic/medicalised frameworks of ‘mental health’.Parents experienced threats of alienation and threats to their ability to protect and nurture their children. Notably, the threats encountered by parents were intertwined with the threats posed to their children.Parents felt powerless, trapped, and silenced by services, experiencing messages that what they were doing was inadequate, whilst being positioned as exclusively responsible for their child in a context of insufficient service provision.Parents’ emotions and actions can be regarded as threat responses; survival strategies for navigating parenting challenges in an ableist society.A provisional PTMF pattern was developed by synthesising the themes. It is hoped the theme content and provisional PTMF pattern will support parents in developing their own narratives. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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11. Foundations of Inclusion: The Theoretical Landscape of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
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An, Nguyen Binh, An, Nguyen Binh, editor, Phuong, Nguyen Hien, editor, and Tuan, Luong Van, editor
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- 2024
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12. The World of VUCA
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Chen, Tao, Chen, Sheying, Series Editor, Powell, Jason, Series Editor, and Chen, Tao
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- 2024
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13. Introduction
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Mintz, Susannah B., Fraser, Gregory, Bolt, David, Series Editor, Donaldson, Elizabeth J., Series Editor, Rodas, Julia Miele, Series Editor, Mintz, Susannah B., editor, and Fraser, Gregory, editor
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- 2024
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14. A Social IoT Hybrid Scenario to Promote the Physical, Psychological, and Social Well-Being of Elderly
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khan, Imran, Oliveira, Lidia, Tosi, Francesca, Editor-in-Chief, Germak, Claudio, Series Editor, Zurlo, Francesco, Series Editor, Jinyi, Zhi, Series Editor, Pozzatti Amadori, Marilaine, Series Editor, Caon, Maurizio, Series Editor, Martins, Nuno, editor, and Brandão, Daniel, editor
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- 2024
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15. Are physical activity and everyday mobility independently associated with quality of life at older age?
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Jane Elliott and Judith Green
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Physical activity ,Everyday mobility ,Quality of life ,ELSA ,Social model ,Geriatrics ,RC952-954.6 - Abstract
Background: Physical activity and everyday mobility are concepts that overlap but tend to be located in different disciplinary fields. We used the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA) to: identify whether physical activity and everyday mobility are separate constructs at younger (60–69) and/or older (>=70) age bands, and for men and women; derive measures of the two constructs from variables in the ELSA; and assess whether they are independently associated with quality of life (QoL). Methods: We derived composite measures for physical activity and everyday mobility from ELSA variables. ‘Physical Activity’ combined items recording directly-measured activity for movement (walk-speed) and self-report measures of physical mobility difficulties and amount of vigorous, moderate and mild physical activity undertaken. ‘Everyday Mobility’ combined self-report responses about activities likely to involve leaving the house. QoL was measured using the ‘CASP-19′ scale. Using Wave 9 of ELSA (data collection in 2018–2020), we used a factor analysis to explore the constructs, and a regression analysis to examine associations with QoL. Results: The factor analysis confirmed that these were discrete constructs, which explained between them 36% of the variance. This was robust across age bands, and in factor analyses for men and women separately. The regression analysis identified that lower physical activity and everyday mobility are independently associated with lower QoL, when controlling for a range of contextual variables including age. Conclusions: Findings suggest that a social model of QoL at older age should focus on the broader mobility determinants of QoL as well as individual levels of physical activity.
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- 2024
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16. The centrality of disablement subjectivation to the reproduction of capitalist social relations: considerations for Critical and Global Political Economy
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Chis, Ioana Cerasella
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- 2023
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17. The Impact of COVID-19 Lockdown on Parents and Young People With Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).
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Humphreys, Cathy, Novy, Louis, Cergovski, Natalie, Lai, Hoi Ching, and McVilly, Keith
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HEALTH services accessibility , *CHILDREN'S health , *AUTISM in children , *PSYCHOLOGY of children with disabilities , *MENTAL health services , *RESEARCH funding , *HEALTH policy , *INTERVIEWING , *PARENT-child relationships , *MEDICAL care , *PARENT attitudes , *BEHAVIOR , *PSYCHOLOGICAL adaptation , *DESCRIPTIVE statistics , *STAY-at-home orders , *EXPERIENCE , *THEMATIC analysis , *PARENTS of children with disabilities , *SOCIAL support , *ONLINE information services , *FAMILY support , *DATA analysis software , *COVID-19 pandemic , *AUTISM in adolescence , *PSYCHOSOCIAL factors , *CAREGIVER attitudes , *MEDICAL practice , *WELL-being - Abstract
The spread of COVID-19 resulted in restrictive lockdowns. For families supporting young people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), the service system was stripped away. The aim of this study was to explore the impact of this challenging situation on a group of Australian carers and parents of children and young people with ASD, with an intention to inform policy and practice based on the lived experiences of these families. A survey of parents of children and young people with ASD in Australia returned 117 responses, of which 86 responded to open-ended questions about COVID-19 lockdowns. Twelve parents responded to the invitation to be interviewed. Interview and survey data were analysed thematically. Five themes emerged: accessing support services, receiving support services online, changes in behaviour, higher levels of conflict, and impact on health and relationships. The experience of lockdowns under COVID-19 undermined informal and formal support systems, and had a particularly strong negative impact on the experiences of children with ASD and their families. These findings also provide support for understanding the social model of disability as a mainstay in the lives of children with disabilities and their carers. IMPLICATIONS The social model of disability was dismantled for children and young people and their carers during the COVID crisis. This unacceptable attack on the human rights of disabled people (people with a disability) needs future planning to ensure that it does not occur again. Future crises require more nuanced policy and practice responses that do not close off all child and family supports to children with ASD and their carers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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18. Mythopoetic Bodies. Representations of Disability in Contemporary Italian Narratives
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Angelo Castagnino
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disability ,social model ,medical paradigm ,ableism ,autofiction ,History of scholarship and learning. The humanities ,AZ20-999 ,History of Italy ,DG11-999 - Abstract
Il presente articolo investiga la tendenza a rappresentare la disabilità come una condizione totalizzante che non lascia spazio ad altre caratteristiche dell’individuo. Nel fare ciò, il saggio analizza alcuni topoi della costruzione narrativa della disabilità: l’accostamento ad una seconda vita, la visione della disabilità come accusa o colpa, e la sua percezione come una forma di mancanza. Tale approccio fa risaltare la capacità mitopoietica alla base di un notevole corpus di produzioni narrative nel romanzo italiano contemporaneo. Al centro del discorso si trovano, fra gli altri, autori come Alessandro Perissinotto e Piero d’Ettorre, Michela Murgia, Carmen Verde, e Simona Vinci, scrittori che l’articolo propone come riferimenti contemporanei al tema della disabilità e che ricevono il testimone da autori più canonicamente studiati come Dacia Maraini e Giuseppe Pontiggia.
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- 2024
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19. Protecting Children and Supporting Families post-Covid
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Brid Featherstone
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Social model ,child protection ,state ,private capital ,Education - Abstract
In this article, the author revisits her work on the Social Model of Protecting Children. This work is based on research into social inequalities and social harms and poses a challenge to the individualising child protection narratives that have dominated in England, the country the article is based on. The author explores the possibilities thrown up by Covid 19, for supporting shifts towards a social model. It will be argued, however, that while there were, indeed, such possibilities, subsequent explorations have raised troubling questions particularly concerning the role of the contemporary state in England. The article concludes by highlighting some conceptual and empirical resources to support renewed critique and activism going forward.
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- 2024
20. Disabled People and the Intersectional Nature of Social Inclusion
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Alexis Buettgen, Fernando Fontes, and Susan Eriksson
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disability ,disability justice ,human rights ,intersectionality ,social model ,Sociology (General) ,HM401-1281 - Abstract
This editorial introduces a thematic issue of Social Inclusion focusing on disabled people and the intersectional nature of social inclusion. This thematic issue includes transnational and transdisciplinary studies and expressions of lived experiences facing disabled people, their families, and allies across the globe from a social, human rights, and/or disability justice perspective. The articles comprising this issue include an explicit recognition and discussion of intertwined and socially constructed identities, labels, power, and privilege as explicated by pioneering Black feminists who introduced the concept of intersectionality. Taken together, the articles within this issue identify and articulate the powerful ideological forces and subsequent policies and practices working against transformational action. As such, we are not calling for the inclusion of disabled people into society as it is today—wrought with social, economic, and environmental crises. Rather, we seek a transformation of the status quo whereby disabled people are respected as an inherent part of human diversity with gifts and worthiness untangled from a capitalist and colonial system of exploitation, extraction, and oppression. This means that achieving social justice and inclusion requires radically reordering our economic and political systems. This thematic issue illuminates the impacts and root causes of exclusion to foment critical thinking about the possibilities for social inclusion from the perspective of those who are marginalized by the status quo.
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- 2023
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21. The needs of children on the autism spectrum and their families : exploring household costs and factors impacting access to resources
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Blackwell, Chloe
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autism spectrum ,family ,needs ,costs ,time poverty ,social model ,disability - Abstract
The social security benefits system in the UK acknowledges that families raising children on the autism spectrum incur additional costs. However, more research is needed to understand the extent and nature of family-level costs. This study explores, from the perspective of families, what children on the autism spectrum need, and what implications these needs can have for family spending requirements. The study also relates families' direct and indirect costs to their interactions with schools, formal support services and employment. The study drew upon semi-structured interviews and deliberative focus groups. Combined, the methods worked to explore the needs of children on the autism spectrum, and what implications these needs may have for family-level costs. Focus groups were built upon the consensual budget standards approach to ask parents what additional everyday goods and services children on the autism spectrum need, from a selection of categories. It was also the aim of the study to set these needs within the context of how families' interactions with formal and informal support structures, and their employment experiences, influenced their financial experiences. To do this, a different set of parents, and some children on the autism spectrum, were interviewed. The findings from this thesis suggest that the additional resources required to meet the needs of children on the autism spectrum are higher than is indicated in previous studies. The use of the consensual budget-standards approach, alongside baseline data from a comparable study (Davis et al., 2020) demonstrated that costs can be identified which have otherwise been hidden. These additional costs are part of broader financial constraints and dilemmas experienced at a family level. For example, it is found that children on the autism spectrum and their families are not adequately supported by formal services, and these provision inadequacies generate additional costs for families. Adding further financial pressures, barriers impacting the employment of parents are identified, which not only include child- and household-specific factors, but also factors relating to employers, schools and children's services.
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- 2022
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22. Academics and disability : an examination of the academic experience of disability policy in higher education
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Hewlett, Sally Jayne, Abbas, Andrea, and Hayhoe, Simon
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Disability ,Disability policy ,Critical Realism ,Higher Education ,Bhaskar ,academic values ,academics ,disability support ,social model - Abstract
This thesis uses critical realist methodology to analyse the experience of academics of providing support for students with disabilities. It is presented in the context of a global rise in the numbers of students declaring a disability. In England, the government response to this increase has been to reduce state funding for students and confer more responsibility for inclusive practices on to individual universities, citing the social model of disability. Using two critical realist frameworks to analyse the experiences of academics, this thesis explores how far the institutions' responsibilities have fallen on to individual lecturers, how the current culture of support impacts students with disabilities, and how effective the social model is as a policy for including students with disabilities in a marketised higher education sector. The concept of a 'site of enablement' is developed to describe the ideal systems, structures and practices in institutions that assure equality and inclusion for persons with disabilities. A laminated critical realist framework analyses the potential site of enablement at two universities through qualitative interviews of academics, to reveal hidden structural obstacles to inclusive equality that would not come to light through the learner-centred social model approach of current policy. This research is important because it provides an alternative framework within which to analyse equality and inclusion in institutions and foregrounds the academic voice as a significant source of knowledge of absences in the potential site of enablement of universities.
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- 2022
23. DengueChat: A Social and Software Platform for Community-based Arbovirus Vector Control
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Holston, James, Suazo-Laguna, Harold, Harris, Eva, and Coloma, Josefina
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dengue ,community vector control ,citizen entomology ,mosquito ,technology ,software ,app ,arbovirus ,social model ,Nicaragua - Abstract
The mosquito Aedes aegypti transmits arboviral diseases at extraordinary rates. Dengue alone af!icts 50 to 100 million people each year, with more than 3 billion at risk globally. This indicates that current approaches to prevention and control are inadequate, and that a paradigm shift from one that largely promotes vertical chemical-based control and vaccine development to one that also concentrates on eliminating the mosquito through actions by the communities it plagues is necessary. We have developed a new social and software platform, DengueChat (denguechat.org), to advance community interventions in arbovirus vector control. It is an interactive platform combining open-source digital communication technologies with face-to-face assemblies. It promotes resident participation in evidence collection, reporting, and analysis, and it incorporates pedagogic information, key messaging, and game concepts to motivate communities to implement vector reduction strategies. Using DengueChat, we conducted a 19-month pilot study in "ve neighborhoods of Managua, Nicaragua. The results strongly suggest that using the software produced value-added features that enhance community engagement. We measured the entomological and behavioral impacts at different time points and relative risk reduction of entomological indices at the end of the study. The entomological results showed signi"cant risk reductions in disease transmission: Ae. aegypti larvae and pupae indices were reduced by approximately 44% in neighborhoods using DengueChat during one epidemic year, whereas control neighborhoods experienced an increase of more than 500%. A cluster permutation test determined that the probability of household positivity was signi"cantly reduced in neighborhoods that participated in DengueChat compared with the reference neighborhoods (P50.0265). Therefore, DengueChat is a promising resource for vector control.
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24. Sometimes I just wish it was all over.
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Cameron, Colin
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DIVERSITY & inclusion policies , *DISCRIMINATION against people with disabilities , *SOCIAL attitudes , *SOCIAL case work - Abstract
In this article I reflect upon having recently been invited to join a new departmental group being set up to talk about Equality, Diversity and Inclusion; at the same time having been told to remember that my perspective is just one among equally valid others. I reflect upon what Drake (1999) has described as the 'fundamentally opposed' natures of the medical and social models, and upon the absurdity involved in a requirement to give assent to both. I consider the unfortunate dualism involved in claims that people 'have disabilities', and suggest that Sartre's dictum 'existence precedes essence' offers a way of thinking about disability that the medical model can't begin to make sense of. I draw upon statements by disabled people about how they feel about themselves to challenge conventional personal tragedy assumptions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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25. Perspectives on experiences of tourists with disabilities: implications for their daily lives and for the tourist industry.
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Rubio-Escuderos, Lucía, García-Andreu, Hugo, Michopoulou, Eleni, and Buhalis, Dimitrios
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TOURISM ,EVERYDAY life ,ACCESSIBLE tourism ,TOURISTS ,PEOPLE with disabilities ,CUSTOMER satisfaction ,TRAVEL hygiene - Abstract
This study attempts to understand how people with disabilities (PwDs) interpret the dimensions that they consider important when on holiday. By understanding these dimensions, it becomes possible to identify and remove barriers to holiday-making and improve customer satisfaction. In particular, the study focuses on (a) what having a holiday means for PwDs and how travelling affects their lives; (b) the process of decision-making when PwDs organise a tourist experience; and (c) the roles played by travelling companions, associations and tourism companies. To that end, rich qualitative data were collected through 25 in-depth interviews with people with reduced mobility. Findings suggest that tourist experiences had a decisive impact on the perspective that PwDs have of their disability in their daily lives, with the feeling of independence being a crucial aspect. Factors such as limited negotiating scope, necessity of a care assistant, knowledge of the destination language or availability of state aid influence the decision-making process. Due to a particular service provided at Spanish stations, It is found that the train is the most valued transport for PwDs within Spain. This study contributes to accessible tourism theory by providing insights into the complexity of travelling with a disability and its impact on people's daily lives. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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26. Expressions of a humanistic orientation among service providers supporting adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
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Neuman, Ran, Reiter, Shunit, and Karni‐Vizer, Nirit
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SOCIAL support , *ATTITUDES of medical personnel , *SELF-evaluation , *DEVELOPMENTAL disabilities , *HUMANISM , *QUANTITATIVE research , *COMPARATIVE studies , *SELF-efficacy , *DESCRIPTIVE statistics , *AUTONOMY (Psychology) , *RESEARCH funding , *OPTIMISM , *ADULTS ,MEDICAL care for people with disabilities - Abstract
The study investigated the influence of the humanistic orientation on the perspectives of service providers working with individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) and the self‐evaluation of service users. The humanistic orientation, which emerged in the 1990s, emphasizes the rights of people with IDD to lead a meaningful life based on their personal needs and desires. However, challenges persist as some service providers prioritize the acquisition of normative life skills over fostering autonomy. The study was based on quantitative methodology and included 61 service providers and 95 of their service users. The study's findings indicate that the humanistic orientation was endorsed by nearly one half of the service providers compared with one third who endorsed a medical orientation. Those endorsing a humanistic orientation also reported that their service users had higher levels of efficacy than those with a medical perception of IDD. Positive correlations were found regarding the assessments made by service providers and their service users on self‐efficacy. Findings suggest that a humanistic orientation encourages optimism among service providers and a positive dyadic interaction between providers and users. It is suggested that the humanistic orientation be applied as a guiding principle underlying the daily support provided to adults with IDD. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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27. Exploring Perceptions of Stalking-Like Behaviour for Autistic Young People Within a Neurodivergent and Strengths-Based Framework: Critiquing Relationships, Sex and Health Education Provision
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Bovill, Helen, Chicken, Sarah, Bovill, Eloise, Buckland, Julie, McCartan, Kieran, Mellins, Maria, editor, Wheatley, Rachael, editor, and Flowers, Caroline, editor
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- 2023
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28. Giving and Receiving Help Among Persons Entering Sober Living Houses.
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Polcin, Douglas L., Mahoney, Elizabeth, Subbaraman, Meenakshi, and Mericle, Amy A.
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SOCIAL support , *ANALYSIS of variance , *ALTRUISM , *CONVALESCENCE , *HELP-seeking behavior , *HALFWAY houses , *COMMUNITY health services , *INTERPERSONAL relations , *DESCRIPTIVE statistics , *RESEARCH funding - Abstract
Giving and receiving help are integral to creating the social environments necessary to support recovery. However, studies assessing the effects of helping behaviors have focused primarily on the benefits derived from giving help to others in 12-step programs and treatment. The current study examined the frequency of giving and receiving help among 188 persons entering sober living houses (SLHs), a type of recovery home that is common in California. Helping was assessed in three contexts: the SLH, 12-step meetings they attended, and interactions with their family and friends. Residents who gave help to others in one of these contexts tended to also receive help in that context. Residents who reported giving or receiving help in one context tended to report giving and receiving help in other contexts. Study findings suggest helping in recovery occurs in a broader, more reciprocal manner than currently conceptualized. Studies should address how giving and receiving help in different contexts affects recovery outcomes. Research is also needed to describe the determinants of giving and receiving help. Considerations for facilitating help among SLH residents are described. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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29. Cerebral palsy - preschool and school education from the perspective of a social model of disability.
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Michalska, Agata, Połatyńska, Katarzyna, Pogorzelska, Justyna, and Żak, Marek
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SOCIAL model of disability , *EDUCATION of children with disabilities , *CEREBRAL palsy , *PEOPLE with cerebral palsy , *STUDENTS with disabilities , *MOVEMENT disorders , *PRESCHOOL education , *FINE motor ability - Abstract
Introduction: Inclusive education has been implemented in European countries in recent decades. It involves supporting the education of children with disabilities in mainstream schools to build an inclusive society. Cerebral palsy (CP) is a condition characterized by persistent motor disorders often accompanied by sensory, cognitive, communication, perceptual, behavioural, epilepsy, and secondary musculoskeletal problems. The nature and severity of disabilities can influence the choice of educational setting. For mainstream schools, the presence of a student with CP with mobility problems, speech, or sensory disorders, is a challenge. The presence of such a student at the lesson forces the use of special methods of work. Aim of the research: To assess the prevalence of inclusive education among children and adolescents with CP as a factor influencing social participation. Material and methods: The study included a group of 205 patients diagnosed with CP aged 0-18 years. Classification systems such as GMFCS, MACS, and CFCS were used in the study. Results and conclusions: The presence of associated disabilities, excluding intellectual disabilities, was found in 79% of the participants. The presence of one disability was observed in 34% of the participants, 2 disabilities in 25%, and 3 disabilities in 17% of the participants. Significant associations were found between the type of school, CP subtype, intellectual disability, and levels of functioning in terms of mobility, fine motor skills, and communication (p < 0.001). In total, 23% of the participants attended mainstream schools, and 13% attended inclusive schools. Inclusion of children with CP in mainstream schools was mainly limited to students with normal cognitive functions (IQ ≥ 70). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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30. Social model recovery and recovery housing.
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Mericle, Amy A., Howell, Jason, Borkman, Thomasina, Subbaraman, Meenakshi S., Sanders, Beth Fisher, and Polcin, Douglas L.
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ALCOHOLISM , *SUBSTANCE abuse , *CONVALESCENCE , *PSYCHOLOGY , *SOCIAL stigma , *CONCEPTUAL structures , *CONCEPTUAL models , *SOCIAL skills , *HOUSING , *SUSTAINABLE development - Abstract
Recovery housing is an important resource for many in their recovery from alcohol and other drug use disorders. Yet providers of recovery housing face a number of challenges. Many of these challenges are rooted in stigma and bias about recovery housing. The ability to describe the service and purported mechanisms of action vis-a-vis an overarching framework, approach, or orientation could also go a long way in adding credence to recovery housing as a service delivery mechanism. Several aspects of social model recovery are often explicitly built or organically reflected in how recovery housing operates, yet describing recovery housing in these terms often does little to demystify key features of recovery housing. To more fully cement social model recovery as the organizing framework for recovery housing this article aims to: review the history, current status, and evidence base for social model recovery; comment on challenges to implementing the social model in recovery housing; and delineate steps to overcome these challenges and establish an evidence base for social model recovery housing. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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31. Disabled People and the Intersectional Nature of Social Inclusion.
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Buettgen, Alexis, Fontes, Fernando, and Eriksson, Susan
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PEOPLE with disabilities ,SOCIAL integration ,DISABILITY rights movement ,INTERSECTIONALITY ,BLACK feminists ,JUSTICE ,CRITICAL thinking - Abstract
This editorial introduces a thematic issue of Social Inclusion focusing on disabled people and the intersectional nature of social inclusion. This thematic issue includes transnational and transdisciplinary studies and expressions of lived expe‐ riences facing disabled people, their families, and allies across the globe from a social, human rights, and/or disability justice perspective. The articles comprising this issue include an explicit recognition and discussion of intertwined and socially constructed identities, labels, power, and privilege as explicated by pioneering Black feminists who introduced the concept of intersectionality. Taken together, the articles within this issue identify and articulate the powerful ideological forces and subsequent policies and practices working against transformational action. As such, we are not calling for the inclusion of disabled people into society as it is today—wrought with social, economic, and environmental crises. Rather, we seek a transformation of the status quo whereby disabled people are respected as an inherent part of human diversity with gifts and worthiness untangled from a capitalist and colonial system of exploitation, extraction, and oppression. This means that achieving social justice and inclusion requires radically reordering our economic and political systems. This thematic issue illuminates the impacts and root causes of exclusion to foment critical thinking about the possibilities for social inclusion from the perspective of those who are marginalized by the status quo. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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32. The social model
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Forrester, Donald, author
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- 2024
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33. Human Rights, Disability, and Mindfulness
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Hwang, Yoon-Suk, Chan, Jeffrey, and Singh, Nirbhay N.
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- 2024
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34. "Guid times wi the bad times" : the meanings and experiences of befriending for people living alone with dementia
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Andrew, Jane, Wilkinson, Heather, and Prior, Seamus
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dementia ,befriending ,living alone ,liminality ,social networks ,personal community ,existential ,social model ,loneliness ,friendship ,transition - Abstract
Befriending is typically a third sector service in which volunteers provide companionship and support usually to people who are lonely or isolated, most often through one-to-one, face-to-face visits. In the UK around a third of people with dementia live alone. Both UK and Scottish governments include befriending in their national strategies to improve the lives of people affected by dementia. From the stance of a social model of disability, befriending is increasingly allied to the 'dementia-friendly movement', a broad range of initiatives designed to make communities inclusive, supportive and empowering for people with dementia. Existing literature on befriending for people with dementia - mainly pilot studies and service evaluations - tends to focus on those with more advanced conditions, and their views are absent or filtered through third parties. Taking a holistic, case study approach, and drawing on a range of methodologies, this study explored the experiences and meanings of befriending for individuals living on their own with dementia, from their perspectives, in the contexts of their wider lives. During a series of research visits, relatively unstructured conversations with three participants, combined with ethnographic and reflexive accounts, generated a wealth of multifocal data. This allowed the meanings of befriending to be understood in a wider matrix of biography, personal community, everyday living, disability, and life events. In enacting aspects of befriending, the research relationships themselves yielded insights into the obstacles, processes, delicacies and rewards of getting to know someone. As well as befriending, stories about other relationships - formal and informal, past and present - were especially prominent. Detailed pictures of each person's social network were developed, and their experiential qualities explored. This led to an awareness of relational gaps and loneliness, and to an appreciation of the distinct place of befriending. The research showed that participants were undergoing multiple transitions, in the here and now, and stretching back in time. Hence, the study questioned decontextualized models of 'successful' post-diagnostic transition in dementia, and the tendency to view the lives of people with dementia solely through the prism of 'dementia'. Relatedly, data analysis also uncovered 'betwixt and between' or 'both/and' states: for example, individuals were ill and well; coping and struggling. The concept of persistent liminality was used to capture these complex, fluid experiences. Strengths and limitations of the social model of disability were identified. For participants, wellbeing not only involved removing barriers to a full life but also a response to insoluble difficulties and suffering. The project had three key messages. 1) Befriending was a kind of friendship and a kind of service. Participants recognised and valued befriending as a friendship and as a person-centred service: their needs came first in a relationship that was for them but also experienced as mutual and two way. 2) Befriending satisfied unmet needs and wishes for certain kinds of relationship. As 'facilitated friendship', befriending enabled individuals to form the sort of closer, compatible, reciprocal social tie they felt they lacked. To different degrees, memory loss affected how much each person could remember about recent visits but everyone recalled what being in their befriending relationship was like and what was good - and occasionally troublesome - about it. The project pointed to the value of using tailored memory aids to reinforce the psychological presence of befrienders. 3) Befriending had the capacity to 'meet' individuals in the persistently liminal spaces they inhabited, responding both to surmountable and inherent limitations in their lives. Befrienders helped to foster wellbeing from within ill-being - or, as one participant said, "guid times the bad times".
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35. The Necessity of the Formation of a Modern Marjaʿīiyah in Twelver Shia Marjaʿīiyah Institution
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Javad Fakhkhar Toosi
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shiite ,marjaʿīiyah ,modern marjaʿīiyah ,juristic perspective ,social model ,society. ,şiîlik ,mercîlik ,modern mercîlik ,fıkhî yaklaşım ,sosyal model ,toplum ,Islam ,BP1-253 - Abstract
The institution of Marjaʿīiyah in Twelver Shia is considered the highest religious institution that has a long history. Despite the much research that has been done about this institution and even the necessity of its modernization, the concept of "modern Marjaʿīiyah" needs to be explained, especially from a juristic point of view. The jurisprudential explanation is necessary because of the jurisprudential nature of this institution. The present article tries to organize this matter. The achievement of the article is that, from the juristic perspective, the modernization of the Marjaʿīiyah requires a transformation in three areas: the jurisprudential approach of Marājiʿ, the way of issuing fatwá and social interaction with the audiences. In the first step, the article discusses the necessity of the transformation in the jurisprudential approach of Marājiʿ and based it on the necessity of compatibility between the products of Marājiʿ with the rational and scientific achievements of modernity. The second feature is the modern interaction model with society. In the case of issuing Fatwá, it includes an attachment of arguments to enable the imitator to compare various Fatwás. This model considers Marjaʿīiyah as a social institution that is devoid of special sanctity and holiness. Denying the special holiness means that Marjaʿ does not have unique holiness as a position of Marjaʿ in addition to the holiness that the possessors of knowledge and piety enjoy. The negation of special sanctity, if it is based on juristic arguments, opens the door for the modernization of this institution. The article concludes that the modern Marjaʿīiyah is completely different from the traditional Marjaʿīiyah and recommends further studies on the social necessities of this formation through field research.
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36. ՀՈԳԵԿԱՆ ԱՌՈՂՋՈՒԹՅԱՆ ԽՆԴԻՐՆԵՐԸ ՄԵԿՆԱԲԱՆՈՂ ՄՈԴԵԼՆԵՐԻ ԶԱՐԳԱՑՈՒՄԸ ՄԻՋԱԶԳԱՅԻՆ ԵՎ ՀԱՅԱՍՏԱՆՅԱՆ ՀԱՄԱՏԵՔՍՏՈՒՄ
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Խաչատրյան, Գոհար
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MENTAL illness ,MEDICAL model ,MENTAL health ,HUMAN beings - Abstract
Copyright of Journal of Sociology: Bulletin of the Yerevan State University / Banber Erevani Hamalsarani. Sots'iologia is the property of Publishing House of Yerevan State University and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)
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37. Inclusive Education from School to Higher Education in India: Provisions, Possibilities and Progress
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Bajaj, Gagandeep and Sengupta, Papia, editor
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- 2022
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38. Equal and Inclusive Study Experiences for Disabled International Students
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Soorenian, Armineh, Glass, Chris R., editor, and Bista, Krishna, editor
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- 2022
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39. A synthesis of contextual safeguarding and commonly used child safeguarding theoretical models and approaches
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Nyathi, Nhlanganiso
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- 2022
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40. Mobility challenges and experiences for students with disabilities in Tanzania universities: dealing with a social inclusion nightmare in property management
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Mubiru, Moses Batanda
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41. Medical versus Social Models of Disability: Increasing Inclusion and Participation of Students in Online and Blended Learning in Higher Education
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Whitley-Grassi, Nathan, Whitley-Grassi, Bryan J., Hoppel, Shaun C., and Zgliczynski, Melissa
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- 2021
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42. Moving Social Model Recovery Forward: Recent Research on Sober Living Houses.
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Polcin, Douglas L., Mericle, Amy A., Braucht, George S., and Wittman, Friedner D.
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PSYCHOLOGY of alcoholism , *SUBSTANCE abuse & psychology , *AFFINITY groups , *SOCIAL support , *HEALTH facilities , *CONVALESCENCE , *HALFWAY houses , *PSYCHOLOGY , *PEER counseling , *SOCIAL context , *CONCEPTUAL models - Abstract
Social model recovery is a peer centered approach to alcohol and drug problems that is gaining increased attention. This approach is well-suited to services in residential settings and typically includes living in a shared alcohol- and drug-free living environment where residents give and receive personal and recovery support. Sober Living Houses (SLHs) are recovery residences that explicitly use a social model approach. This paper describes recent research on SLHs, including new measures designed to assess their social and physical environments. We conclude that our understanding of social model is rapidly evolving to include broader, more complex factors associated with outcomes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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43. Reform of the system of rehabilitation of people with disabilities in Azerbaijan: a new social model transformation.
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Aliyeva, Zarina
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AZERBAIJANIS , *HEALTH services accessibility , *MATHEMATICAL models , *CONCEPTUAL structures , *THEORY , *QUALITY assurance , *GOVERNMENT policy , *PEOPLE with disabilities , *VOCATIONAL rehabilitation , *SOCIAL attitudes - Abstract
Azerbaijan is in the process of dismantling a system of medical model approaches to rehabilitation of people with disabilities inherited from the Soviet Union, and replacing it with a new approach to services based on social model thinking. This transformational initiative, designed to improve the lives of people with disabilities, is a priority of the EU-Azerbaijan Partnership. In Azerbaijan the voices of disabled people, their families, caregivers and representative organizations have previously been seldom heard. Now their voices will be heard alongside those of policy makers and service providers, in order to make sure that people with disabilities will become the principal architects of systems for their support in Azerbaijan. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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44. Geographies of dwarfism: socio-spatial experiences of short stature: Reviewing Dwarfism, Spatiality and Disabling Experiences, by Erin Pritchard. London, Routledge, 2021, 150 pp. + x, £130.99, ISBN 9780367459062 (hardback), £38.99, ISBN 9780367644307 (paperback), £29.24, ISBN 9781003026051 (epub)
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Kruse, Robert
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SHORT stature , *SOCIAL model of disability , *DWARFISM , *PUBLIC spaces , *SPACE environment , *GEOGRAPHY - Abstract
The study of dwarfism continues to offer unique opportunities for understanding the socio-spatial experiences of bodily difference and impairment. This review essay focuses on the latest book on dwarfism written by a geographer. Erin Pritchard situates the experiences of people with dwarfism within the social model of disability and addresses the ways in which public spaces in the UK can be disabling to people of extremely short stature. Her book describes how people with dwarfism adapt to environments that are not intended for their body types. Her interviews with people with dwarfism provide rich descriptions of the ways in which historical and contemporary representations of dwarfs influence interactions between average-height people and people with dwarfism. As an academic and as a person with dwarfism, Pritchard makes a strong argument for increasing accessibility to public spaces and reimagining environments that better accommodate bodily diversity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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45. Ciencia, tecnología y discapacidad: apuntes para pensar la discapacidad desde la teoría del actor-red y el enfoque semiótico material.
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Soto, Mauro
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TRAGEDY (Trauma) ,VISION disorders ,ACTOR-network theory ,SOCIAL history ,DIGITAL technology - Abstract
Copyright of Revista Iberoamericana de Ciencia, Tecnologia y Sociedad is the property of Centro de Estudios sobre Ciencia, Desarrollo y Educacion Superior and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)
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46. INCLUSION OF STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES AT A COLLEGE OF EDUCATION IN ZIMBABWE: A QUALITATIVE STUDY.
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Podzo, Barbara and Phasha, Nareadi
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HIGHER education ,SUSTAINABLE development ,UNIVERSITIES & colleges ,STUDENTS with disabilities - Abstract
Inclusion of students with disabilities in higher education requires urgent attention if Sustainable Development Goal 4 is to be realised by 2030. Understanding the problem in colleges of education will strengthen knowledge in this area, and importantly, shed light on both the sector’s as well as the country’s commitment to inclusion. This study investigated measures that have been put in place to include students with disabilities at a college of education in Zimbabwe. This qualitative study adopted the social model as a theoretical framework. The model calls for the understanding of disability as part of the wider set of inequality and oppressions. Data collection followed focus group discussions with students with disabilities(5), and individual interviews with lecturers (5), the senior administrator, the acting director in the Disability Resource Unit, and the dean of students. The findings indicate that there are still hurdles to cross for inclusion of students with disabilities to happen at teachers’ training colleges. Problems reported included: (a) admission processes; (b) structural modifications; (c) library services; (d) Information Communication Technology; (e) assistive technologies; (f) teaching and learning processes; and (f) disability awareness activities. The paper concludes that change of any magnitude ought to be radical in order to bring about significant improvements in the lives of students with disabilities, and it should be carried out in collaboration with them. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
47. Social models in leg care: understanding Lindsay Leg Club volunteering.
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MILENA GALAZKA, ANNA
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RESEARCH ,SOCIAL support ,WORK ,MOTIVATION (Psychology) ,RESEARCH methodology ,INTERVIEWING ,MENTAL health ,SATISFACTION ,LEG ,VOLUNTEERS ,QUALITATIVE research ,PSYCHOSOCIAL factors ,EXPERIENTIAL learning ,INTERPERSONAL relations ,THEMATIC analysis ,EMOTIONS ,WOUND care - Abstract
Background: This qualitative exploratory research was the first study to explore Leg Club volunteering through focusing specifically on volunteers' narratives. Aims: The aim was to understand volunteers' motivations and experiences and to outline the crucial steps for maintaining volunteers' positive trajectory towards providing social support. Methods: A qualitative study based on semi-structured interviews with volunteers from UK Leg Clubs was undertaken. Interview transcripts were analysed using a constructivist reflexive thematic analysis. Results: I recruited 16 volunteers from three UK Leg Clubs. The study explained the motivations for volunteering (started as members or companions; retired individuals with a strong sense of purpose; emotional, social and mental health reasons), experiences of volunteering (satisfaction from helping; meaningful social connections; personal growth) and volunteers' objectives (desire to recruit more volunteers; concerns about long-term capacity to return to prepandemic activities). Conclusions: The study outlines the conditions necessary for Leg Club volunteers' continued success in the social dimension of leg care. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
48. EL EMPLEO PROTEGIDO EN ESPAÑA: RETOS PARA UN NUEVO MODELO DE CENTROS ESPECIALES DE EMPLEO.
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ORTEGA CAMARERO, MARIA TERESA
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CONVENTION on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities ,EMPLOYMENT of people with disabilities ,INDUSTRIAL relations ,NONPROFIT sector ,DIFFERENTIATION (Sociology) ,CHILDREN'S rights - Abstract
Copyright of Human Review is the property of Eagora Science and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)
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49. LA ESTRUCTURA CITACIONAL DE LA (DIS)CAPACIDAD.
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Parra Rubio, Federico
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The so-called social model of disability has triggered a paradigm shift regarding our understanding of what a body is and how we attribute capacities to it. However, its conception of disability as a relationship between subject and environment has not been properly clarified, remaining ambiguous and lacking in content. Drawing on the work of Judith Butler and her reappropriation of derridean citationality, I argue that the idea of capacity expressed as the subject's relationship to the environment discloses a citational structure, that is, it reveals that capacity is sustained by recourse to a pre-existing environment that enables it. The article begins by outlining the main features of both the social and medical models, pointing out their advantages and limitations. It then retrieves the relationship between subject and environment as a key element of capable action and elaborates on it through the concept of citationality, providing multiple examples. Finally, it explicitly dissociates itself from the social model by criticizing the idea that every disability is based on a personal limitation. This last section also allows the article to further explore the key concepts of 'norm' and 'citation' using the example of communication. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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50. Measuring Architecture in Recovery Homes: Recovery Home Architecture Scale.
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Polcin, Douglas L., Mahoney, Elizabeth, Witbrodt, Jane, Mericle, Amy A., Subbaraman, Meenakshi, and Wittman, Friedner D.
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LENGTH of stay in hospitals , *CONFIDENCE intervals , *CONVALESCENCE , *RESEARCH methodology , *ARCHITECTURE , *HALFWAY houses , *REGRESSION analysis , *PSYCHOMETRICS , *SOCIAL context , *INTER-observer reliability , *CONCEPTUAL structures , *CRONBACH'S alpha , *MULTITRAIT multimethod techniques , *FACTOR analysis , *STATISTICAL models ,RESEARCH evaluation - Abstract
Background: The settings where we live shape our daily experiences and interactions. Social environment and physical setting characteristics may be particularly important in communal living services, such as recovery homes for alcohol and drug disorders. Objectives: This paper describes the measurement and mobilization of architectural characteristics in one type of recovery home, sober living houses (SLHs). The Recovery Home Architecture Scale (RHAS) is a 25-item measure comprised of six subscales designed to assess architecture in SLHs. Results: Using a sample of 528 individuals residing in 41 houses, we found the RHAS had good interrater reliability, factor structure, and internal consistency. The measure also showed modest construct validity. The RHAS was not associated with length of stay (LOS) but did interact with a measure of the social environment that predicted LOS, the Recovery Home Environment Scale (RHES). Conclusions: Future studies should include a more diverse sample of SLHs and assess how house management, recovery capital, and other factors work in concert with architecture. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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