Field Of Disabilities Research Articles

Lived Experiences of Women with Disabilities in Accessing Sexual and Reproductive Health Services in Lira District, Northern Uganda

Disability, CBR and Inclusive Development aims to enhance knowledge in the field of disability and inclusive development, addressing the needs of practitioners, policy makers, DPOs and the scientific community.

“HIV is a Story, not Life”: Resilience among South Asian Women living with HIV in Canada

Disability, CBR and Inclusive Development aims to enhance knowledge in the field of disability and inclusive development, addressing the needs of practitioners, policy makers, DPOs and the scientific community.

To Connect and Educate: Why Families Engage in Family-Professional Partnership Training Experiences.

Successful family-professional partnerships (FPP) have been shown to positively impact both satisfaction with care and health outcomes for children with disabilities and their families. Many healthcare training programs have recognized the benefit of FPP training and often include learning experiences that feature families as teachers or mentors. However, most research on FPP training has focused on professionals' experiences, and not on families' experience in the roles of mentors and experts. The Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities (LEND) program is a graduate-level interdisciplinary training program with sites across the country. LEND programs train future healthcare and service professionals in the disability field and often utilize a Family Mentor Experience (FME) as one aspect of their training. This study used qualitative interviews to examine the experiences of eight family mentors who worked with trainees in one LEND program. Overall, the family mentors expressed positive views regarding the FME, describing how it allowed them to connect with trainees, other families, and community resources, as well as educating trainees. Family mentors also identified several facilitators and barriers to participation. Study findings provide information on the FFP's impact on family mentors and guidance on how programs can support sustainable, effective FPP experiences.

Prevalence of Secondary Traumatic Stress Among Direct Support Professionals in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Field.

Direct support professionals (DSPs) are deemed by existing literature as vital support to persons with intellectual or developmental disabilities (IDD). They may be exposed to the traumatic experiences of people with IDD with potential psychological implications. Secondary traumatic stress (STS) has been studied among related professionals across human services, but little is known among DSPs. The current study examines the prevalence of STS in a sample of DSPs. The results suggested that DSPs are exposed to traumatic experiences, and exposure to a greater number of traumatized clients is significantly correlated with symptoms of STS. At least 12.4% of DSPs in this sample met the diagnostic criteria for experiencing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms. Also, results suggest STS differences in DSPs based on demographics.

Öğrenme Güçlüğü Tanısı Almış Çocuğa Sahip Ailelerde Tükenmişlik ile Umutsuzluk Düzeyleri Arasındaki İlişki

Özel eğitim alanında sık karşılaşılan yetersizlikler grubunda yer alan öğrenme güçlüğü, dinleme, konuşma, okuma, anlama, mantık kurma ve yazılı anlatım becerilerinde gecikme ya da yetersizlikler ile kendini gösteren bir bozukluktur. Öğrenme güçlüğünün tanı kriterlerinin belirlenmesi, öğrenme güçlüğü tanılı öğrencilerin eğitim olanaklarının artması ve geliştirilmesi ile beraber bu tanıyı alan öğrencilerin sayısının artmasına neden olmuştur. Öğrenme güçlüğü alanında son yıllarda yapılan çalışmalar, özel gereksinimi olan çocuğa sunulan hizmetlerle birlikte öncelikli olarak ailedeki bireylerin ihtiyaçlarının belirlenmesi ve bu ihtiyaçlara göre aileye destek verilmesi düşüncesini ön plana çıkarmıştır. Dolayısıyla, bu araştırmanın amacı öğrenme güçlüğü olan çocuğa sahip ebeveynlerin umutsuzluk ve tükenmişlik düzeyleri arasındaki ilişkinin incelenmesidir. Araştırmanın çalışma grubunu amaçsal örnekleme yoluyla seçilen ve gönüllü olarak araştırmaya katılan 212 ebeveyn oluşturmaktadır. Araştırmada yöntem olarak ilişkisel tarama modeli kullanılmıştır. Araştırmanın verileri araştırmacılar tarafından hazırlanan “Demografik Bilgi Formu”, “Beck Umutsuzluk Ölçeği” ve “Maslach Tükenmişlik Ölçeği” aracılığıyla toplanmıştır. Araştırma ilişki temelli kesitsel tipte bir çalışma olmakla birlikte verilerin analizinde SPSS 21.0 kullanılmıştır. Araştırmadan elde edilen bulgulara göre, öğrenme güçlüğü tanısı almış çocuğa sahip ebeveynlerde umutsuzluk ve alt boyutları ile tükenmişlik ve alt boyutları arasında istatistiksel olarak anlamlı ilişki bulunmuştur (p

Influence of assisted outpatient living in people with intellectual disabilities on individual quality of life and resilience – design of a doctoral thesis

Introduction The research field of disability and mental health is politically and socially relevant, because the psychological well-being of people with intellectual disabilities has often been trivialized in therapy and legislation. Since the pursuit of mental health is coming into focus due to removal of stigma and emerging awareness, people with disabilities must have equal opportunities to choose their place of residence and get suitable psychosocial support.Objectives Our aim is to investigate the influence of assisted outpatient treatment (AOT) on the quality of life and resilience of people with intellectual disabilities who are living self-determined.MethodsA participatory mixed-methods design is chosen as it enables the greatest possible standardization and allows a high flexibility. The project will be divided into three parts: A systematic literature search to gain knowledge about the field and to estimate the sample size, a pre-post-comparison of the WHOQOL-BREF to evaluate AOT in terms of self-perceived quality of life and a focus-group of handicapped people to reflect the study results with attention on resilience.ResultsTo foster the doctoral thesis, several questions can be discussed: 1) How is the relation of disability and mental health to be described? 2) What might be the pros and cons of self-determined living? 3) Which steps need to be taken to implement AOT more often?ConclusionsThe topic is relevant in the public health sector and the results could help to sensitize professionals and the general society regarding to participation in everyday life. The recommendations developed may serve to implement comparable forms of housing.DisclosureNo significant relationships.

The Role of the Social Work Profession in Facing the Problem of Violence against Children with Disabilities

The issue of violence against children has received a lot of attention in all regions of the world as children are exposed to excessive violence in almost every aspect of their lives. Many efforts have been made and still are being made to confront this serious problem. It is noticeable through some observations, some statistics, and the results of some research studies that the rates of violence directed at a child with a disability are higher than the rates of violence directed at a non-disabled child. Perhaps this may be due to several reasons which will be explained in the current paper. This paper aims to shed some light on the problem of child violence directed at the child with a disability, in terms of definition, types, statistics, and factors leading. The paper also aims to clarify the role of the social work profession in facing or confronting this problem. Perhaps clarifying this provides social workers who are working in the field of disability a guide to help them know the professional roles required of them and to perform or exercise these roles. At the end of the working paper, a number of proposals and recommendations were presented that could be used in improving the process of effective confrontation of the problem of violence against children in general and violence against children with disabilities in particular.

Professional Responsibility in the Field of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: Its Definition, Application, and Impacts.

This article addresses the need to clearly understand professional responsibility and the critical role it plays in the lives of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), in shaping professions for the better, and in enhancing the functioning of society for the benefit of all. Understanding professional responsibility is especially timely during the current transformation that is occurring in the field of IDD. To that end, the article discusses what is a profession, who is a professional, and what is professional responsibility. Using a logic model framework, the article describes the components of professional responsibility that include its building blocks such as respect for the person, professional ethics and standards, critical thinking skills, and clinical judgment; its use of nine professional practices including empowerment, evidence-based practices, individualized supports, and person-centered outcome evaluation; its outcomes in terms of mutual trust, the improved effectiveness of clinical functions, and professional accountability; and its impacts regarding individual benefit, professional integrity, and societal enhancement.

A Qualitative Approach to Study the Identity Development of Deaf Students in India

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Lessons from a Women-led Livelihood Pilot in a Neglected Tropical Diseases endemic area in Southern India

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Assistive Devices for Persons with Visual Impairment and Low Vision: Preferences and Expectations of Users in the Southern States of India

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The Dynamics of Social Inclusion of People with Spinal Cord Injury

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Creating an Inclusive Ecosystem through Healthcare in Disability Management: Malaysians’ Experience

Disability, CBR and Inclusive Development aims to enhance knowledge in the field of disability and inclusive development, addressing the needs of practitioners, policy makers, DPOs and the scientific community.

Measuring Access to Assistive Technology using the WHO rapid Assistive Technology Assessment (rATA) questionnaire in Guatemala: Results from a Population-based Survey

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The Impact of Leprosy and Physical Disability on Marital and Sexual Relationships of Married Nepali Men

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What do COVID-19, Conflict and Climate Change have in common?

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Reporting Behaviour of People with Disabilities in relation to the Lack of Accessibility on Government Websites: Analysis in the light of the Theory of Planned Behaviour

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Epistemic injustice as a bridge between medical sociology and disability studies.

This paper explores the potential of the perspective of epistemic injustice to reconcile medical sociology's attention to the micro level of experience and interpersonal exchange, and disability studies' focus on the macro level of oppressive structures. The first part of the paper provides an overview of the concept of epistemic injustice and its key instances-testimonial, hermeneutical, and contributory injustice. We also consider previous applications of the concept in the fields of health care and disability, and we contextualise our investigation by discussing key features of postsocialism from the perspective of epistemic injustice. In the second part, we explore specific epistemic injustices experienced by people who use disability support by drawing on interviews and focus groups conducted with parents of disabled children in present-day Bulgaria. In our conclusion, we revisit our methodological and theoretical points about the potential of epistemic injustice to facilitate mutually beneficial exchanges between medical sociology and disability studies.

Experiences of mentoring university students with an intellectual disability as part of a practicum placement

ABSTRACT Benefits of peer mentoring include learning to collaborate , developing relationships, skill development and career clarity. This study aimed to explore the lived experiences of undergraduate university students mentoring a person with intellectual disability as part of their university practicum placement. Using a qualitative approach, peer mentors (N=11) were asked to reflect on their Up the Hill Project experience, at an Australian program supporting inclusion of adults with intellectual disability at university. Thematic analysis of interviews revealed four key themes: career development and learning; enabling positive outcomes; being a mentor; and barriers and challenges. Mentors reported a positive experience related to professional learning and development. The mentoring experience was strengthened by effective support structures and the reciprocity of the mentor-mentee relationship. Findings suggest that mentoring as part of a university practicum can be a positive, worthwhile learning experience, particularly regarding professional development for future employment in the disability field.

Quality of Life and the International Convention on the Rights of Persons With Disabilities: Consensus Indicators for Assessment.

The quality of life construct provides an ideal conceptual framework for translating such abstract concepts as self-determination, equity, accessibility, and inclusion. Through consultation with expert raters, we sought to develop and validate a bank of indicators and items, based on the quality of life conceptual framework, to be used as a means of evaluating and implementing the Articles of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). Thirty-two experts in the field of intellectual and developmental disabilities participated, rating the suitability, importance, and clarity of a bank of 296 items, as well as the relevance of controlling for 70 sociodemographic variables. After qualitative and quantitative analysis of the data, the final selection comprised 60 sociodemographic variables and 153 items that scored highly on all criteria and produced an excellent level of agreement between the experts. This bank of items and set of sociodemographic variables constitute the pilot version of a CRPD assessment and monitoring instrument with sufficient evidence of content validity, which may be useful in developing evidence-based practices and in detecting rights violations.