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Social work with disabled people Open
Preface.- Introduction: Setting the Scene.- Social Work and Disability: Old and New Directions.- Impairment, Disability and Research.- Relationships and Families.- Independent Living and Personal Assistance.- Independent Living: The Wider …
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Ableism in academia: where are the disabled and ill academics? Open
Recent coverage in relevant Higher Education newspapers and corresponding social media platforms, imply that chronic conditions, illnesses and disabilities are becoming more prominent amongst academics. Changes to funding structures (Thomp…
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Constructing positive identities in ableist workplaces: Disabled employees’ discursive practices engaging with the discourse of lower productivity Open
This article explores how disabled workers engage with the ableist discourse of disability as lower productivity in constructing positive identities in the workplace. Disabled employees inhabit a contradictory discursive position: as disab…
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Voiceless subjects? Research ethics and persons with profound intellectual disabilities Open
This paper discusses possibilities of designing ethical research practice in relation to people with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities (PIMD). We will argue that in the case of this group of people, research ethics is about e…
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Accessibility issues in Android apps Open
Mobile apps are an integral component of our daily life. Ability to use mobile apps is important for everyone, but arguably even more so for approximately 15% of the world population with disabilities. This paper presents the results of a …
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Unconscious bias and the medical model: How the social model may hold the key to transformative thinking about disability discrimination Open
This article seeks to gain access to a new way to engage with disability discrimination and the legal approaches to it by focusing on the two central models: the medical and social models. It discusses how the law has based the definition …
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Disability inclusiveness of government responses to COVID-19 in South America: a framework analysis study Open
Background Disabled people are particularly exposed to the risks of COVID-19, as well as to the measures taken to address it, and their impact. The aim of the study was to examine the disability-inclusiveness of government responses to COV…
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Do-It-Yourself Empowerment as Experienced by Novice Makers with Disabilities Open
Recent HCI research has highlighted the potential afforded by maker technologies for supporting new forms of DIY Assistive Technology (DIY-AT) for people with disabilities. Furthermore, the popular discourse surrounding both the maker move…
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Do disabled people need a stronger social model: a social model of human rights? Open
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‘I’ll always find a perfectly justified reason for not doing it’: challenges for disability sport and physical activity in the United Kingdom Open
This study aimed to provide insight into the experiences of and attitudes to sport and physical activity for disabled people. Data were generated through semi-structured interviews with eight facilitators and focus groups with 24 members a…
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The Identity Regulation of Disabled Employees: Unveiling the ‘varieties of ableism’ in employers’ socio-ideological control Open
Conceptualizing organizational representations of disabled workers as a form of socio-ideological control, this study investigates the identity regulation of disabled employees. The comparative analysis of a bank, a labour market intermedi…
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“I was Excited by the Idea of a Project that Focuses on those Unasked Questions” Co‐Producing Disability Research with Disabled Young People Open
In this article, we detail the politics and practicalities of co‐produced disability research with disabled young people with life‐limiting and life‐threatening impairments. We centre an ESRC ‐funded arts‐informed co‐produced research proj…
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Crippled: austerity and the demonization of disabled people Open
Powerful and difficult to read because of the suffering it describes, Frances Ryan’s book shows that austerity, for all its debated meaning, has altered beliefs about and behaviour toward disabled ...
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Biographical Prototypes Open
This paper aims to elevate stories of design by people with disabilities. In particular, we draw from counter-storytelling practices to build a corpus of stories that prioritize disabled people as contributors to professional design practi…
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‘Nothing about us without us’: the emerging disability movement and advocacy in China Open
The disability movement and disabled persons' self-help organizations (DPOs) are emerging in China, some of which succeeded in promoting policy and social changes with special strategies. Based on an original survey and interview, this art…
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Feasibility of BCI Control in a Realistic Smart Home Environment Open
Smart homes have been an active area of research, however despite considerable investment, they are not yet a reality for end-users. Moreover, there are still accessibility challenges for the elderly or the disabled, two of the main potent…
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Leveraging the London 2012 Paralympic Games Open
The International Paralympic Committee, U.K. Government, and the Organizing Committee for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games all contended that the London 2012 Paralympic Games would positively impact the lives of disabled people…
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An Intelligent and Low-Cost Eye-Tracking System for Motorized Wheelchair Control Open
In the 34 developed and 156 developing countries, there are ~132 million disabled people who need a wheelchair, constituting 1.86% of the world population. Moreover, there are millions of people suffering from diseases related to motor dis…
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Understanding disabling barriers: a fruitful partnership between Disability Studies and social practices? Open
Disabled people are regularly denied their human rights, since policies and laws are hard to translate literally into practice. This article aims to make connections between social practice theories and Disability Studies, in order to unde…
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Rethinking inclusion and disability activism at academic conferences: strategies proposed by a PhD student with a physical disability Open
Conferences are central to academia, providing opportunities for scholars to exchange ideas, socialise and build networks and extend their scholarship. Therefore, inclusive research in universities must extend to including activists and di…
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Characterizing the energy use of disabled people in the European Union towards inclusion in the energy transition Open
Designing environmental policy to take account of social difference is increasingly recognized as essential to address both effectiveness and justice concerns. So far there is limited research on the experiences of disabled people in the e…
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Should I Say “Disabled People” or “People with Disabilities”? Language Preferences of Disabled People Between Identity- and Person-First Language Open
The usage of identity- (e.g., "disabled people") versus person-first language (e.g., "people with disabilities") to refer to disabled people has been an active and ongoing discussion. However, it remains unclear which semantic language sho…
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Developing a Model of Factors Influencing the Quality of Service for Disabled Customers in the Condition s of Sustainable Development, Illustrated by an Example of the Silesian Voivodeship Public Administration Open
The article discusses the issue of disabled persons in the perspective of sustainable development and presents barriers that persons with disabilities encounter while being served in local government offices such as town halls. The researc…
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Disability, Deadly Discourse, and Collectivity amid Coronavirus (COVID-19) Open
As COVID-19 crosses the globe, disabled people are subject to new medical and discursive realities. Focusing on the consequences of the latter, we utilize news reports from Canada and the UK to argue the current language of pre-existing co…
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Macho, mobile and resilient? How workers with impairments are doubly disabled in project-based film and television work Open
Inequalities in the creative industries are known to be persistent and systemic. The model of production in UK film and television (UKF&TV) is argued to exclude on the basis of gender, race and class. This article considers a social catego…
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The poverty of plastics bans: Environmentalism’s win is a loss for disabled people Open
Recent proposals in US cities to ban single-use plastic straws have been adopted quickly and met with little resistance. Environmentalists consider this a small but important win for reducing the harmful impact of single-use plastics on ou…
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Disabling organizational spaces: Exploring the processes through which spatial environments disable employees with impairments Open
Adopting a Lefebvrian perspective that draws attention to the connection between space and power, this study aims to contribute to the organizational literature by offering an in-depth understanding of the processes through which organizat…
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Implications of internalised ableism for the health and wellbeing of disabled young people Open
When conceptualising health and wellbeing among disabled people, the experience of internalised ableism must be considered. In this article, we argue that internalised ableism is indeed a health and wellbeing issue that materialises in num…
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The regressive power of labels of vulnerability affecting disabled asylum seekers in the UK Open
There has been some progress in the United Kingdom regarding official recognition of the existence and needs of disabled asylum seekers and refugees. However, references are commonly accompanied by euphemistic labels, particularly of 'vuln…
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Reporting from the Margins: Disabled Academics Reflections on Higher Education Open
This article is rooted in the narratives of four disabled people with obvious impairments within higher education institutions (HEI). Their lived experiences highlight how the adoption of the neoliberal agenda by HEIs has ensured the conti…