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This new edition of Psychosocial Aspects of Disability strikes a balance of past, present, and future views of individual, family, societal, and governmental interaction and reaction to persons with disabilities. The past is presented in Part 1, Psychosocial Aspects of Disabilities, in which a view of the evolution of societal reactions to disabilities and persons with disability is presented. This perspective is important because it explains how some of the beliefs and attitudes toward disabilities and those who have a disability have developed. Additionally, Part 1 makes us aware from a hist

Introduction -- Chapter 1. Intellectual, Developmental and Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (Dilip R. Patel, MD, MD, Ariel Tenenbaum, MD, and Joav Merrick, MD, DMSc, Department of Pediatrics and Human Development, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, Kalamazoo Center for Medical Studies, Kalamazoo, Michigan, US, and others) -- Section One: Intellectual Disability -- Chapter 2. A Systematic Literature Review on People with Intellectual Disability and Health (Mahfuz Ashraf, PhD, Parves Sultan, PhD, Rashadul Hasan, Reema Harrison, PhD, and Reece Hinchcliff, PhD, Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Crown Institute of Higher Education, North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, and others) -- Chapter 3. Prevalence Rate of Intellectual Disability among Children in Barwani, India (Ram Lakhan, DrPH, and Anthony Mawson, DrPH, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health Initiative, Jackson State University, Medical Mall, Jackson, Mississippi, US) -- Chapter 4. The Experiences of Caring for Children with Intellectual Disabilities: Perspectives from Selected Special Schools in Ashanti Region of Ghana (Mprah Wisdom Kwadwo, PhD, Acheampong Enoch and Bediako Joseph, Centre for Disability and Rehabilitation Studies, Department of Community Health, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana) -- Chapter 5. The Quality of Life of Normally Achieving and LowAchieving Participants: Is It Associated with IQ and Metacognition? (Yasser A. Al-Hilawani, EdD, Department of Counseling and Educational Psychology, Faculty of Education, Yarmouk University, Irbid, Jordan) -- Chapter 6. How Family Carers Support Profoundly Intellectually Disabled Persons in Decision Making: A Literature Review (Ruth Ryan, PhD, Department of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Education and Health Sciences, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland) -- Chapter 7. Learning, Motor and Mental Health Profiles in Pupils with Borderline Intellectual Functioning and Average Intellectual Functioning (Marianna Alesi, PhD, and Gaetano Rappo, PhD, Department of di Psychological, Pedagogical and Educational Sciences, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy) -- Chapter 8. Effects of Social Skills Training Using Teaching Strategies from Applied Behaviour Analysis on the Social Development of Children with Mild and Moderate Intellectual Disabilities (Ritu Kalgotra, PhD, and Jaspal S. Warwal, PhD, Department of Education, University of Jammu, Jammu, India) -- Chapter 9. People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: Reactions to Donald Trump Winning the 2016 United States Presidential Election (Carli Friedman, PhD, The Council on Quality and Leadership, Towson, Maryland, US) -- Chapter 10. Ability of Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder to Identify Emotions Using Visual and Musical Stimuli (Kaitlyn P. Wilson, PhD, and Janet Preis, EdD, Department of Audiology, Speech-Language Pathology, and Deaf Studies, Towson University, Towson, Maryland and Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences, Loyola University Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, US) -- Chapter 11. Prolonged Survival in Trisomy 13: Implications for Counseling and Care Planning (Silpa Nadella, MD, Stephanie Ling, DO, Anju Patel, MD, Meveshni Govender, MD and Dilip R. Patel, MD, Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Western Michigan University Homer Stryker MD School of Medicine, Kalamazoo, Michigan, US) -- Section Two: Acknowledgements -- Chapter 12. About the Editors -- Chapter 13. About the Center for Children with Chronic Diseases and Down Syndrome Center Jerusalem, Israel, Department of Pediatrics, Mt Scopus Campus, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel -- Chapter 14. About the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development -- Section Three: Index.

The first volume presents a collection of exciting papers exploring several new areas of disability research. The contributions include: examination of the media representation of disability and coverage of disability policy issues which gives an understanding of the far reaching impact of the fourth estate; an historical analysis of the correspondence between the identifier of Down syndrome and Darwin that lends insights into the development of interpretations of mental retardation particularly Down syndrome as a throwback to the more primitive nature of man; analysis of hospital discharge data which demonstrates that persons with chronic conditions and impairments are more likely than those without to need hospitalization for injuries resulting from violence; and an overview of voting behavior among persons with disabilities. Subsequent volumes will focus on specific subjects related to disability issues.

One of the more striking aspects of the Dutch Welfare State is its apparent difficulty in controlling the number of transfer recipients. A prime example of this management problem is the Disability Insurance program. This monograph presents a thorough investigation of the behavioral responses of employees and firms to this generous disability scheme. The heart of the study is the empirical part based on a rich data set of persons who apply for benefits and those who do not. The data derive both from self-reports as well as medical and vocational expert evaluations. Combining facets of health economics, medical sociology and econometric technique, the authors are able to reveal the intricate causalities that underlie the disability process.

Language is integral to our social being. But what is the status of those who stand outside of language? The mentally disabled, "wild" children, people with autism and other neurological disorders, as well as animals, infants, angels, and artificial intelligences, have all engaged with language from a position at its borders. In the intricate verbal constructions of modern literature, the 'disarticulate'—those at the edges of language—have, paradoxically, played essential, defining roles. Drawing on the disarticulate figures in modern fictional works such as Billy Budd, The Sound and the Fury, Nightwood, White Noise, and The Echo Maker, among others, James Berger shows in this intellectually bracing study how these characters mark sites at which aesthetic, philosophical, ethical, political, medical, and scientific discourses converge. It is also the place of the greatest ethical tension, as society confronts the needs and desires of "the least of its brothers." Berger argues that the disarticulate is that which is unaccountable in the discourses of modernity and thus stands as an alternative to the prevailing social order. Using literary history and theory, as well as disability and trauma theory, he examines how these disarticulate figures reveal modernity's anxieties in terms of how it constructs its others.

This volume of Research in Social Science and Disability brings together interdisciplinary scholarship to examine a wide array of issues related to disability and community, a topic of critical importance academically and politically. The evolving and politically contested notions of community sit at the centre of much of the recent research on disability and, as researchers both create and reflect various ideas of membership when defining 'disability' and aggregating individuals, their methodological decisions have significant implications for how we come to understand disability and community. This volume examines a wide range of social institutions and practices such as education, employment, and cultural venues and the extent to which and how they include people with disabilities in the workings of these institutions. It includes research framed by a variety of theoretical perspectives and research methodologies and offers innovative ways to envision inclusive communities and, therefore, enables us to consider how to move forward to create them.

This volume contributes to the vibrant, ongoing recuperative work on women's writing by shedding new light on a group of authors commonly dismissed as middlebrow in their concerns and conservative in their styles and politics. The neologism 'interfeminism' – coined to partner Kristin Bluemel's 'intermodernism' – locates this group chronologically and ideologically between two 'waves' of feminism, whilst also forging connections between the political and cultural monoliths that have traditionally overshadowed them. Drawing attention to the strengths of this 'out-of-category' writing in its own right, this volume also highlights how intersecting discourses of gender, class and society in the interwar and postwar periods pave the way for the bold reassessments of female subjectivity that characterise second and third wave feminism. The essays showcase the stylistic, cultural and political vitality of a substantial group of women authors of fiction, non-fiction, drama, poetry and journalism including Vera Brittain, Storm Jameson, Nancy Mitford, Phyllis Shand Allfrey, Rumer Godden, Attia Hosain, Doris Lessing, Kamala Markandaya, Susan Ertz, Marghanita Laski, Elizabeth Bowen, Edith Pargeter, Eileen Bigland, Nancy Spain, Vera Laughton Matthews, Pamela Hansford Johnson, Dorothy Whipple, Elizabeth Taylor, Daphne du Maurier, Barbara Comyns, Shelagh Delaney, Stevie Smith and Penelope Mortimer. Additional exploration of the popular magazines Woman's Weekly and Good Housekeeping and new material from the Vera Brittain archive add an innovative dimension to original readings of the literature of a transformative period of British social and cultural history. List of contributors: Natasha Periyan, Eleanor Reed, Maroula Joannou , Lola Serraf, Sue Kennedy, Ana Ashraf, Chris Hopkins, Gill Plain, Lucy Hall, Katherine Cooper, Nick Turner, Maria Elena Capitani, James Underwood, and Jane Thomas

This article explores the significance of disability for social justice, using Nancy Fraser's theory of justice as a guideline. The article argues that the disability perspective is essential for understanding and promoting social justice, although it is often disregarded by critical thinkers and social activists. The article looks at three prominent strategies for achieving social justice under conditions of capitalism: economically, by decommodifying labour; culturally, by deconstructing self-sufficiency; and politically, by transnationalising democracy. The disability perspective reveals that decommodification of labour requires enhancement of disability support, deconstruction of self-sufficiency requires valorisation of disability-illuminated interdependence, and transnationalisation of democracy requires scrutiny of the transnational production of impairments. The article discusses each of these strategies in theoretical and practical terms by drawing on disability studies and Fraser's analyses.

5. New Labour and clauses for conditionality: activating disabled citizensIntroduction -- New Labour, conditionality and the primacy of paid work -- Paid work, social inclusion and social citizenship -- Disability and a return to laissez-faire policies? -- Conclusion -- 6. Supporting disabled adults: new paradigms or new paternalism? -- Modernised adult social care: personalisation and self-directed support -- Fair Access to Care Services and Putting people first: rhetoric and reality -- Individual budgets -- Crossing provider boundaries -- Changing day services