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Representation of disability in children’s video games Disability & Society (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2024-09-18 Maria Rosalinda Talan, Martha Loupatty, Haekal Rheza Afandi, Febi Junaidi, Nafri Yanti
Published in Disability & Society (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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Disability, happiness and the welfare state (Finland and the Nordic model) Disability & Society (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2024-09-11 Muhammad Anif Afandi, Poppy Mai Versiska
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“Institutional betrayal”: the return to normal and college students with disabilities in the USA Disability & Society (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2024-09-08 Meghan Owenz, Brett Spencer, Deniz Aydemir-Doke
Students with disabilities represent at least 20% of students enrolled in American institutions of higher education. During the COVID-19 crisis, American institutions made several modifications to ...
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‘Because it’s who I am’: self-determination of LGBTQ adults with intellectual disability Disability & Society (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2024-09-01 Elizabeth M. Smith, Tessa-May Zirnsak, Kathryn Bartlett, Jennifer Power, Christine Bigby
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex, Queer and Asexual (LGBTIQA+) people with intellectual disability face unique challenges in asserting their identities. We aim to understand how Lesbia...
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Why app-hailed transportation remains inadequately accessible to wheelchair users Disability & Society (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2024-08-29 Mahtot Gebresselassie
People with disabilities in general and wheelchair users in particular face challenges in transportation services hailed using smartphone apps such as as Uber and Lyft. Although some riders who use...
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Announcement of Doctoral Theses Disability & Society (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2024-08-21
Published in Disability & Society (Vol. 39, No. 9, 2024)
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Paws for thought: advocating for the disabled population through service dog education in medical school Disability & Society (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2024-08-21 Isabella Lopez
Service dogs are essential companions for approximately 500,000 disabled individuals in the United States. They provide daily assistance with a diverse range of impairments by performing trained ta...
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Transdisciplinary Teaching in Inclusive Schools: Promoting Transdisciplinary Education for Learners with Special Needs Disability & Society (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2024-08-20 Nabil Fikri Adam, Fane Trisna Fitriana, Rince Jalla Wabang, Nurul Khairani Abduh, Srimaryani
Published in Disability & Society (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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What did the Covid-19 pandemic reveal to deaf young people about their lives as young adults? Disability & Society (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2024-08-16 Alys Young, Claire Dodds, Kieran Gemmell, Eve Lister, Rachel O’Neill, Helen Chilton, Jane Russell
The Covid-19 pandemic changed the structures of communication, interaction and daily life for everyone. In this study, we examine what those changed social circumstances revealed to deaf young peop...
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Learning Disability and Everyday Life Disability & Society (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2024-08-12 Alberto Vanolo
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15-minute cities, ‘walkability’ and last millimeter problems Disability & Society (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2024-08-02 Ronald Buliung
The 15-minute city concept is about planning and building cities so that most essential activities can be accessed within 15-minutes of a residence on foot or by bicycle. The possibilities and limi...
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Demystifying Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG): charting the ESG course in Africa Disability & Society (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2024-08-07 Anggun Meranti Yuwandari Baswetan, Garry Rheinhard Kondologit
Published in Disability & Society (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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Correction Disability & Society (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2024-08-04
Published in Disability & Society (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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‘Mad’ transit and bad apples Disability & Society (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2024-08-01 Rhonda Cheryl Solomon, Ronald N. Buliung
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To heaven and back: don’t die… live on! Disability & Society (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2024-07-31 Paul Darke
Published in Disability & Society (Vol. 39, No. 9, 2024)
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Announcement of doctoral theses Disability & Society (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2024-07-22
Published in Disability & Society (Vol. 39, No. 8, 2024)
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Being different: what it means to be a person with albinism in Nigeria Disability & Society (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2024-07-23 Anthony Olagunju, Mzwandile Mabhala, Gillian Buck, Louise Taylor
Persons with albinism experience visual impairments and have unusually white hair and skin colour. In Nigeria, they face social disadvantages due to misconceptions about albinism, which create barr...
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‘Five rungs down’: encounters between disabled parents and the medical institution Disability & Society (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2024-07-21 Florencia Herrera, Irene Salvo Agoglia, Luis Campos Medina, Camila Peralta
Disabled people face particular additional barriers of access to health care. In this article, we explore how these barriers increase when disabled parents require medical attention for their child...
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Migration meets disability. Approaches to intersectionality in the context of a disability rights organization Disability & Society (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2024-07-19 Vanessa Rau, Helen Baykara-Krumme
Despite the proliferation of intersectionality in academic research and political activism, the intersection of disability and migration remains neglected in academic research. With this paper, we ...
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Recognizing the rights of children with disabilities in Malawi Disability & Society (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2024-07-16 Janet Njelesani, Cathy Cameron, Donald Njelesani, Monica Jamali, Jeffrey J. D. Andrion, Alister Munthali
Little is known about the realization of the rights of children with disabilities in Malawi, including which rights are being met or violated, where protection of rights must be reinforced, and way...
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The experience of autism from the perspective of autistic adolescents Disability & Society (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2024-07-15 Sebastian Trew
The aim of this study is to explore with autistic adolescents, their perspectives and experiences related to autism. Situated in Australia, the study uses a qualitative methodology and a narrative ...
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Transitioning to adulthood for young disabled people: imagining new futurities while walking-with Disability & Society (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2024-07-07 Hanne Vandenbussche, Elisabeth De Schauwer
From a disability studies perspective, we want to understand how to support young disabled adults to belong in their local community once the postsecondary transition has arrived. The force of imag...
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Attitudes and arrangements: owner predictions of growing older with an assistance dog Disability & Society (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2024-07-07 Amanda J. Salmon, Paul Harpur, Nancy A. Pachana
Assistance dog ownership is beneficial for older adults, but also involves unique age-related challenges, particularly changes in independent living status. How younger assistance dog owners see th...
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The voice of students with disabilities: reasons for going to university and criteria for choosing the institution Disability & Society (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2024-07-08 Isabel Fernández-Menor, Ana Doménech, Mª Emma Mayo Pais, Arecia Aguirre
This article describes the factors and criteria that affect graduates with disabilities when deciding to pursue higher education and choosing a university. The study involved 95 graduate students f...
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What strategies did graduates with disabilities in Health Sciences use to persist and not drop out their studies? Disability & Society (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2024-07-04 Inmaculada Orozco, Almudena Cotán, Lucía Van der Mel, María-Dolores Cortés-Vega
This article analyses the difficulties that 16 graduate with disabilities from 8 Spanish universities in the area of Health Sciences experienced during their academic career. It also shows how they...
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Correction Disability & Society (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2024-07-04
Published in Disability & Society (Vol. 39, No. 8, 2024)
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The taboo of sexuality and the desire for parenthood of people with intellectual disabilities living in care facilities in France Disability & Society (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2024-07-02 Tamara Guénoun, Aziz Essadek, Marion Mauran, Estelle Veyron-Lacroix, Albert Ciccone, Barbara Smaniotto
How do the support staff and the families of the residents with intellectual disabilities of care facilities in France perceive the latter’s sexual life and desire for parenthood and how is this ta...
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Between gaining acceptance and avoiding harm: navigating stigma and its consequences among autistic individuals Disability & Society (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2024-07-02 Jad Brake
This paper examines autistic adults’ narratives and accounts of their experiences. It focuses on exploring how autistic individuals interpret and respond to stigma and negative attitudes surroundin...
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Intersectionality and creative business education: Inclusive and diverse cultures in pedagogy Disability & Society (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2024-07-02 Etik Rahma Wati, Baiq Siti Maryam, Ika Aditya Pratiwi, Bukran Habibullah, M. Zaenal Abidin, Inayatur Robbaniyah, Rangga Alif Faresta
Published in Disability & Society (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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Organisational neurotypicalness: fighting unintentional ableism in working spaces Disability & Society (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2024-07-02 Jo Sullivan
Places of work and educational settings are dominated by neurotypical leadership and policy, yet within those settings we are working with, and teaching, significant numbers of autistic individuals...
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Announcement of doctoral theses Disability & Society (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2024-07-01
Published in Disability & Society (Vol. 39, No. 7, 2024)
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Defining hearing culture in context of Deaf culture: A grounded theory examination Disability & Society (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2024-06-26 Katrina R. Cue
This research aims to define and identify the characteristics of hearing culture in the United States, particularly in contrast to Deaf culture. Through three focus group interviews with 18 partici...
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Exploring belonging in the documentary inclusief [inclusive] as a matter of care Disability & Society (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2024-06-22 Hanne Vandenbussche, Geert Van Hove, Claudia Claes, Elisabeth De Schauwer
In this article we study the concept of ‘belonging’ within the context of inclusive education. We see inclusion and belonging as two entangled concepts and focus on inclusion as an ethical process....
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Photovoice for disability inclusion on campus Disability & Society (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2024-06-21 Michelle A. Ritchie, Sloane Sengson, Noor Abdallah, Michael A. Robinson
This study examined the lived experience of disability inclusion on the University of Georgia’s main campus in Athens, Georgia using photovoice. Photovoice is a creative research approach that comb...
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Unveiling affective disablism at work: a structural approach to microaggressions Disability & Society (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2024-06-18 E. Jammaers, A. Fleischmann
Ableist microaggressions are ubiquitous experiences for workers with an impairment, chronic illness or neurodivergence in the daily execution of their job. These (un)intended everyday (non)verbal n...
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Lived experiences of Arabic working mothers raising children with disabilities: navigating rehabilitation and support services Disability & Society (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2024-06-20 Maxwell Peprah Opoku, Sanaa Ashour, Haseena Shah, Samah Alameri, Amna Aldarmaki, Asma Gamil, Ruqaya Alameri, Fatima Algheilani
This article explores the experiences of working mothers raising children with disabilities. The study was conducted in the United Arab Emirates, which has a raft of policies empowering and facilit...
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Teacher education for disability-focussed anti-oppressive pedagogy: the case for reconceptualisation Disability & Society (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2024-06-17 Simoni Symeonidou
Disability Studies scholars have extensively analysed how people with disabilities are oppressed in societies that devalue them. Teachers can promote change in thinking by presenting people with di...
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Exploring independent living initiatives for people with intellectual disabilities: insights from the Spanish case Disability & Society (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2024-06-17 Joan Moyà-Köhler
In the past four decades, Independent Living (IL) has gained prominence in inspiring services for people with intellectual disabilities. Yet, its practical application faces challenges within a fie...
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Writing and righting disability representation: autoethnographic reflections Disability & Society (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2024-06-17 Shahd Alshammari
Limited literature is available from Arab women authors on the topic of disability, and even less interest is found when looking at the publishing industry. This autoethnographic paper examines the...
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Educating exceptional Children Disability & Society (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2024-06-13 Muhamad Tanzi, Dinda Dwi Utari, Sa’adah, Muchamad Muchibbuddin Waly
Published in Disability & Society (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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Meanings of independence and assistance: textual analysis of personal assistance in South Korea Disability & Society (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2024-06-05 Junghun Oh
Both Article 19 of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the growth of the Independent Living Movement (ILM) have contributed to the introduction of the concept of person...
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A philosophical critique of United States housing policy for adults with intellectual disabilities Disability & Society (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2024-06-04 James B. Gould
In the United States, as in other developed nations, housing for adults with intellectual disabilities has shifted from institutions to the community. Community services, however, often function in...
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Sectoral challenges and negative feelings experienced by Palestinians with disability in besieged Gaza during COVID-19 pandemic Disability & Society (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2024-06-02 Nazmi Abdel-Salam Al-Masri, Bahaalddin M. A. Serhan
Trying to contribute in promoting social justice, equity and equality in inclusive society, this study explored intersectoral challenges and negative feelings experienced by Palestinians with disab...
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Announcement of doctoral theses Disability & Society (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2024-06-04
Published in Disability & Society (Vol. 39, No. 6, 2024)
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Examining the vulnerability of persons with disabilities in Myanmar pre and post-COVID-19 and military coup Disability & Society (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2024-06-02 Tual Sawn Khai, Minhaz Farid Ahmed, Muhammad Asaduzzaman
The 2030 Sustainable Development Goals include persons with disabilities in various elements related to education, employment, equality, and accessibility of human settlements. As this group consti...
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Future Flight: an opportunity for more accessible air travel? Disability & Society (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2024-06-02 Lucy Budd, Peter Jones, Stephen Ison
Future Flight, which involves the development and proposed adoption of new aeronautical technologies and built environments including uncrewed aircraft, air taxis and vertiports, is presented as an...
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Viewing academia as an exclusionary career ecosystem: threats to the career sustainability of disabled scholars Disability & Society (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2024-05-30 William E. Donald
As a scholar confined to my home due to disability, academia often feels like an exclusionary career ecosystem that threatens my career sustainability. Sadly, such experiences, although not always ...
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A deaf researcher in an Indian and Norwegian context – an autoethnographic journey Disability & Society (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2024-05-21 Rannveig Frøseth Sinkaberg
By taking an autoethnographic approach I intend to explore my epistemological and ontological experiences as a deaf Norwegian PhD candidate on a data collection journey in an Indian context. The ai...
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Disability, media, and representations (other bodies) Disability & Society (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2024-05-20 Umar Umar, Dewi Lestari Natalia, Yuditha Franciska Ullyana
Published in Disability & Society (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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Navigating multiple and complex systems of care and support with ageing family carers from multicultural backgrounds in Australia Disability & Society (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2024-05-20 Rohini Balram, Daniel Doh, Nichole Georgeou, Karen Soldatic, Lise Mogensen
Ageing family caregivers of family members with disability must navigate complex social care systems within a single household for long-term and end-of-life transitions. This is particularly challe...
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Disabled students’ voices about their psycho-social and educational experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic: an empirical study Disability & Society (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2024-05-16 A. Vlachou, A. Toulia, F. Papazis, A. Fyssa, S. Kalaitzi, L. Tsermidou, Th. Papazoglou
This article presents a study about the psycho-social and educational experiences of disabled students during the COVID-19 pandemic, from quarantine and remote learning to the transition back to th...
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Physiotherapy’s necessity for ableism: reifying normal through difference Disability & Society (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2024-05-15 Eduan Breedt, Tim Barlott
Although critical disability studies has become more widely recognized within physiotherapy scholarship and education, ableism still profoundly influences and directs the physiotherapy profession. ...
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Strength, gender, and volunteering: the lived experiences of Para-powerlifters in the Republic of Ireland Disability & Society (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2024-05-10 Conor Heffernan, Paul J. Kitchin
This study provides the first meaningful examination of para-powerlifting in Ireland. A sport practiced around the world, para-powerlifting has not yet received a great deal of academic attention d...
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Announcement of doctoral theses Disability & Society (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2024-05-01
Published in Disability & Society (Vol. 39, No. 5, 2024)
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Announcement of doctoral theses Disability & Society (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2024-05-01
Published in Disability & Society (Vol. 39, No. 5, 2024)
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Facilitators and barriers to inclusive and safe mobility on urban roads in Kathmandu, Nepal: a participatory research study Disability & Society (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-27 Preeti Gautam, Anish Khadka, Obindra Chand, Manish Prasai, Sunil Paudel, Sunil Kumar Joshi, Julie Mytton, Emer Brangan
Research suggests that the built environment and transport services affect the health and well-being of people with a disability. In Nepal, there is limited evidence describing the safety of road u...
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Navigating environmental academia in a disabled body: an embodied autoethnography of ableism and advocacy Disability & Society (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-25 Taryn Bromser-Kloeden
Disabled scholars are seriously underrepresented in academia and experience some of the highest rates of harassment of any protected class within the post-secondary educational system. This paper r...
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The impacts of NGOs and SHGs on learning reproductive health information of Vietnamese women with physical disabilities Disability & Society (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-17 An Nguyen
Researchers have drawn attention to people’s perceptions of reproductive health in Vietnam. Disabled people in Vietnam have been shown to have particularly low awareness and knowledge of reproducti...
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Understanding the experiences of parents of disabled and non-disabled children at playgrounds designed for disability inclusion Disability & Society (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-09 Bianca Luna-Lupercio, Celina H. Shirazipour, Amber Duong, Ronald Buliung, Timothy Ross, Denver M. Y. Brown, Jennifer Leo, Amy E. Latimer-Cheung, Kelly P. Arbour-Nicitopoulos
Disabled children and their families are often excluded from community play opportunities, including playgrounds. One potential solution is inclusive playgrounds. This study explores the experience...
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Living with blindness: unravelling contextualised lived experiences of James and his networks Disability & Society (IF 1.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-02 Jentel Van Havermaet, Geert Van Hove, Elisabeth De Schauwer
Blindness (in)directly affects all aspects of daily life and participation in society. Living with a visual impairment can be mapped in terms of the intra-actions between blindness and an individua...