This plan lays out the direction of travel for the Wheelchair and Seating Services (WSS) in Scotland over a 3-year period. It forms a programme of service modernisation, introducing service and practice change in keeping with patient-centred approaches. These are core to the Scottish Government’s commitment to developing health services with patients and service users as partners.
This plan lays out the direction of travel for the Wheelchair and Seating Services (WSS) in Scotland over a 3-year period. It forms a programme of service modernisation, introducing service and practice change in keeping with patient-centred approaches. These are core to the Scottish Government’s commitment to developing health services with patients and service users as partners.
Disability and Society, 24(2), March 2009, pp.129-145.
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
To research Indian children's notions of self, semi-structured interviews, drawings and focused group discussions were used with 14 children with mobility 'impairments' aged 11-16 years. The objective was to capture children's 'lived realities'. Findings illuminated immense variation and fluidity in children's understanding of 'disability'. Children desired to appear similar to 'non-disabled' children. Most attributed 'disability' to existential causes. Parents' ambivalent attitudes and societal reactions to 'disabled' children are discussed. The study points out the unremitting hope and potential of these children, which is often silenced by the overarching 'negativism' that surrounds 'disability'.
To research Indian children's notions of self, semi-structured interviews, drawings and focused group discussions were used with 14 children with mobility 'impairments' aged 11-16 years. The objective was to capture children's 'lived realities'. Findings illuminated immense variation and fluidity in children's understanding of 'disability'. Children desired to appear similar to 'non-disabled' children. Most attributed 'disability' to existential causes. Parents' ambivalent attitudes and societal reactions to 'disabled' children are discussed. The study points out the unremitting hope and potential of these children, which is often silenced by the overarching 'negativism' that surrounds 'disability'.
Disability and Society, 24(6), October 2009, pp.715-726.
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
The first phase in the Gateways to Cancer Screening project - a user-driven participatory research project that examines barriers and facilitators to preventive cancer screening for women with physical mobility disabilities is reported. Through a systematic review of the literature it was found, despite the fact that women with disabilities have the same biological risk of developing cancer as non-disabled women, women with mobility impairments face systemic, architectural, procedural and attitudinal barriers to preventive cancer screening. The goals of the project are to identify barriers and facilitators to screening, identify the gaps in the existing literature related to issues of diversity and ultimately set the stage for disabled women to effect change through the telling of their own stories.
The first phase in the Gateways to Cancer Screening project - a user-driven participatory research project that examines barriers and facilitators to preventive cancer screening for women with physical mobility disabilities is reported. Through a systematic review of the literature it was found, despite the fact that women with disabilities have the same biological risk of developing cancer as non-disabled women, women with mobility impairments face systemic, architectural, procedural and attitudinal barriers to preventive cancer screening. The goals of the project are to identify barriers and facilitators to screening, identify the gaps in the existing literature related to issues of diversity and ultimately set the stage for disabled women to effect change through the telling of their own stories.
Subject terms:
mobility impairment, participatory research, physical disabilities, screening, access to services, cancer, disabilities, health care;
TAUB Diane E., McLORG Penelope A., BARTNICK April K.
Journal article citation:
Disability and Society, 24(2), March 2009, pp.201-215.
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
Through exploring the lived experiences of disabled women, this study investigates how physical and social barriers affect their social relationships. In-depth tape-recorded interviews investigating a variety of social and interpersonal issues were conducted with 24 women with physical or visual impairments who lived in a rural region of the midwestern USA. Using content analysis, the researchers examined interview data for common themes and patterns relating to social relationships. The findings indicate that physical barriers, related to the physical environment and personal physicality, along with social barriers, involving preconceptions of others about impairment and restrictions in personal networks, hamper the initiation and maintenance of social relationships. Further, the experiences of this group of disabled women corresponded most closely with the premises of a social relational understanding of disability.
Through exploring the lived experiences of disabled women, this study investigates how physical and social barriers affect their social relationships. In-depth tape-recorded interviews investigating a variety of social and interpersonal issues were conducted with 24 women with physical or visual impairments who lived in a rural region of the midwestern USA. Using content analysis, the researchers examined interview data for common themes and patterns relating to social relationships. The findings indicate that physical barriers, related to the physical environment and personal physicality, along with social barriers, involving preconceptions of others about impairment and restrictions in personal networks, hamper the initiation and maintenance of social relationships. Further, the experiences of this group of disabled women corresponded most closely with the premises of a social relational understanding of disability.
Subject terms:
interpersonal relationships, mobility impairment, physical disabilities, rural areas, social exclusion, stereotyped attitudes, visual impairment, women, building design, disabilities;
This is the third of a series of annual UK wide surveys produced by Leonard Cheshire Disability. The principal objective of the Review is to assess the experiences of disabled people across a number of key areas of life including: education; employment; health and social care; housing; transport and citizenship. It was compiled using responses to a detailed questionnaire that was completed by 1253 people drawn from across the UK. Respondents experienced a range of different impairments, were aged over 18 and included a mix of men and women, single and married, parents and non-parents. They were drawn from nine ethnic groups and from all regions of the UK.
This is the third of a series of annual UK wide surveys produced by Leonard Cheshire Disability. The principal objective of the Review is to assess the experiences of disabled people across a number of key areas of life including: education; employment; health and social care; housing; transport and citizenship. It was compiled using responses to a detailed questionnaire that was completed by 1253 people drawn from across the UK. Respondents experienced a range of different impairments, were aged over 18 and included a mix of men and women, single and married, parents and non-parents. They were drawn from nine ethnic groups and from all regions of the UK.
Subject terms:
housing, learning disabilities, medication, mobility impairment, personal finance, physical disabilities, policy, poverty, quality of life, sensory impairments, social exclusion, statistical methods, transport, access to services, citizenship, employment;