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Missing pieces: a chronicle of living with a disability
- Author:
- ZOLA Irving Kenneth
- Publisher:
- Temple University Press
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 246p.
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, PA
The author started out in the role of a social scientist on a seven-day excursion to acquaint himself with an extraordinary experiment in living, Het Dorp, one of the few places in the world designed to promote "the optimum happiness" of those with severe physical disabilities. Neither a medial center nor a nursing home, Het Dorp is a village in the western-most part of the Netherlands. What began as a sociological attempt to describe this unusual setting became, through the author's growing awareness, what can only be called a socio-autobiography. Resuming his prior dependence on a wheelchair, the author experienced his own transformation from someone who is "normal" and "valid" to someone who is "invalid." The routine of Het Dorp became his: he lived in an architecturally modified home, visited the workshops, and shared meals, social events, conversation, and perceptions with the remarkably diverse residents. The author confronts some rarely discussed issues, the self-image of a person with a chronic disability, how one fills one's time, how one deals with authority and dependence, and love and sex.
Baseline experience with Modified Mini Mental State Exam: The Women's Health Initiative Memory Study (WHIMS)
- Authors:
- RAPP S. R., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Aging and Mental Health, 7(3), May 2003, pp.217-223.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
The Modified Mini Mental State Exam (3MS) is widely used for screening global cognitive functioning, however little is known about its performance in clinical trials. The authors report the distribution of 3MS scores among women enrolled in the Women's Health Initiative Memory Study (WHIMS) and describe differences in these scores associated with age, education, and ethnicity. The 3MS exams were administered to 7,480 women aged 65-80 who had volunteered for and were eligible for a clinical trial on postmenopausal hormone therapy. General linear models were used to describe demographic differences among scores. Factor analysis was used to characterize the correlational structure of exam subscales. The distribution of 3MS scores at baseline was compressed in WHIMS compared to population-based data. Mean 3MS scores (overall 95.1) tended to decrease with age and increase with education, however these associations varied among ethnic groups ( p < 0.0001) even after adjustment for health, physical disability and occupation attainment. Four factors accounted for 37% of the total variance. Each varied with education and ethnicity; the two most prominent factors also varied with age. Despite relatively narrow distributions in WHIMS, baseline 3MS scores retained associations with age and education. These associations varied among ethnic groups, so that care must be taken in comparing data across populations.
The social basis of loss and grief: age, disability and sexuality
- Authors:
- BEVAN Denise, THOMPSON Neil
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Work, 3(2), August 2003, pp.179-194.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Reviews the area of the relationship between loss and grief and the less well-documented areas of discrimination in relation to age, disability and sexuality. Explores these relationships with a view to establish the importance of developing a broad-based anti-discriminatory practice in this area.
Discrimination and delusional ideation
- Authors:
- JANSSEN I., et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 182(1), January 2003, pp.71-76.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
In the UK and The Netherlands, people with high rates of psychosis are chronically exposed to discrimination. A 3-year prospective study of cohorts with no history of psychosis and differential rates of reported discrimination on the basis of age, gender, disability, appearance, skin colour or ethnicity and sexual orientation was conducted in the Dutch general population (n=4076). The main outcome was onset of psychotic symptoms (delusions and hallucinations). The rate of delusional ideation was 0.5% (n=19) in those who did not report discrimination, 0.9% (n=4) in those who reported discrimination in one domain, and 2.7% (n=3) in those who reported discrimination in more than one domain (exact P=0.027). This association remained after adjustment for possible confounders. No association was found between baseline discrimination and onset of hallucinatory experiences. Perceived discrimination may induce delusional ideation and thus contribute to the high observed rates of psychotic disorder in exposed minority populations.
Women with visible and invisible disabilities: multiple intersections, multiple issues, multiple therapies
- Editors:
- BANKS Martha E., KASCHAK Ellyn
- Publisher:
- Haworth Press
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 382p.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- Binghamton, NY
This book addresses the issues faced by women with disabilities, examines the social construction of disability, and makes suggestions for the development and modification of culturally relevant therapy to meet the needs of disabled women. Most of the chapters in this book address the concerns of age, ethnicity, size, relationships, sexual orientation, and other social situations that complicate the lives of women with disabilities. Several of the contributing authors address safety concerns and the vulnerability of these women, while others focus on successful coping strategies. Feminist therapists describe the extensions they have made to traditional psychotherapy in order to directly address a wide range of issues faced by their female clients with disabilities.
Disabled women sexually abused in childhood: treatment considerations
- Authors:
- MONAHAN Kathleen, LURIE Abraham
- Journal article citation:
- Clinical Social Work Journal, 31(4), Winter 2003, pp.407-418.
- Publisher:
- Springer
- Place of publication:
- New York
There is a dearth of literature addressing the issues presented in the treatment of adult disabled women who were victims of childhood sexual abuse. This article focuses on the pertinent issues involved in clinically treating this population, such as the meaning of the traumatic event of sexual abuse for the individual, the disability and how it may have impacted her in terms of dependence, body integrity, and sexuality. Coping strategies and case examples are presented and possible countertransferential reactions are examined.
Subversive political praxis: supporting choice, power and control for people with learning difficulties
- Author:
- THOMPSON S. A.
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 18(6), October 2003, pp.719-736.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This paper is drawn from research conducted with gay and bisexual men with learning difficulties, a project that included participants' various struggles to self-identify within these alternative sexualities. Significant parts of this identity work were mitigated by participation in what is referred to here as 'politically radical support groups'. Three facilitators of these groups, professionals in the areas of sex education, were interviewed and a common itinerary was uncovered, namely a subversive and political praxis. At its heart, such praxis argues that educational endeavours for people with learning difficulties must not only account for disabling practices, but more importantly, maximally prioritise the mitigation of such prejudice within educational activities. Furthermore, it is argued that political praxis is not merely theoretical; six practical strategies are offered. In these ways, caregivers are offered concrete approaches to (genuinely) support the choice, power and control for people with learning difficulties.
Equality and diversity in local government in England: a literature review
- Author:
- MORGAN Sarah
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Office of the Deputy Prime Minister,|Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 102p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Awareness of, attitudes to, and practices used to promote, equality and diversity vary across England's councils. There is a tendency to equate diversity with race, especially in rural areas with smaller numbers of people from visible minority ethnic groups. Whilst gender and disability were also considered important issues by some councils, age, sexuality and religion received markedly less attention. Overall there is a perception that some aspects of diversity may be easier to tackle than others: for example, physical access to buildings for people with disabilities seems to be regarded as less contentious than race issues. Councils also report that the legal requirements relating to race, and to some extent disability, channel efforts towards these issues, often at the expense of a broader approach to equality and diversity.