Journal articles: 'Access for disabled persons'

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Umegbolu, Chinwe Stella. "Access to Justice for People with Disability in Nigeria: Therapeutic Day Care Centre (TDCC) as a Case Study." ATHENS JOURNAL OF LAW 7, no. 2 (March 31, 2021): 265–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.30958/ajl.7-2-8.

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Access to justice through the court system for non-disabled persons is trampled upon every day in Nigeria. One can then imagine the plight of the disabled persons most of whom live in abject poverty and constant discrimination from their respective families, religious congregation, educational sectors, Judicial practices and the ineffectiveness of the government policies, which clearly plummeted people’s confidence in the social justice system as well as the entire political structure. Against this backdrop, this study presents the findings of the analyses of these discriminations and Injustices; stemming from basic amenities to prevailing cultural vices, religious practices and lack of commitment on the part of the government. To attend and implement the needs of the disabled persons, which are hindrances to access to justice for the disabled persons in Nigeria. Thus this writer used Therapeutic Day Care Centre (TDCC) as a case study by interviewing the people that work with them as well as primary and secondary data. The conclusion points to the needs of these ‘special’ groups or disabled persons that were explicitly listed herein to be strictly adhered and for the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) to take a proactive stand to redress the lawful inadequacies so as to enhance their access to justice. Keywords: Alternative Dispute Resolution; Multi-door courthouse; Litigation; Access to Justice; Disabled Person; Therapeutic; Human rights.

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Yang, C. H., L. Y. Chuang, C. H. Yang, and C. H. Luo. "Internet Access for Disabled Persons Using Morse Code." International Journal of Computers and Applications 26, no. 1 (January 2004): 10–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1206212x.2004.11441719.

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Banik, Arun A., and Aninda Duti Banik. "Need of access facilities for persons with hearing disabilities." IP Journal of Otorhinolaryngology and Allied Science 4, no. 2 (August 15, 2021): 64–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.18231/j.ijoas.2021.013.

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Accessibility can be refer as the "ability to access" and benefit from some system or entity. The concept access facilities focuses on enabling barrier free environment for persons with disabilities, or enabling access through the use of assistive technology brings overall development in accessibility and benefits to everyone. All human beings are physically disabled for some time in their lives. But those who remain healthy and without disability all their lives are very few. Thus, public buildings should be accessible and barrier-free to both able body and disabled population as well. Persons with disability find it difficult to gain access into and operate freely without assistance in many public buildings in India. This publication is an attempt to provide information an inventory of facilities required for disabled people in public places.It is an observational study covered the identification and ascertaining the functional state of access facilities available including schools etc. A total of 10 such public buildings samples were observed. The results show that major facilities required by disabled people are lacking in many public places. Some of the access facilities identified in few public buildings are in poor state of operation. However, absence of such key facilities restricts the activities of normal population as well as physical disability people. Hence, they cannot work freely in such environment and become productive as tax-paying members of the nation. Due to shortfall or perhaps total neglect in provision of such access facilities, the movement, competence and talents are being restricted for the disabled population. Hence, equal opportunity and non-discrimination brings good equation for every citizen in this developing country constitute a barrier free environment for the development of their abilities. At last, the society at large is deprived of the abilities and talents in people with disabilities.

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Seyfried, Erwin. "Providing Gainful Employment for Emotionally Disabled Persons." Bulletin of the Royal College of Psychiatrists 11, no. 2 (February 1987): 46–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/s0140078900024214.

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With this contribution I would like to give a general account of new attempts in the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) to provide suitable jobs for emotionally handicapped people. It concerns jobs in enterprises on the general labour market which have been especially created for the emotionally handicapped in order to make social access possible for them. Just as certain physical changes in environment, transport, building etc. allow social access to public life for the physically disabled, the above mentioned group of people need certain social places which take their special needs into account.

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Buciunas, Gediminas, and Ilona Bulgakova. "PROTECTION OF THE RIGHTS OF DISABLED PERSONS AS VICTIMS OF CRIME IN CRIMINAL PROCEDURE." SOCIETY. INTEGRATION. EDUCATION. Proceedings of the International Scientific Conference 3 (May 21, 2019): 51. http://dx.doi.org/10.17770/sie2019vol3.3800.

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The aim of the research is to conduct comparative analysis to the Criminal Procedure Laws of the Republic of Lithuania, of the Republic of Latvia and the Ukraine on the rights of protection of disabled persons who became victims of criminal acts (crimes and misdemeanours). Some group of persons are more attractive target for criminals due to their physical or/and mental weakness. Disability is the one of main factors, that directly has impact on them, when accessing to justice - especially during pre-trial investigation stage of criminal procedure. The authors of the research paper are going to focus on disabled persons’ access to justice particularly during interview. The above mentioned issue points out the main objectives of the research:To describe disabled persons.To analyse international and national laws on protection of the rights of disabled persons as victims of criminal acts in criminal procedure.To identify the issues related to disabled persons’ access to justice, especially in criminal procedures.To propose suggestions, which could improve protection of the rights of disabled persons in criminal procedures.

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Pfeiffer, David. "Public Transit Access for Disabled Persons in the United States." Disability, Handicap & Society 5, no. 2 (January 1990): 153–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02674649066780151.

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Kazarian, Genrikh. "DEVELOPMENT OF A STATE POLICY OF SOCIAL ADAPTATION OF DISABLED PERSONS IN UKRAINE." PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS OF ECONOMIC AND MANAGEMENT, no. 1(17) (2019): 41–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.25140/2411-5215-2019-1(17)-41-49.

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Directions of elaboration of the policy of social and economic adaptation of disabled persons in Ukraine are analyzed within the article. Current trends in the implementation of the state policy in the field of social and economic support of disabled persons are analyzed. Detailed attention is paid to the definition of basic provisions of the institutional regulation of social and economic provision of disabled persons, justification for such regulation measures, which were combined into two groups: active and passive. In addition, within the article, main measures for the formation of an inclusive educational space are defined and substantiated, issues of the access to education for disabled persons, formation of the policy of their professional training, retraining and advanced training are considered, In particular, an analysis of the peculiarities of the existing system functioning of vocational training of unoccupied population and unemployed disabled persons is conducted.

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Puzin, S. N., A. V. Grechko, I. V. Pryanikov, and Vladislav S. Malichenko. "ORGANIZATIONAL AND LEGAL PECULIARITIES OF MEDICINAL PROVISION OF DISABLED PEOPLE IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION." Medical and Social Expert Evaluation and Rehabilitation 21, no. 1-2 (June 15, 2018): 79–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.18821/1560-9537-2017-21-1-79-83.

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Current demographic situation, characterized by a change in the structure of the morbidity rate and rapid aging of the population, has led to an increase in the number of disabled people in the world. Existing international legal norms, activities of international organizations and non-governmental organizations (NGOs), as well as the implemented state policy are not fully able to overcome restrictions on the realization of the rights of disable persons, especially with regard to access to essential medicines. The article analyzes the system of the drug provision organization for disabled people in the Russian Federation, formulates recommendations on the systematization of approaches to the organization of this process with a view to improving the effectiveness of medical and social rehabilitation of disabled people

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Tillery, Win L., and Joseph C. Carfioli. "Frederick L.: A Review of the Litigation in Context." Exceptional Children 52, no. 4 (January 1986): 367–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/001440298605200409.

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Frederick L. was identified as a learning disabled person in need of special education. Because the school district did not operate appropriate programs for students at or above grade 5, he was deprived of a program to meet his needs. The parents initiated a class action suit in the federal courts seeking an appropriate remedy. Throughout the course of litigation, the federal court has served a key role as mediator in effecting sweeping changes in programs for learning disabled students. These changes have provided for special education of the learning disabled from school entry to age 21 and include provisions for equal access to vocational training for exceptional persons.

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Kosi, Mojca. "Disabled Persons in Slovenian Archives Reading Rooms: the Problem of Accessibility." Atlanti 25, no. 2 (October 20, 2015): 129–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.33700/2670-451x.25.2.129-134(2015).

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Article 14 of the Constitution of the Republic of Slovenia (1991) quotes: “In the Republic of Slovenia everyone is granted the same human and universal rights regardless of nationality, race, gender, language, religion, political beliefs, education, social status, disability or any other personal circumstance”. Reality isn’t always like that and with my paper I would like to point out a group of people that encounters various problems when executing their right of free movement (access to public spaces) and their right to retrieve, receive and spread information (access to- and usage of archives). When building or reconstructing Archives we shouldn’t think only about how to protect archival material but also about how to enable people with disabilities to move freely inside of premises and access archives.

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Firth, Steven J. "Whither a Welfare-Funded ’Sex Doula' Programme?" Journal of Medical Ethics 45, no. 6 (June 2019): 361–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/medethics-2018-105330.

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The sexual citizenship of disabled persons is an ethically contentious issue with important and broad-reaching ramifications. Awareness of the issue has risen considerably due to the increasingly public responses from charitable organisations which have recently sought to respond to the needs of disabled persons—yet this important debate still struggles for traction in academia. In response, this paper continues the debate raised in this journal between Appel and Di Nucci, concurring with Appel’s proposals that sexual pleasure is a fundamental human right and that access to sexual citizenship for the severely disabled should be publicly funded. To that endeavour, this paper refutes Di Nucci’s criticism of Appel’s sex rights for the disabled and shows how Di Nucci’s alternative solution is iniquitous. To advance the debate, I argue that a welfare-funded ‘sex doula' programme would be uniquely positioned to respond to the sexual citizenship issues of disabled persons.

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Marumoagae, Motseotsile Clement. "Disability Discrimination and the Right of Disabled Persons to Access the Labour Market." Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal/Potchefstroomse Elektroniese Regsblad 15, no. 1 (May 22, 2017): 344. http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/1727-3781/2012/v15i1a2467.

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Inequality, discrimination and transformation remain the key challenges which most employers are faced with in the South African labour market. Key among such challenges has also been employers' ability to ensure that persons with disabilities access the labour market. In this paper I highlight employment discrimination experienced by persons with disabilities in South African workplaces, which often prohibits them from accessing employment opportunities. I argue that employers need to consider employing persons with disabilities and also reasonably to accommodate them within South African workplaces. I further illustrate efforts by the legislature to eradicate forms of unjustified discrimination against persons with disabilities through the enactment of the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998. I argue that all of us need to understand how cultural, social, physical and other barriers continue to prevent persons with disabilities in South Africa from enjoying their constitutional rights to equality, freedom and human dignity, and further, that it is desirable that society at large and government work together towards eradicating barriers which prevent persons with disabilities from accessing the labour market.

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Arimoro, Augustine Edobor. "Persons with Intellectual Disability and Access to Justice in Nigeria: Challenges and the Way Forward." Hasanuddin Law Review 5, no. 2 (August 14, 2019): 180. http://dx.doi.org/10.20956/halrev.v5i2.1561.

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Conservatively, there are approximately about two million persons in Nigeria who may be referred to as persons with intellectual disabilities. These persons suffer from several challenges ranging from economic to non-inclusion in the society. In the paper, the discussion focuses on persons with intellectual disabilities and the effective access to justice as a fundamental right. The paper finds that even though Nigeria has adopted and ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the Federal Government of Nigeria has not been proactive in supporting the persons with disabilities in the country to enjoy these rights. Furthermore, despite the provision in the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to ensure freedom from discrimination, there is no direct effect on procedure to ensure that the rights of the disabled persons are protected. The paper proposes for a framework for the protection of the person with intellectual disability which includes legal protection, legal awareness, legal aid, adjudication and for civil society oversight of the access of persons with intellectual disabilities to justice.

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Kaufman–Scarborough, Carol. "Reasonable access for mobility-disabled persons is more than widening the door." Journal of Retailing 75, no. 4 (December 1999): 479–508. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0022-4359(99)00020-2.

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Li, Jingyi, and Niloufer Selvadurai. "Amending Chinese Copyright Law to Fulfil Obligations under the Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for the Print Disabled." China Quarterly 240 (April 8, 2019): 1066–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s030574101900033x.

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AbstractChinese copyright laws have not yet given sufficient consideration to copyright exceptions or limitations to facilitate access to copyright works for persons with a print disability. Now that China has become a signatory party of the Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired or Otherwise Print Disabled, it would be significant if China could amend its copyright laws so as to end the “book famine” for a huge population with a print disability. The objective of this paper is to evaluate the effectiveness of Chinese copyright exceptions for the print disabled and propose amendment options for China's copyright law to ensure compliance with its signatory obligations. To this end, the paper provides an overarching examination of China's copyright exception arrangements for the print disabled, identifies the gap between Chinese copyright laws and the Marrakesh Treaty, and analyses previous proposals on copyright law reform.

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Vasilchenko, E. M., O. I. Khokhlova, K. K. Karapetian, A. A. Gaev, and E. N. Orekhova. "Significance of social factors for efficient provision of assistive devices and technologies for the disabled persons. Automating the process of customized selection of a wheelchair." Physical and rehabilitation medicine, medical rehabilitation 1, no. 4 (December 15, 2019): 45–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.36425/2658-6843-2019-4-45-55.

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Objective: to develop an algorithm for customized selection of a wheelchair for the disabled persons with limited mobility followed by design of a software allowing to automate the process of wheelchair selection. Materials and methods. Analytical review of English literature was performed to address the issues in prescription and utilization of the assistive devices and technologies (ADT). The regulatory documents governing the ADT prescription in the Russian Federation (RF) were studied. Russian market of the wheelchairs for the disabled persons was analyzed. Ten disabled persons with traumatic spinal cord injury to the department of medical rehabilitation of the Centre were examined to pilot the software for automated wheelchair selection. Results. After the literature review results were structured, the major groups of factors that should be considered when selecting a wheelchair were identified: 1) anthropometric measurement, 2) physical and functional capabilities of the disabled person, 3) level of everyday activity, 4) availability and physical capabilities of the caregivers, 5) particularities of the environmental factors. The algorithm for customized selection of wheelchair was designed. The database comprising the technical characteristics of 141 wheelchair models that are taken as a basis of the software was developed. IBM-compatible computer was used to develop the software. Programming language: Delphi, data base management system: Microsoft Access 2013. Piloting results showed the effectiveness of the software. In all cases appropriate wheelchairs were selected. Conclusion. Within current study the software for automated process of customized wheelchair selection was piloted. The software takes into consideration the level of activities and participation of the disabled persons and significant environmental factors which allows to customize the ADT prescription.

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Gonokhov, A., E. Domashova, and I. Kurnosova. "THE POPULARIZATION OF PHYSICAL CULTURE AND SPORTS FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES." Vestnik Universiteta, no. 6 (June 27, 2019): 168–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.26425/1816-4277-2019-6-168-172.

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Some aspects of the legal framework, ensuring right of everyone to free access to sports and physical culture, including for persons with disabilities, have been considered. It has been noted, that for today there is a growing interest in adapted sports programs, which are aimed at people with disabilities and disabled people. Work with this category of the population should be based on ensuring prevention, control, assessment, restoration and safety of athletes with disabilities and disabled people; implementation of insurance bases of their social protection; planning of costs for training of athletes of the highest qualification, etc.

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Wilson, Clarke, and Mary Ann McColl. "Comparing integration and inclusion between Canadians and Americans with disabilities: Evidence from national surveys of time use." Canadian Journal of Disability Studies 8, no. 3 (May 24, 2019): 18–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.15353/cjds.v8i3.506.

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As Canada moves toward the passage of a federal statute assuring access and inclusion for disabled persons, inevitable comparisons arise between the statutory environments for people with disabilities in Canada and the USA. In previous research, we have used daily time use as a macro indicator of the degree of integration of people with disabilities into the wider society. If statutory protection of disabled persons is effective, activity participation should be similar between persons with and without disabilities in jurisdictions that are favorable to full participation. This paper provides the analysis of national survey data on time use in the United States and Canada for 2010. It shows that the dissimilarity of time use by persons with and without disabilities is smaller for Canadians than for Americans. This finding shows that disabled Canadians are more integrated into their wider society than disabled Americans. Paid work is one activity where Canadians and Americans with and without disabilities are most dissimilar. Regression analysis of time spent in paid work indicates that, with demographic and economic descriptors held constant, the American residency does not promote an advantage in paid work which is a key indicator of integration. This casts doubt on the effectiveness of statutory protections for persons with disabilities.

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Rodríguez-Fuentes, Antonio. "Alternative means to access mediatic information for people with sensory impairments." Comunicar 14, no. 27 (October 1, 2006): 219–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.3916/c27-2006-33.

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This paper aims at stating the difficulties which sensory disabled people face in order to access to mediatic information. However, instead of emphasizing and regretting at the difficulties, we try to evidence the needs which users demand to get a whole access to the media and, consequently, highlight their potencial towards the disabled social integration. The goal is to raise different professional's awareness: those which produce andlor make use of the mediato transmit information about their task importance and the possibility of adapting them, if necessary, for sensory disabled people, both related to technological or procedurd adaptations.El trabajo pretende poner de manifiesto las dificultades que manifiestan las personas con discapacidades sensoriales para el acceso a la información mediática. Ahora bien, más que enfatizar y lamentar tales dificultades procura evidenciar las necesidades que demandan los usuarios de los medios para conseguir un acceso integral a ellos y consecuentemente resaltar, en su caso, el potencial de los mismos para la integración social del deficiente. El propósito es concienciar a los distintos profesionales: aquellos que generan y/o se sirven de los medios para transmitir información de la relevancia de su tarea y de la posibilidad de adaptación, en su caso, para personas con problemas sensoriales, tanto con adaptaciones tecnológicas o de procedimiento.

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Opoku, Maxwell Peprah, Wisdom Kwadwo Mprah, Joslin Alexei Dogbe, Joash Norman Moitui, and Eric Badu. "Access to employment in Kenya: the voices of persons with disabilities." International Journal on Disability and Human Development 16, no. 1 (February 1, 2017): 77–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/ijdhd-2015-0029.

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Abstract Introduction: Unemployment is one of the major challenges facing persons with disabilities worldwide. Persons with disabilities experience significantly high rates of unemployment compared with the general population, and are often employed in low-paid jobs. This could indicate a missing link in identifying employment opportunities and impeding factors to the opportunities. This study examined access to employment opportunities for persons with disabilities in the Nairobi County in Kenya. Method: An exploratory study design, using qualitative methods, was conducted with three categories of persons with disabilities: the physically disabled, the visually impaired, and the hearing impaired. A convenient sampling was used to recruit 30 participants from five constituencies in Embakasi in the Nairobi County. Findings: The study found that access to employment for persons with disabilities in the study area was limited. Factors responsible for the high unemployment include inaccessible information on employment, negative attitudes, inaccessible physical environment, low educational attainment of persons with disabilities, and ineffective legislation on employment. Conclusion: The lack of employment opportunities for persons with disabilities in Kenya suggests that poverty reduction among persons with disabilities will be difficult. Therefore, efforts should be made through implementation of effective policies to remove barriers hindering access to employment for persons with disabilities in Kenya.

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Salkever, D. S., and M. E. Domino. "Impact of Separate Vocational Rehabilitation Agencies on Access to Services for Developmentally Disabled Blind Persons." Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness 90, no. 1 (January 1996): 11–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0145482x9609000106.

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This article reports on a survey of 871 visually impaired persons with developmental disabilities in 42 states to determine the effect of separate state blindness-specific vocational rehabilitation agencies on the receipt of services. The results indicate that visually impaired persons in states with specialized agencies are less likely than are those in other states to receive services, except when an agency's budget is large.

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Taran, O. A. "Some Issues of Administrative Responsibility for Violation of Disabled Rights in Russia." Rossijskoe pravosudie 2 (January 28, 2021): 20–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.37399/issn2072-909x.2021.2.20-26.

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The definition of «social protection of persons with disabilities» is contained in the Federal Law «On Social Protection of Persons with Disabilities in the Russian Federation», which means a system of economic and legal measures, as well as social support measures that are guaranteed by the state, and are aimed at providing people with disabilities with conditions to overcome and replace restrictions life, and also aimed at creating equal conditions with other citizens and opportunities for participation in society. Since ratification, the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the Russian Federation has undertaken to take appropriate measures to ensure that persons with disabilities have access, on an equal basis with others, to the physical environment, to transport, as well as to other facilities and services open or provided to the public, as appropriate normative legal acts. At the same time, in the Russian Federation there is no normative legal act containing a clear mechanism for implementing measures aimed at adapting social infrastructure facilities to ensure unhindered access for people with disabilities and other people with limited mobility, which allows officials to evade the implementation of measures creation. The purpose of this study is to study and analyze the legal regulation of the basic rights of persons with disabilities and administrative responsibility for their violation. To achieve this goal, the following tasks were set. Firstly, to analyze the judicial practice for dealing with complaints regarding the implementation of the rights of persons with disabilities. Secondly, to establish typical shortcomings in the consideration of these complaints and determine the causes of their occurrence. The study was carried out using the methods of materialistic dialectics, statistical, comparative, as well as formal legal. The study revealed the shortcomings of legal regulation in the field of protection of the rights of persons with disabilities, as well as formulate recommendations for addressing these shortcomings.

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Saulo, Bryson, Eddy Walakira, and Elisabeth Darj. "Access to healthcare for disabled persons. How are blind people reached by HIV services?" Sexual & Reproductive Healthcare 3, no. 1 (March 2012): 49–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.srhc.2011.12.004.

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Joseph, Meera, and Jeff Nisker. "Need for Prominent Core Curricula Designed and Taught by Persons with Disabilities in All Levels of Medical Education." Canadian Journal of Disability Studies 9, no. 5 (December 20, 2020): 245–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.15353/cjds.v9i5.697.

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The need for comprehensive core curricula in medical education regarding the health of persons with disabilities has been identified by disability scholars for many years and was recently reinforced by our research indicating Canadian physicians lack knowledge of the social model of disability, and their legal duty to ensure accommodation for persons with disabilities to have equal access to health. The purpose of the current research is to investigate the existence of core medical education curricula devoted to the health of persons with disabilities and determine whether persons with disabilities were involved as curricular designers and educators. A comprehensive literature search of all academic sites found few papers reporting on such curricula, and the time devoted to these curricula was small. Only one medical school internationally was found to have persons with disabilities playing a major role as curricular designers. Further problematic was that “disability” tended to be portrayed by non-disabled professional actors hired as standardized patients (SPs), and only occasionally by actors with disabilities but in scripted SP roles distant from their lived experience. We contend that if persons with disabilities designed medical curricula, non-disabled SPs would be replaced by persons with disabilities as medical educators, sharing their own lived experiences. Another alternative in replacing professional able-bodied actor SPs is the novel education method of digital storytelling, with disabled persons sharing their lived experiences. Another immediate opportunity exists in Canada in the newly developing competency-based curricula for prominent core competencies to be designed and taught by persons with disabilities.

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Lewis, Hope. "Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who are Blind, Visually Impaired, or Otherwise Print Disabled." International Legal Materials 52, no. 6 (December 2013): 1309–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.5305/intelegamate.52.6.1309.

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On June 27, 2013, delegates to a Diplomatic Conference of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) adopted the Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired, or Otherwise Print Disabled (Marrakesh Treaty). Governmental delegates and international disability rights advocates hope that the new instrument will increase access to information for millions of visually impaired people around the world, especially in developing countries.

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Požėrienė, Jūratė, Giedrius Leleika, and Vytautas Kailius. "ORGANIZATION OF LEISURE FOR THE DISABLED PERSONS IN INSTITUTIONS PROVIDING SOCIAL SERVICES." Laisvalaikio tyrimai 1, no. 9 (2017): 1–6. http://dx.doi.org/10.33607/elt.v1i9.238.

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Background of the research.The reason ofsocial exclusion ofthe disabled in the society isthe negative attitudesof theable-bodiedtowards people with disabilities, and theirbehaviouraccording to this attitude. Social integrationisassociatedwithenvironment’s ability to tolerate the disabled. Successfulleisure and recreationaresomeofmostsignificantfactorsforthesocialization and integrationof the disabled,whichmakes it possible to establish socialcontactsandincreasepersonalself-esteem.Untilnow, according totheinformation available to us,there is not muchresearchdealing withthesocial and recreational servicesforthe disabledinthecommunity and specialists providingsuchservices.The aim of the studywastoanalysethe leisure services for people with disabilities,theirstructureand a contingentof specialistsproviding leisure and recreation services in social institutions.Methods of the study.Institutions providing social and recreational services for people with disabilities andthecontingent of the professionals who provide services wereanalysedin the study.Research included264 institutions. Theinformation aboutthe available servicesas well as access to informationwasassessedon websites of theselected institutions.The informationwasread,systematized,and analysed. At the end of the analysis, therewere 83 non-governmentalorganizations belonging to the institutions providing social and recreational services for the disabled, and theywere selectedfor filling inanonymous questionnaires. The questionnaire consisted of 12 closed questionswhichaimed atclarifyingthetype of services provided bytheinstitution,activitiesforpersons with disabilities andthecontingent ofprofessionalsworking in thefield.The questionnairehad2 open questionsin order toclarifytheorganization problemsregarding theleisure forpersons with disabilities.Of all thequestionnaires,32werereturned.Resultsof the study.Socialservices areprovidedto people with vision,hearing, intellectualand movement(motility)disabilitiesintheinvestigated institutions. Most institutions (93.75%)providegeneralsocial services, andonly 56.25% of the investigatedinstitutionsprovideleisure activities services for people with disabilities. The biggestproblem is thedeficiency offinancial institutions (funds) and because of that institutions are not able to recruitqualified professionals. The institutions point out thattheydonot have enough space andequipmenttoorganizeactive leisure for persons with disabilities.

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Ghanbari, PhD, Vahid, Ali Ardalan, MD, PhD, Amir Nejati, MD, Leili Rostamnia, PhD, and Ghasem Mousavi, PhD. "Emergency numbers accessibility for disabled peoples’: Case of the Islamic Republic of Iran." Journal of Emergency Management 18, no. 6 (November 1, 2020): 541–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.5055/jem.2020.0512.

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Introduction: An emergency is a serious, unexpected situation which may lead to injury, loss of life and damage to property and often needs urgent interventions. Emergency calls can bring urgent life-saving intervention in such situations. Although access to emergency lines for all persons of a society is one of the effectiveness indexes of this critical service, in most countries, these lines are not accessible for disabled people.Case presentation: This study examined the issue of emergency number accessibility for disabled people in the I.R. of Iran. Two persons who had been poisoned by carbon monoxide died because their deaf-mute father could not communicate with the Emergency Medical Service Center (EMSC). This led to the Emergency Medical Service Management Center (EMSMC), in collaboration with Iranian Society of Deaf People Family (ISDPF), developing a system that is a combination of short message system (SMS) and location-based information (LBI) to facilitate the communication of such disabled persons with EMSMCs. The system did not receive any emergency message until this report is provided. Conclusion: Because emergency call service has not been available for disabled people in Iran until now, emergency service organizations should take a proactive approach in developing a reliable and easy to use a method with the current technologies. These organizations should also provide information about the installed systems for end-users.

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Majewski, Kamil. "GLOSS TO THE JUDGMENT OF THE PROVINCIAL ADMINISTRATIVE COURT IN SZCZECIN OF 22 AUGUST 2019, FILE REF. NO.: II SA / SZ 597/191(CRITICAL GLOSS)." Roczniki Administracji i Prawa 1, no. XX (March 30, 2020): 283–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.5604/01.3001.0014.1446.

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This gloss is critical and addresses the issue of establishing local legal acts by a municipality limiting access for disabled persons in wheelchairs to public transport and questioning the solutions adopted by the supervisory body - the Voivode. As a result of the analysis, the Author finds several violations by both the municipal body, the Voivode and, above all, the administrative court. Individual violations can be attributed a significantly different importance. The author proves that the solutions (restrictions) adopted by the municipality are unjustified and may lead to social exclusion of some disabled people.

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-Pimentel, Sonia Fontanilla. "Improved Access and Participation for Persons with Disabilities in Local Governance." Policy & Governance Review 4, no. 1 (February 11, 2020): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.30589/pgr.v4i1.278.

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The disability agenda has only gained adequate attention in the public administration discourse after the United Nations (UN) Convention on the Rights of PWDs (CRPD) was enacted on 13 December 2006, followed by the launching of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2015 which included Goal No. 3 on Good Health and Well Being, and Goal No. 10 on Reduced Inequalities. In the Philippines, Republic Act 7277 known as the Magna Carta for Disabled Persons and Republic Act 10070 which provided for the creation of Persons with Disabilities Affairs Office (PDAO) in local government units are among the laws currently governing disability affairs matters. This paper looks into the status of the implementation of RA 10070 in the Provincial Government of Camarines Norte, Philippines. The researcher used qualitative methodology including key informants’ interview, focus group discussion case analysis and documentary analysis. The paper ends by the establishment of a framework, the Disability-Inclusive Theory or ACCESS Theory, that discusses the conditions and elements affecting the formulation of policies and enactment of local laws that provide access and other means to eventually empower PWDs and enable them to become more active participants in their respective communities.

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Dittmar, Mary Lynne, John Woo, and Henry Nocke. "Proofreading Performance by Disabled Adults." Perceptual and Motor Skills 78, no. 3 (June 1994): 1051–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/003151259407800369.

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The development of Optical Character Recognition and other data input technologies is providing disabled individuals access to occupations in electronic data processing. Many of these technologies require proofreading of previously captured data for prolonged periods of time. Research using other tasks requiring sustained attention has demonstrated steep performance decrements over time by many functionally impaired populations. Previous investigations have suggested that gains in proofreading performance may be achieved by increasing the error density in the material to be proofread. Thus, the present study was designed to assess the performance of a heterogeneous group of 12 disabled persons on a computerized proofreading task. Errors were embedded in alphanumeric code. The subjects included individuals with a broad range of physical or psychological impairments. After extensive training, all subjects participated in a 6-hr. proofreading task. The subjects corrected 96.6% of the errors embedded in 50,000 characters. Error detections were stable across six hours of proofreading. Implications for proofreading in applied settings are discussed.

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Fanariotis, Anastasios, Foteini Andriopoulou, Theofanis Orphanoudakis, and Ilias Politis. "An embedded framework enabling access of elderly and disabled persons to IP-based emergency communications." Microprocessors and Microsystems 68 (July 2019): 74–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.micpro.2019.05.006.

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MacLeod, Marin, Mala Pann, Ray Cantwell, and Spencer Moore. "Issues in access to safe drinking water and basic hygiene for persons with physical disabilities in rural Cambodia." Journal of Water and Health 12, no. 4 (May 31, 2014): 885–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wh.2014.009.

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An estimated 1.6 million people die from diarrheal diseases each year due to lack of access to safe water and sanitation, and persons with physical disabilities face additional barriers. In Cambodia, approximately 5% of the population is disabled, presenting substantial obstacles in accessing these basic services. The purpose of this study was twofold: first, to identify the challenges facing persons with physical disabilities in accessing safe household water and basic hygiene in rural Cambodia; and, second, to use these results to generate policy and practice recommendations for the water and sanitation hygiene sector implementing water treatment system interventions in rural settings. Fifteen field interviews were conducted with persons with physical disabilities. Thematic analysis was used to identify six main themes. The results indicated that environmental barriers to access were greater in the workplace than household settings and those persons with disabilities had greater awareness about safe drinking water compared to basic hygiene. Additionally, lack of physical strength, distance to water, and lack of financial means were noted as common access barriers. The findings support ongoing research and offer insight into the particular challenges facing persons with physical disabilities in rural areas in accessing safe drinking water and basic hygiene.

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Mavrov, Momchil. "THE EUROPEAN STRATEGY FOR DISABLED PEOPLE FOR BETTER PUBLIC HEALTH." Knowledge International Journal 28, no. 6 (December 10, 2018): 2045–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.35120/kij28062045m.

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In the last decade, the European Community has extended measures to guarantee the fundamental rights and freedoms of people with disabilities and to improve the relevant legal framework. European policies and programs aimed at protecting one of the most vulnerable groups of human society aim to ensure the full exercise of fundamental human rights, among which are the subjective rights related to human health and the improvement of the quality of life.One of the most important acts in this direction is the European Disability Strategy with a programming period 2010-2020 in which it is set cooperation on concerted action at national and European level in specific areas of public life, one of which is healthcare.The most common problems of people with disabilities in the field of public health are unequal treatment, limited access to health care and medical treatment, the lack or deficit of specific health and rehabilitation services and access to appropriate medical equipment, corresponding to the health status of the persons with disabilities, as well as insufficient financial support from the state.All listed disadvantage inherent in most health systems lead to the violation of one of the most important social rights of people with disabilities, namely: their right to health.In order to overcome the barriers identified by persons with disabilities in the exercise of their subjective rights,In order to overcome these barriers which people with disabilities face when exercising their subjective rights, in the Strategy of the European Union is indicated that the community will support national health measures taken to provide accessible and quality health services, appropriate rehabilitation services for people with disabilities, the promotion of mental health services and the development of early intervention services and the assessment of the needs of vulnerable persons, including equal treatment.The stride of the European Community to ensure the highest possible protection of the civil, health and other basic rights of persons with disabilities needs to be actively supported by the governments of the Member States, since only through joint efforts and synchronized common policies could be achieved, the objectives set out in the strategic document.

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Citarella, Antonio, Ana Isabel Sánchez Iglesias, Sergio González Ballester, Ana Amparo Gentil Gutiérrez, Juan José Maldonado Briegas, Florencio Vicente Castro, and Jerónimo González Bernal. "Being disabled persons in Spain: policies, stakeholders and services." Revista INFAD de Psicología. International Journal of Developmental and Educational Psychology. 1, no. 1 (June 29, 2020): 507–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.17060/ijodaep.2020.n1.v1.1869.

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El propósito de este trabajo es resumir el camino histórico de las políticas que llevaron España a desarrollar un sistema avanzado de protección y integración de personas con discapacidad en su sociedad. A través de análisis de las tres fundamentales leyes generales, nosotros argumentamos como es el marco legal español para discapacidad –arraigado en su Carta Constitucional- formuló a nivel nacional y local la mayor legislación supranacional de UN y EU en esta materia. Además, presentamos las principales partes implicadas que facilitan el acceso de personas con discapacidad a los servicios que el gobierno nacional y local proporcionan a los discapacitados. Finalmente, los puntos 4 y 5 ejemplifican respectivamentelas medidasconcretas de ayudasy beneficios para persona con discapacidad y las políticas para el deporte y la actividad física. Teóricamente, el resume muestra como el actual sistema legal español – y su sistema de servicios- concuerdan con el paradigma social de discapacidad compartido a nivel internacional y fundamenta el modelo de rehabilitación o médico en el cual los derechos y la integración de las personas con discapacidad que no eran enteramente reconocidos y ahora ya lo son.

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Elfimova, Galina S. "Outreach and Promotion of Braille Reading and Writing in Russia and Abroad." Bibliotekovedenie [Russian Journal of Library Science], no. 3 (June 22, 2012): 87–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.25281/0869-608x-2012-0-3-87-92.

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The actual problems of formation of library collections of braille documents and providing prompt access to children and adults - sight-disabled persons in the conditions of universal currency of computer technologies. The role of special and public libraries in the outreach and popularization around the world of Braille reading and writing - the basic tools of literacy for the Blind is discussed.

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Vandenbark, R. Todd. "Tending a Wild Garden: Library Web Design for Persons with Disabilities." Information Technology and Libraries 29, no. 1 (March 1, 2010): 23. http://dx.doi.org/10.6017/ital.v29i1.3154.

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Nearly one-fifth of Americans have some form of disability, and accessibility guidelines and standards that apply to libraries are complicated, unclear, and difficult to achieve. Understanding how persons with disabilities access Web-based content is critical to accessible design. Recent research supports the use of a database-driven model for library Web development. Existing technologies offer a variety of tools to meet disabled patrons’ needs, and resources exist to assist library professionals in obtaining and evaluating product accessibility information from vendors. Librarians in charge of technology can best serve these patrons by proactively updating and adapting services as assistive technologies improve.

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Kavka, Gregory S. "Disability and the Right to Work." Social Philosophy and Policy 9, no. 1 (January 1992): 262–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0265052500003678.

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It is, perhaps, a propitious time to discuss the economic rights of disabled persons. In recent years, the media in the United States have re-ported on such notable events as: students at the nation's only college for the deaf stage a successful protest campaign to have a deaf individual ap-pointed president of their institution; a book by a disabled British physicist on the origins of the universe becomes a best seller; a pitcher with only one arm has a successful rookie season in major league baseball; a motion-picture actor wins an Oscar for his portrayal of a wheelchair-bound person, beating out another nominee playing another wheelchair-bound person; a cancer patient wins an Olympic gold medal in wrestling; a paralyzed mother trains her children to accept discipline by inserting their hands in her mouth to be gently bitten when punishment is due; and a paraplegic rock climber scales the sheer four-thousand-foot wall of Yosemite Valley's El Capitan. Most significantly, in 1990, the United States Congress passed an important bill – the Americans with Disabili-ties Act – extending to disabled people employment and access-related protections afforded to members of other disadvantaged groups by the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

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Jing, Qi, Qi Tang, Mei Sun, Xiaohong Li, Gang Chen, and Jun Lu. "Regional Disparities of Rehabilitation Resources for Persons with Disabilities in China: Data from 2014 to 2019." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 19 (October 7, 2020): 7319. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17197319.

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Although the United Nations’ Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities enshrines the right to health for all persons with disabilities (PDs), PDs face health disparities in terms of access to rehabilitation resources, which is important for service supply. This study aimed to explore the trends and distribution of rehabilitation resources for PDs in China from 2014 to 2019, explore the main factors that influence equity, and provide suggestions for policymakers. Data were obtained from the annual China Statistical Bulletin on the Development of Disabled Persons and the database of the China Disabled Persons’ Federation. Six types of rehabilitation resources were chosen to measure the trends in allocation and equity. Data on disparities were analyzed based on western, central, and eastern regions. The Health Resource Density Index and Theil Index were calculated to determine the degree and density of unfairness. The findings show a steady increasing trend in the amount of rehabilitation resources in China from 2014 to 2019. The density and equity of allocation of rehabilitation resources have improved greatly in recent years. Regional disparities were principally caused by differences within the regions. Suggestions including expanding investment in rehabilitation resources and developing rehabilitation systems were put forward.

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Álvarez Ramírez, Gloria. "Discapacidad y mediación." Aldaba, no. 42 (January 10, 2018): 99. http://dx.doi.org/10.5944/aldaba.42.2017.20802.

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Pese a las importantes transformaciones sufridas en los últimos años sobre la concepción y el tratamiento de las personas con discapacidad que la ubican como sujeto de derechos capaz de decidir por sí mismo, lo cierto es que persisten determinadas barreras físicas, sensoriales, en la comunicación y, especialmente, en la percepción, resultantes de la interacción entre la persona con discapacidad y un entorno social hostil que dificultan el ejercicio del derecho al acceso a la justicia; y esquivar estas situaciones sin tratar de solucionarlas, supone abocar a las personas con discapacidad a un difícil acceso, o lo que es peor, al impedimento en la defensa de sus derechos. El campo de acción de los sistemas de gestión y resolución de conflictos que, por su esencia misma de flexibilidad, agilidad y, principalmente, la exigencia de que quienes acuden a ellos lo hagan desde el ejercicio de la libertad o desde la autonomía de la voluntad, resulta de sumo interés para las personas con discapacidad, en la medida en que procuran la igualdad de oportunidades, la accesibilidad y la potenciación de la libre determinación.In spite of the important changes undergone in recent years in the conception and treatment of people with disabilities who place them as a subject of rights capable of deciding for themselves, certain physical and sensorial barriers persist in communication and, especially in perception, resulting from the interaction between the disabled person and a hostile social environment that hinder the exercise of the right to access to justice; and avoid these situations without trying to solve them, is to give people with disabilities difficult access, or, worse, the impediment in the defense of their rights. The field of action of the systems of management and resolution of conflicts that, by its very essence of flexibility, agility and, mainly, the requirement that those who come to them do it from the exercise of freedom or from the autonomy of the will, Is of great interest to persons with disabilities, insofar as they seek equality of opportunity, accessibility and the enhancement of self-determination.

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Bonnici, Laurie J., Stephanie L. Maatta, Jackie Brodsky, and Jennifer Elaine Steele. "Second national accessibility survey: librarians, patrons, and disabilities." New Library World 116, no. 9/10 (October 12, 2015): 503–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/nlw-03-2015-0021.

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Purpose – This study aims to determine the state of library services to people with disabilities in the USA since the last study conducted in 2008. Social capital theory provides a lens to reconceptualize equal access in a global context, and to offer insights on the effects of new information technologies for re-envisioning universal access. Strategic alliances with education and human–computer interaction researchers are proposed. Design/methodology/approach – Librarians serving the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS/BPH) were surveyed. Questions addressed clientele, services, technologies, career opportunities, leadership, library and information science (LIS) education and librarian demographics. Findings – Human resources, leadership, outreach and out-of-the-box solutions applying mainstream technologies are identified as major challenges to the future of information access for disabled persons through the NLS/BPH system. Research limitations/implications – The survey was limited to librarians serving the NLS/BPH. A similar survey distributed in other nations could expand the possibilities of future research and collaboration. Practical implications – Information from this survey can aid information professionals planning delivery of information services to disabled patrons. Suggestions for shifting from special access to universal access philosophy ensure access for all. Results can also help LIS educators prepare graduates to serve an aging population that will challenge standard methods of information access and services. Originality/value – This study provides the current perspective of services to persons with disabilities compared to findings by the researchers in 2008. Since the first survey in 2008, the service has been updated through a national effort of digitization. This study is the first comparative study of the NLS.

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Hashim, Hasnizawati, Noormala Amir Ishak, and Zulkifli Ab. Ghani Hilmi. "Job Embeddedness and Organizational Climate." Asian Journal of Quality of Life 2, no. 6 (April 1, 2017): 31. http://dx.doi.org/10.21834/ajqol.v2i6.44.

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Issues regarding persons with disability (PWD) at workplace have become an endless argument. PWD faced difficulties at their workplaces after struggling to get the job. They faced with problems that could not make them work longer. This paper examines the relationship between organizational climate and their job embeddedness. It reveals that disabled employees must be supported by an appropriate organizational climate to ensure their embeddedness with the company. The findings can be used in the creation of a better organizational climate specially prepared for the disabled employees as part of the company’s responsibilities as the PWD have their rights in receiving the same treatment as received by other normal employees.Keywords: Organizational Climate; Job Embeddedness; Disabled Employee; Person with Disability2398-4279 © 2017 The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, UniversitiTeknologi MARA, Malaysia.

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Jacobi, John V., Sidney D. Watson, and Robert Restuccia. "Implementing Health Reform at the State Level: Access and Care for Vulnerable Populations." Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics 39, S1 (2011): 69–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-720x.2011.00570.x.

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The Affordable Care Act1 (ACA) promises to improve access to coverage and care for two vulnerable groups: low-income persons who are excluded by a lack of resources and chronically ill and disabled people who are excluded by the dysfunction of our existing insurance and care delivery systems. ACA’s sprawling provisions raise a wealth of implementation challenges that are exacerbated by the compromises required to move reform through Congress. In particular, the compromise between regulatory/public program advocates and advocates for private, market-driven programs requires thoughtful regulatory coordination between public and private health systems.

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Dossa, Parin. "Enhancing Quality of Life of the Developmentally Disabled." Practicing Anthropology 14, no. 1 (January 1, 1992): 21–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.17730/praa.14.1.mlg2387t0xx80g3p.

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Rehabilitation professionals and front-line staff are presented with daily evidence of the value of enhancing the quality of life (QOL) of people with developmental disabilities; they are also presented with evidence of the fact that community service programs do not invariably do so. A considerable amount of energy has been exerted toward determining what constitutes QOL and how it may be assessed and fostered in different settings. In the process, the need for rehabilitation professionals to be knowledgeable of, and able to access, community resources has received increasing recognition. This paper draws upon ethnographic research to assess the QOL of noninstitutionalized developmentally disabled persons and to propose a means of enhancing not only the quality of their lives but also that of their neighbors.

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Clough, B. "Disabled Justice? Access to Justice and the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities." Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law 38, no. 1 (January 2, 2016): 73–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09649069.2016.1145830.

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Yamanashi, Julie. "Disabled Justice? Access to Justice and the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities." International Journal of Disability, Development and Education 64, no. 4 (July 2017): 456–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1034912x.2017.1339390.

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Eide, Arne Henning, Clare Schür, Chitra Ranchod, Poul Rohleder, Leslie Swartz, and Marguerite Schneider. "Disabled persons’ knowledge of HIV prevention and access to health care prevention services in South Africa." AIDS Care 23, no. 12 (June 16, 2011): 1595–601. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09540121.2011.575119.

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Jayakar, Krishna, Chun Liu, Gary Madden, and Eun-A. Park. "Promoting Broadband and ICT Access for Disabled Persons: Comparative Analysis of Initiatives in Asia-Pacific Region." Information Society 31, no. 4 (June 15, 2015): 299–314. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01972243.2015.1041664.

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Irvine, Rebecca. "Disabled justice?: access to justice and the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities." Disability & Society 32, no. 4 (March 13, 2017): 606–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09687599.2017.1294388.

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Baghdadi, Ibrahim Z., Mohammad Fahes, and Muhieddine Z. Ramadan. "Disabled Friendly Facility between Feasibility and Legality." Applied Economics and Finance 4, no. 5 (August 24, 2017): 65. http://dx.doi.org/10.11114/aef.v4i5.2558.

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Most hotels in Lebanon, built before 2011, do not provide access to disabled persons in light of 220/2000 law. This is due to: 1/ a misconception that a Disabled Friendly Facility (DFF) would be on behalf of hotel guests’ satisfaction and consequently, would reduce hotel’s popularity and revenue; 2/ a fear that the unforeseen demand for DFFs will be offset by expenses and, in best-case scenarios, would not generate enough profits to pay back initial investments. In brief, hotel-business investors are not sure about the convenience of a DFF and about the number of DFFs to provide in light of 7194/2011law. The objective of this paper is, on the first hand, to demonstrate the financial feasibility and the economic convenience of a DFF and, on the other hand, to test its impact on the satisfaction of hotel guests. In other terms, on the popularity of the hotel.

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Ferrucci, Fabio. "Disability and work inclusion in Italy: between unfulfilled promises and new disability culture." Modern Italy 19, no. 2 (May 2014): 183–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13532944.2014.910507.

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This article outlines the existing provisions in Italy for inclusion in workplaces for persons with disabilities. It reports available statistics on the numbers of persons with disabilities in paid employment by sector, those seeking work and drawing pensions and those employed according to educational qualification. It considers the different channels, both formal and informal, through which persons with disabilities are able to gain access to paid employment and the concrete effects of Law 68/1999 on access to work and collocamento mirato (targeted work placement). One of the problems with the Italian legislation on compulsory work placement of disabled persons is that it applies only to employers who have at least 15 employees, whereas the vast majority of employers in Italy have fewer than 10. Lastly, the article reflects on the current situation and the challenges posed by new ways of conceiving of disability and of work. Work needs to be understood not simply as an occupation or position for which one receives payment but as a set of social relations between people, which has value in itself.

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