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McMillan, Ian. "People with learning disabilities help inspect council provision." Learning Disability Practice 7, no. 10 (December 2004): 5. http://dx.doi.org/10.7748/ldp.7.10.5.s5.
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Wolffe, K. E., R. T. Roessler, and K. F. Schriner. "Employment Concerns of People with Blindness or Visual Impairments." Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness 86, no. 4 (April 1992): 185–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0145482x9208600407.
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Seventy-six consumer members of the American Council of the Blind with primary disabilities of blindness or visual impairment responded to an Employment Concerns Questionnaire which was developed by consumers, advocates, and service providers. Respondents’ concerns included their not receiving adequate help in developing job search strategies, in obtaining information on career opportunities, and in financing assistive devices.
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Kaminska, Malgozhata. "STANDARDS OF QUALITY OF LIFE FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES IN THE EUROPEAN UNION’S POLICY." Continuing Professional Education: Theory and Practice, no. 1 (2020): 99–107. http://dx.doi.org/10.28925/1609-8595.2020.1.15.
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The image of disability in EU societies is changing. On the one hand, statistical data (global and European) indicate an increase in the number of people with disabilities. This is especially true for women, the elderly and the poor. On the other hand, numerous legislative and implementation activities are undertaken to implement the social model in the approach to disability issues. The effectiveness of social and economic policies in the EU member states is expressed by the quality of life of people with disabilities. The article presents the WHO global position on the disability problem and a brief comparative analysis of key statistical data characterising people with disabilities in the EU member states. The EU priorities regarding the standards of functioning of people with disabilities in the objective and subjective dimensions are discussed. The source of the EU’s strategy and activities are international documents: The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities of 2006 and the Council of Europe Disability Action Plan.
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Waddington, Lisa, and Bernadette McSherry. "Exceptions and Exclusions: The Right to Informed Consent for Medical Treatment of People with Psychosocial Disabilities in Europe." European Journal of Health Law 23, no. 3 (June 14, 2016): 279–304. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15718093-12341389.
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This article examines the relevant international law relating to informed consent to treatment for individuals with psychosocial disabilities and reflects on the protection offered in this respect by the European Convention on Human Rights (echr) and the Council of Europe Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine. The article argues that while the un Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is beginning to influence case law of the European Court of Human Rights, only ‘weak’ protection has been afforded to people with psychosocial disabilities by the echr and the Court in relation to informed consent for medical treatment.
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Alfredsson Ågren, Kristin, Anette Kjellberg, and Helena Hemmingsson. "Digital participation? Internet use among adolescents with and without intellectual disabilities: A comparative study." New Media & Society 22, no. 12 (November 18, 2019): 2128–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1461444819888398.
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Internet use is an integrated part of everyday life, especially among young people. However, knowledge of this for young people with disabilities is scarce. This study investigates digital participation of adolescents with intellectual disabilities by comparing aspects of Internet use among adolescents with and without intellectual disabilities. Cross-sectional comparative design was used and a national survey from the Swedish Media Council was cognitively adapted for adolescents with intellectual disabilities aged 13–20 years. The results reveal that a significantly lower proportion of the 114 participating adolescents with intellectual disabilities had access to Internet-enabled devices and performed Internet activities, except for playing games, than the reference group ( n = 1161). The greatest difference was found in searching for information. Analyses indicate that adolescents with intellectual disabilities are following a similar pattern of Internet use as the reference group, but a digital lag is prevalent, and a more cognitively accessible web could be beneficial.
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Picton, Jane. "Gardens and Personal Growth." Children Australia 14, no. 3 (1989): 14–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0312897000002319.
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Gardens and gardenng often mean different things to different people. When I was invited to join a committee about nine years ago for a garden centre for people with disabilities, I was, to say he least, tentative. I knew more about disabled people and their needs and more about volunteers than gardening. I enquired about the centre and the committee. The Centre had been established by an idea sown by Kevin Heinze, the well known television gardener and educator, after he had seen a garden for people with disabilities overseas—one to work in, not just to sit in. He interested many people with the idea of developing such a garden in Melbourne. The Doncaster Council then negotiated with the State Electricity Commission about the use of some land believed suitable in Doncaster, approximately 25 km from the city.This was in 1979. I accepted the invitation to join the Kevin Heinze Garden Centre Committee just a few months after it had started operating. This paper will describe the development of the Centre and its value for people with intellectual and physical disabilities, and the work of the co-ordinator and volunteers.
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Hatton, Chris. "Social care for adults with learning disabilities in England: trends over time." Tizard Learning Disability Review 24, no. 2 (April 1, 2019): 94–100. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/tldr-02-2019-0003.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine trends over time in social care usage and expenditure for adults with learning disabilities in England. Design/methodology/approach Returns from councils with social services responsibilities in England concerning social care usage and expenditure were analysed to examine the national picture and trends over time for adults with learning disabilities. Findings In 2017/2018, 147,915 adults with learning disabilities were receiving long-term social care, an increase of 5.7 per cent from 2014/2015. Social care expenditure increased by 10.2 per cent from 2014/2015 to £5.54bn in 2017/2018; adjusted for inflation this was a 2.7 per cent increase. For adults with learning disabilities who receive social care, increasing numbers of people are living with families or in supported accommodation/living, with gradual declines in the number of people living in residential or nursing care. The number of adults with learning disabilities in temporary accommodation is small but increasing. Social implications While councils appear to be attempting to protect social care for adults with learning disabilities in the face of cuts to council expenditure, social care expenditure and coverage are not keeping pace with likely increases in the number of adults with learning disabilities requiring social care. Originality/value This paper presents in one place statistics concerning long-term social care for adults with learning disabilities in England.
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Sturmey, P. "Designing Quality. Book Three. Supporting People in Decision Making By the Accreditation Council on Services for People with Disabilities. Towson, MD: The Accreditation Council, 1995, paper, 16 pp." Research in Developmental Disabilities 17, no. 6 (December 1996): 496–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0891-4222(96)90019-0.
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Wilbur, Jane, Tess Bright, Thérèse Mahon, Shaffa Hameed, Belen Torondel, Wakisa Mulwafu, Hannah Kuper, and Sarah Polack. "Developing Behaviour Change Interventions for Improving Access to Health and Hygiene for People with Disabilities: Two Case Studies from Nepal and Malawi." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 15, no. 12 (December 5, 2018): 2746. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15122746.
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Limited evidence exists about how to design interventions to improve access to health care for people with disabilities in low and middle-income countries (LMICs). This paper documents the development of two behaviour change interventions. Case study one outlines the design of an intervention to improve uptake of referral for ear and hearing services for children in Malawi. Case study two describes the design of an intervention to improve menstrual hygiene management for people with intellectual impairments in Nepal. Both followed existing approaches—Medical Research Council Guidance for developing and evaluating complex interventions and Behaviour Centred Design. The purpose is to demonstrate how these frameworks can be applied, to document the interventions developed, and encourage further initiatives to advance health services targeting people with disabilities. Important components of the intervention design process were: (1) systematic reviews and formative research ensure that interventions designed are relevant to current discourse, practice and context; (2) people with disabilities and their family/carers must be at the heart of the process; (3) applying the theory of change approach and testing it helps understand links between inputs and required behaviour change, as well as ensuring that the interventions are relevant to local contexts; (4) involving creative experts may lead to the development of more engaging and appealing interventions. Further evidence is needed on the effectiveness of these types of interventions for people with disabilities to ensure that no one is left behind.
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Broadhurst, Sarah, and Keri Landau. "Learning disability market position statements, are they fit for purpose?" Tizard Learning Disability Review 22, no. 4 (October 2, 2017): 198–205. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/tldr-03-2017-0011.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to review whether current learning disability market position statements (MPS) are actually helping to shape the market and explore their implications for people with learning disabilities and their families. Design/methodology/approach Published learning disability MPS were identified via the Institute of Public Care’s MPS database. The quality of the MPS was analysed using a good practice checklist developed by a range of stakeholders. Findings Learning disability MPS are not currently fit for purpose. They demonstrate that local authorities are not fully engaging in their market-shaping duties, as required under The Care Act 2014. It is suggested that this is in part due to the lack of recognition that market shaping is a council-wide responsibility and can only be successful if senior officers across the council (and their partners) acknowledge this and are held accountable. Unless this happens, people with learning disabilities will continue to lack the enablers that support them to lead the lives they choose in their communities. Originality/value This is the first review of the quality and potential impact of learning disability MPS.
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Stafford, Ian. "Every Body Active: A Sports Council National Demonstration Project in England." Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly 6, no. 2 (April 1989): 100–108. http://dx.doi.org/10.1123/apaq.6.2.100.
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The 1981 Education Act implies that, in England, provided certain conditions are satisfied, schoolchildren with special needs should be taught in an integrated setting (Advisory Centre for Education, 1981). In 1982 the English Sports Council set up national demonstration projects to promote mass participation in sport throughout all sections of the community. Every Body Active (E.B.A.) is such a project, based at Sunderland Polytechnic, and it focuses on the participation and integration of young people (11–24 years) with physical or sensory disabilities in community sport and recreation and school physical education. The project is divided into two phases. The research phase, initiated in January 1987, ran for a period of 15 months during which data were collected in order to establish needs. Subsequently several schemes were established to be undertaken in the implementation phase, initiated in April 1988. The focus of this paper is the physical education scheme and the research findings that preceded its formation. On the basis of the research phase, a physical education scheme has been implemented that focuses on a special school for pupils with physical disabilities, its physical education program, and links with mainstream schools and external community sport and recreation agencies.
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Power, Andrew, Ruth Bartlett, and Edward Hall. "Peer advocacy in a personalized landscape." Journal of Intellectual Disabilities 20, no. 2 (February 26, 2016): 183–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1744629516634561.
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Whilst personalization offers the promise of more choice and control and wider participation in the community, the reality in the United Kingdom has been hampered by local council cuts and a decline in formal services. This has left many people with intellectual disabilities feeling dislocated from collective forms of support (Needham, 2015). What fills this gap and does peer advocacy have a role to play? Drawing on a co-researched study undertaken with and by persons with intellectual disabilities, we examined what role peer advocacy can play in a context of reduced day services, austerity and individualized support. The findings reveal that peer advocacy can help people reconnect in the face of declining services, problem-solve issues and informally learn knowledge and skills needed to participate in the community. We argue that peer advocacy thus offers a vital role in enabling people to take up many of the opportunities afforded by personalization.
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Karastergeriou, Anastasia. "Greece." International Psychiatry 5, no. 1 (January 2008): 4–5. http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/s1749367600005373.
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The history of mental healthcare offered to people with intellectual disabilities in Greece runs in parallel to that of people suffering from severe psychiatric disorders. Until the early 1980s, it was based on 9 overcrowded and understaffed state and 40 private psychiatric hospitals with a mixed population of patients with psychosis and of those with intellectual disabilities (Madianos et al, 1999). The psychiatric reforms began with Law 1397 in 1983, which introduced the National Health System, and, in the following year, European Council Regulation 815/84, through which financial aid was approved and a 5-year plan adopted. The main goal was the development of a network of community-based services in geographically sectorised areas, to replace the large psychiatric hospitals. Mental health centres, psychiatric units in general hospitals and many other community services were to be established, according to local requirement.
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Alnahari, Mona M., Joyram Chakraborty, and Mona Mohamed. "Web Accessibility Research and Practice." International Journal of Art, Culture and Design Technologies 10, no. 1 (January 2021): 36–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijacdt.2021010103.
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Web accessibility is the practice of having websites that are accessible to all people, including persons with disabilities. Several research studies have been done around the world to improve web accessibility. However, advances in Arabic web accessibility studies are limited. Research has indicated that a significant number of Arabic websites have accessibility issues, which becomes a restraint to people with disabilities from accessing and using the web. This research reviews current studies in web accessibility presented within the cultural background of several Arabic-speaking countries, particularly the Arabian Gulf region of Gulf Cooperation Council, and addresses services offered by the countries. The authors evaluate 54 websites in the Gulf region regarding accessibility issues. The results show that all websites do not satisfy WCAG 2.0 (AA). This paper highlights the deficiencies in Arabic web accessibility and provide some recommendations and suggestions for improvements.
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Hatton, Chris. "Trends and variations in self-directed support and direct payments for adults with learning disabilities." Tizard Learning Disability Review 19, no. 1 (December 20, 2013): 35–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/tldr-10-2013-0043.
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide information concerning trends over time and geographical variations in the number of adults with learning disabilities in England using self-directed support (SDS) and direct payments (DPs). Design/methodology/approach – Analysis of local authority returns to the Health and Social Care Information Centre (RAP Table SD1) concerning the number of working age adults with learning disabilities accessing SDS and DPs from 2009/2010 to 2011/2012. Findings – From 2009/2010 to 2012/2013 there has been a rapid increase in the number of working age adults with learning disabilities using SDS, particularly in the form of council services only, with the number of people using DPs staying largely static. There are wide geographical variations in the likelihood of adults with learning disabilities accessing all forms of SDS/DP. Originality/value – This paper analyses trends over time and geographical variations that have not previously been published in a peer-reviewed journal.
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Honchar, Yuliia Aleksandrovna, and Victoriia Viktorovna Khramtsova. "UKRAINIAN YOUTH MORBIDITY / DISABILITY IN THE FOCUS OF THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE STRATEGY ON THE RIGHTS OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES FOR 2017-2023." SOCIAL WELFARE: INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH 1, no. 9 (December 9, 2019): 147. http://dx.doi.org/10.21277/sw.v1i9.327.
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<p>The dynamics of morbidity and prevalence of diseases among the children’s population in Ukraine in recent years has multi-directional trends – an increase in the incidence and prevalence of diseases among children 7-14 years and adolescent children, and the reduction of the morbidity of children of the first year of life, the incidence and prevalence of diseases among children 0- 6 years. The decrease of the morbidity and increase of the prevalence of diseases with age was revealed. At the beginning of the 21st century, the problem of maternal and child health has become one of the priorities of public health protection in the world and was included by the United Nations in the Millennium Development Goals List. Ukraine is designated by the WHO European Regional Committee as a pilot region for the implementation of the Strategy “Health and Development of Children and Adolescents”. A data on children with disabilities in Ukraine are rare and do not give a general idea of the link between morbidity and disability, and because that information is available only by regions, not nosological forms, it can not provide a general picture of morbidity/ disability of young people in order to develop organizational measures to reduce that. The general objective of the Council of Europe Strategy for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities for 2017-2023 is to "shift the paradigm" from the traditional medical approach to disability to a human rights-based approach: independence, freedom of choice, full participation, equality, human dignity and equal opportunities for persons with disabilities. The effective participation of people with disabilities in all spheres of life and society as a whole is crucial for the realization of all human rights and the formation of their life perspective in Ukraine.<strong></strong></p>
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Sturmey, P. "Designing Quality. Book Two. An Orientation Guide By the Accreditation Council on Services for People with Disabilities. Towson, MD: The Accreditation Council, 1995, paper, 16 pp." Research in Developmental Disabilities 17, no. 6 (December 1996): 496–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0891-4222(96)90017-7.
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Pebdani, Roxanna N. "Rehabilitation Counselor Knowledge, Comfort, Approach, and Attitude Toward Sex and Disability." Rehabilitation Research, Policy, and Education 27, no. 1 (2013): 32–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1891/2168-6653.27.1.32.
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This study examined the effect of rehabilitation counseling students’ age, sex, disability status, geographic location, marital status, religion, sexual orientation, and level of sexuality training on knowledge, comfort, approach, and attitudes toward the sexuality of people with disabilities. Participants were 312 rehabilitation counseling master’s students in Council on Rehabilitation Education (CORE) accredited programs all over the United States. Multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) analyses demonstrated that Knowledge scores were affected by intensity of training. Other subscale scores indicated that rehabilitation counseling students had generally negative attitudes toward sex and disability and low levels of comfort with approaches from clients. Results demonstrate the importance of rehabilitation counselor educators incorporating the topic of sex and disability in training programs so that graduating students have the knowledge and comfort necessary to discus sex with their clients with disabilities.
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Ochoa, Gilda L. "The Interlocking Processes Constraining the Struggle for Sanctuary in the Trump Era: The Case of La Puente, CA." Social Sciences 10, no. 5 (April 28, 2021): 155. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/socsci10050155.
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By 10 January 2017, activists in the predominately Latina/o working class city of La Puente, California had lobbied the council to declare the city a sanctuary supporting immigrants, people of color, Muslims, LGBTQ people, and people with disabilities. The same community members urged the school district to declare itself a sanctuary. While community members rejoiced in pushing elected officials to pass these inclusive resolutions, there were multiple roadblocks reducing the potential for more substantive change. Drawing on city council and school board meetings, resolutions and my own involvement in this sanctuary struggle, I focus on a continuum of three overlapping and interlocking manifestations of white supremacist heteronormative patriarchy: neoliberal diversity discourses, institutionalized policies, and a re-emergence of high-profiled white supremacist activities. Together, these dynamics minimized, contained and absorbed community activism and possibilities of change. They reinforced the status quo by maintaining limits on who belongs and sustaining intersecting hierarchies of race, immigration status, gender, and sexuality. This extended case adds to the scant scholarship on the current sanctuary struggles, including among immigration scholars. It also illustrates how the state co-opts and marginalizes movement language, ideas, and people, providing a cautionary tale about the forces that restrict more transformative change.
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Sturmey, P. "Designing Quality. Book One. Responsiveness to the Individual By the Accreditation Council on Services for People with Disabilities. Towson, MD: The Accreditation Council, 1995, paper, 16 pp." Research in Developmental Disabilities 17, no. 6 (December 1996): 496–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0891-4222(96)00027-3.
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Terziev, Venelin, Nikolay Nichev, and Marin Georgiev. "SOCIAL ENTERPRISES AND THEIR IMPACT IN BULGARIA." Knowledge International Journal 30, no. 6 (March 20, 2019): 1645–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.35120/kij30061645t.
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The Economic and Social Council of the Republic of Bulgaria (ESC) believes that social enterprises in Bulgaria are still an untapped business model. Current social enterprises are mainly non-governmental organizations by applying the relevant legislation creating social enterprises whose business is focused on the realization of the social purpose and mission of the organization. Social enterprises in Bulgaria operate in various sectors, the most serious part are in: the delivery of social services; providing jobs for people with disabilities; mediation in finding employment of unemployed persons; provision of health services; аctivities in the field of education and others.In realizing these activities the leading is not the end product but the achieved social effect on individuals themselves expressed in obtaining the necessary support to integrate into society. In this sense, there are three basic models of social enterprises:The most common model is the one that creates jobs and develops the workforce. By business jobs are created primarily for people with disabilities. Most often the social enterprise is the employer of people with disabilities in order to achieve the integration of persons with disabilities in the labor market and create conditions for a better life.Another popular model of a social enterprise is the one in which the enterprise produces goods and seeks markets, also engaging with their distribution. Most often social enterprises involve persons with disabilities in the form of occupational therapy involved in the production of certain goods. Existing social enterprises in Bulgaria within this model are engaged in the manufacture of certain products by persons who are unemployed or socially excluded. The aim is to enable them to work and improve their social inclusion.The third existing model in Bulgaria is related to the provision of social services generally through payment of external customers, while social enterprise provides social services to its members. Payment is under contract with the state or a municipality. Within this model, services are provided to different users paid directly to social enterprise for direct service.
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Sturmey, P. "The outcome based performance measures. A procedures manual By The Accreditation Council on Services for People With Disabilities. Towson, MD: The Accreditation Council, 1995, paper, 42 pp., $15.00." Research in Developmental Disabilities 18, no. 4 (August 1997): 299. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0891-4222(97)90003-2.
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Sturmey, P. "Putting outcomes into action. Identifying principles to guide practice in serving people with disabilities By The Accreditation Council on Services for People With Disabilities, 1995. Towson, MD: The Accreditation Councol, 1995, paper, 54 pp., $15.00." Research in Developmental Disabilities 18, no. 4 (August 1997): 299–301. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0891-4222(96)00041-8.
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Sutherland, Anne, and Rosemary Chesson. "The Needs of Physically Disabled People Aged 16–65 Years and Service Usage in Grampian." British Journal of Occupational Therapy 57, no. 5 (May 1994): 171–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/030802269405700505.
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The work reported here forms part of a two-phase investigation of disability sponsored by Grampian Regional Council Social Work Committee. Following a questionnaire survey of about one in 40 of the region's households, 212 people with physical disabilities aged 16–65 were interviewed during 1989/90 to obtain an in-depth understanding of their perceptions of current and past service provision. Two-thirds of all those interviewed required some help with self-care across a wide range of activities. Sixty-six (31%) interviewees were found to use 150 items to help with self-care and a further 45 (21%) indicated that they would like equipment. Forty-one per cent of all self-care aids had been self-purchased. Minimal service use was discovered, the most common being dentistry and chiropody. Despite the level of disability, only seven respondents currently had a home help and 10 were in receipt of community occupational therapy. Very low involvement in voluntary organisations was found. Less than half of interviewees (45%) reported ‘going out’ every day and sedentary leisure activities were more common than visits to clubs or friends. The main reason given for non-participation in other leisure activities was physical difficulty. Only 13 people took part in social activities organised either wholly or partly for people with physical disabilities. In general, those interviewed sought better opportunities for integration into the life of their community. Two case studies are presented in an appendix, which illustrate the multifaceted nature of interviewees' problems and the nature and extent of formal and informal care within two survey households.
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Bean, Kristen Faye, and Taylor E. Krcek. "The Integration of Disability Content into Social Work Education: An Examination of Infused and Dedicated Models." Advances in Social Work 13, no. 3 (September 23, 2012): 633–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.18060/2131.
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Disability content has been slowly integrated into social work curricula despite the large proportion of social workers supporting people with disabilities and its requirement in social work education by the Council on Social Work Education Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards. Schools of social work offer disability content to their students in three ways: infused, dedicated (specialization), or a combination of both. A content analysis of 1620 course titles and descriptions from the top schools of social work was conducted to assess the integration of disability content into social work curricula. Eighty percent of the schools included disability content in their curriculum. Disability content was more likely to be integrated using the infused rather than the dedicated model.
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Prince, Michael J. "Canadian Federalism and Disability Policy Making." Canadian Journal of Political Science 34, no. 4 (December 2001): 791–817. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0008423901778092.
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This article examines two types of collaboration in Canada between the federal and provincial governments in the disability policy sector and assesses their implications for the citizenship rights of persons with disabilities. One type of collaboration is across the levels of order in Canada and notable examples are the 1997 multilateral framework agreement on Employability Assistance for People with Disabilities and the 1999 Social Union Framework Agreement. The Provincial/Territorial Council on Social Policy Renewal, a structure established in 1995, illustrates the second type. This study suggests that each intergovernmental arrangement has a particular working model of citizenship associated with it. Contrary to the conventional view in the literature, the article argues that, for disability groups, the first form of federalism is enhancing political rights of citizenship along with the economic and social dimensions of membership in society. Further, the second kind of intergovernmental relations is more than just a fleeting movement of provincialism; it exhibits the potential to play a greater sustained role in shaping Canada's welfare state.
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Niehaus, Mathilde, and Dorte Bernhard. "Corporate Integration Agreements and Their Function in Disability Management." International Journal of Disability Management 1, no. 1 (May 1, 2006): 42–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.1375/jdmr.1.1.42.
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AbstractThe idea of corporate integration of people with disabilities, who often have become impaired in the course of their working career, has been reinforced by the German Social Code Book IX. With the implementation of the Section 83 and 84.2, preventive approaches such as integration agreements have put the emphasis on the role of social partners in the disability management process, that is, on to the employers' representative, the representative body of the disabled employees and the Works Council. A sectoral case study of the automotive industry, funded by the German government, was conducted to evaluate the integration agreement, using both quantitative and qualitative data. This article explores the goal-setting function of the integration agreement and its role in the management process.
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Görmez, A., and K. İsmet. "Psychiatric Disorders in Adults with Intellectual Disabilities: A Preliminary Study of Prevalence and Associated Factors." European Psychiatry 41, S1 (April 2017): S158—S159. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eurpsy.2017.01.2029.
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IntroductionStudies have shown that people with Intellectual Disabilities (ID) develop mental illness at rates similar to or higher than general population1.ObjectivesThere is no previous study on mental health of adults with ID in Turkey.AimThe purpose of this study was to investigate the prevalence and associated factors of mental disorders in adults with ID in Turkey.Methods151 participants with ID aged 18 and over were recruited from care homes, rehabilitation centers and from people attending to psychiatry outpatients for the first time. Every participant underwent face to face assessment by a psychiatrist supported by an informant and previous notes. A structured purpose designed socio-demographic form was used. Diagnoses were drawn according to DSM-5. Point prevalence of disorders was calculated and associated factors were investigated.Results63.5% of the participants met criteria for one psychiatric disorder, 21% had more than one disorder. The most common disorders were: challenging behavior (34%), autism spectrum disorders (%13.9), and anxiety disorders (13.9%) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (10.6%). Living in a care home and being young were associated with mental ill health (P < 0.05) [1].ConclusionThis study demonstrates high psychiatric comorbidity in adults with ID. Young age and care homes were the associated factors in this sample. These results are important to raise awareness of professionals and service providers about mental health of adults with ID.Disclosure of interestThis project was funded by the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) with a project number of BİDEB 115C015. The funding body did not have any involvement with data collection, analysis or writing up.
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Deb, Shoumitro, Bharati Limbu, Mike Crawford, and Tim Weaver. "Short-term PsychoEducation for Carers To Reduce Over Medication of people with intellectual disabilities (SPECTROM): study protocol." BMJ Open 10, no. 4 (April 2020): e037912. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-037912.
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IntroductionPsychotropic medications that are primarily licenced for the treatment of psychiatric disorders are used widely (32%–85%) among people with intellectual disabilities (ID) often for the management of problem (challenging) behaviour in the absence of a psychiatric disorder. Care staff play a pivotal role in the prescribing process. Currently, no staff training programme exists to address the issue of overprescribing of psychotropic medication in people with ID, thus highlighting an urgent need for developing a psychoeducational programme (PEP) specifically designed to address this issue. We propose to develop a PEP for care staff using the methodology described in the UK Medical Research Council guide for complex interventions.Methods and analysisThe development of the PEP will involve (1) gathering information on available relevant training programmes, (2) running four focus groups with care staff and other professionals to establish the content and format of the PEP, and (3) organising a co-design event involving all relevant stakeholders to discuss the format of the PEP. A core project team will develop the PEP under guidance from the PEP Development Group which will consist of 10–12 relevant stakeholder representatives. Feedback from selected stakeholders on a draft PEP will allow us to refine the PEP before implementation. The PEP will have web-based modules supplemented by face to face training sessions. When the final draft is ready, we will field test the PEP on six to eight care staff from community care homes for people with ID. After completing the field test, we will run a focus group involving participants in the PEP to get feedback on the PEP.Ethics and disseminationEthics approval for this study was waived by the UK Health Regulatory Authority as the study does not collect any patient related information and only include care staff outside the UK NHS. This will be the first ever such universally freely available PEP supported by training manual and slides.
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Lutovac, Zoran. "Audiovisual content accessibility for persons with disabilities in the human rights framevork." Zbornik Matice srpske za drustvene nauke, no. 159-160 (2016): 859–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.2298/zmsdn1660859l.
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Accessibility of audiovisual content for people with disabilities is strongly related to the right of freedom of opinion and expression, right to the equal treatment and the right to freedom from discrimination. UN, Council of Europe and the European Union regulate the issue of accessibility, including the accessibility of information and communication technology, ICT, by a number of documents ? conventions, charters, directives, etc. However, the most important international instrument stressing this issue in the context of human rights is the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Enormous developments in the field of ICT open up a large scope of opportunities for persons with disabilities to have barrier-free access to the audiovisual content. Among other things, digital distribution should make the audiovisual content fully accessible to all. The legal framework of the Republic of Serbia regulating this issue in general is in line with European standards, however, the percentage of fully accessible audiovisual content is far below acceptable in Europe. Stronger obligations for private and public broadcasters to provide fully accessible media content, the introduction of quotas, giving new and more binding powers to telecom and media regulatory body, etc., are some of the ideas that, applied in Europe, had generated much better situation in the audiovisual area for people with sensory impairments. Without redefined and more binding obligations of broadcasters, without larger powers of regulatory bodies, which would mean the possibility of introducing sanctions for certain actions or lack of action of both public and private media services, at this level of social responsibility awareness, media service providers can always refer to the lack of technical and financial capacities in their response why they did not provide accessible content in their programs. Hence, only with great optimism it can be expected that audiovisual area in Serbia in the near future will be barrier-free in a more significant extent in order to finally achieve the goal of audiovisual world accessible to all.
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Terziev, Venelin, Natalia Bekiarova, and Marin Georgiev. "SUPPORT STRUCTURES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP." Knowledge International Journal 29, no. 1 (February 28, 2019): 21–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.35120/kij2901021t.
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In the last decade the concept of development and promotion of social economy and social entrepreneurship are part of EU policy to tackle the social exclusion of persons in a vulnerable position. Also, the model of social economy is one of the key instruments for achieving social objectives within the framework of the sustainable and inclusive growth. Social benefits are measured by integration and employment of disadvantaged people, the contribution to the process of social inclusion of other vulnerable people, and the economic indicator is expressed by saved public funds for social welfare, on the one hand, and the additional funds compensating the social costs of long-term unemployment. What is important to happen is to create suitable conditions for the development of social enterprises with the widest possible range - vulnerable groups themselves and their problems are diverse and different, and the "answer" to their needs must be flexible in order to be efficient and effective; "way to solutions" is not important (the path may be different, as are diverse and vast opportunities for economic initiatives) that leads to the result itself, the result is important - better integration and sustainable tackling of social exclusion.The Economic and Social Council of the Republic of Bulgaria (ESC) believes that social enterprises in Bulgaria are still an untapped business model. Current social enterprises are mainly non-governmental organizations by applying the relevant legislation creating social enterprises whose business is focused on the realization of the social purpose and mission of the organization. Social enterprises in Bulgaria operate in various sectors, the most serious part are in: the delivery of social services; providing jobs for people with disabilities; mediation in finding employment of unemployed persons; provision of health services; аctivities in the field of education and others.In realizing these activities the leading is not the end product but the achieved social effect on individuals themselves expressed in obtaining the necessary support to integrate into society. In this sense, there are three basic models of social enterprises: The most common model is the one that creates jobs and develops the workforce. By business jobs are created primarily for people with disabilities. Most often the social enterprise is the employer of people with disabilities in order to achieve the integration of persons with disabilities in the labor market and create conditions for a better life. Another popular model of a social enterprise is the one in which the enterprise produces goods and seeks markets, also engaging with their distribution. Most often social enterprises involve persons with disabilities in the form of occupational therapy involved in the production of certain goods. Existing social enterprises in Bulgaria within this model are engaged in the manufacture of certain products by persons who are unemployed or socially excluded. The aim is to enable them to work and improve their social inclusion. The third existing model in Bulgaria is related to the provision of social services generally through payment of external customers, while social enterprise provides social services to its members. Payment is under contract with the state or a municipality. Within this model, services are provided to different users paid directly to social enterprise for direct service.
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Jespersen, Ejgil. "Sport for All Frail Bodies." Physical Culture and Sport. Studies and Research 65, no. 1 (March 1, 2015): 74–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/pcssr-2015-0013.
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Abstract Sport for All is a universal Olympic idea adopted by supranational institutions such as the Council of Europe, UNESCO, and the UN. Measures that need to be taken to ensure that all people have an equal opportunity to be included in sport are analyzed and discussed based upon a survey of sports and exercise participation in Denmark with a special focus upon people with impairments. The prevailing point of view is a special needs approach to sports participation, whether it is oriented towards separate or integrated forms of organization. It is often unclear whether this approach is aiming for equality of outcome, equality of chance or just a minimum threshold for sports and exercise activity. However, if we adopt a universal approach to Sport for all, then the focus is not on differences among people, but upon the commonalities among human beings in light of their diversity. This approach is associated with the understanding of “universal design” in the UN‟s Convention of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the WHO‟s International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health. In conclusion, it is highlighted that a more inclusive Sport for All movement is preferable to a segregated or integrated disability sport, provided the persons concerned have a say in every case.
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Sturmey, P. "Designing Quality. Book Four. Challenges to Traditional Expectations By the Accreditation Council on Services for People with Disabilities. Towson, MD: The Accreditation Council, 1995, paper, 16 pp., $15.00 for a set of four guides." Research in Developmental Disabilities 17, no. 6 (December 1996): 496–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0891-4222(96)90021-9.
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Posadas, Brianna, Imani Sherman, Divyalashmi Mahendran, Gabriela Burgalia, and Juan Gilbert. "A Focus Group Study of Blind Voters in Alachua County." Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting 61, no. 1 (September 2017): 1111–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1541931213601882.
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Of the 15.6 million people with disabilities who voted in the 2012 United States Presidential Election, one- third had difficulties voting at the precinct. This statistic is one of the reasons work continues on Prime III, an all-accessible electronic voting system, designed to be used by all voters, regardless of ability or disability. To describe the current state of voting for disabled voters and identify issues Prime III can further address, focus groups were conducted with the Alachua County Council of the Blind in Florida. Four focus groups were run with 18 participants in total. Preliminary results find that while the current accessible voting machines satisfactorily allow disabled voters to cast their votes, there are features and functions Prime III can provide that are not available now such as voice input, universal access, and privacy. Next steps include conducting focus groups with disabled students at the University of Florida.
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Morley, Louise, and Alison Croft. "Agency and Advocacy: Disabled Students in Higher Education in Ghana and Tanzania." Research in Comparative and International Education 6, no. 4 (January 1, 2011): 383–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.2304/rcie.2011.6.4.383.
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Between 10% and 15% of the world's population are thought to be disabled. The 2006 United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is an example of emerging global policy architecture for human rights for disabled people. Article 24 states that disabled people should receive the support required to facilitate their effective education. In research, links between higher education access, equalities and disability are being explored by scholars of the sociology of higher education. However, with the exception of some small-scale studies from Zimbabwe, South Africa, Rwanda, Namibia, Uganda and Pakistan, literature tends to come from the global North. Yet there is a toxic correlation between disability and poverty – especially in the global South. This article is based on a review of the global literature on disability in higher education and interview findings from the project ‘Widening Participation in Higher Education in Ghana and Tanzania: developing an Equity Scorecard’, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council and the Department for International Development. A central finding was that while disability was associated with constraints, misrecognition, frustration, exclusion and even danger, students' agency, advocacy and achievement in higher education offered opportunities for transforming spoiled identities.
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Þorvaldsdóttir, Þorgerður H., and Guðbjörg Lilja Hjartardóttir. "Mannréttindastefna Reykjavíkurborgar: Áskoranir, togstreita og tækifæri." Veftímaritið Stjórnmál og stjórnsýsla 12, no. 2 (December 19, 2016): 369. http://dx.doi.org/10.13177/irpa.a.2016.12.2.9.
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The City of Reykjavík took the lead in promoting equality and human rights in Iceland when the City Council adopted the first human rights policy in 2006. The policy is based on international human rights law and principles of equality and non-discrimination. A questionnaire for the city’s managers and administrators, enquiring about their experience of the human rights policy, prejudice and the status of marginalized groups, demonstrated various challenges in implementing and promoting the policy. This is due, not the least, to the fact that the national legislation on ban on discrimination is limited to gender equality, thus halting further development in the field of human rights. The human rights policy is fairly well known by the city ́s managers and administrators. They apply the policy in their different and demanding jobs especially in human resource management but to a limited extent in finance management. The policy has thus proven to be a valuable instrument to bring about changes. The City of Reykjavik aims to achieve equality for all and to work against multiple discrimination. However, some of the marginalized groups seem more vulnerable to discrimination and marginalization than other groups, notably immigrants, people with disabilities and people with long-term health issues.
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Sharma, Anu, and Indermeet Sawhney. "Audit for prescription and administration of PRN buccal midazolam for people with learning disabilities and epilepsy in the Hertfordshire & Essex." BJPsych Open 7, S1 (June 2021): S220—S221. http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2021.588.
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AimsThe current audit aims to identify the gaps in the practice of administering prn buccal midazolam, for management of epilepsy in people with intellectual disability and to review training needs, with a view to improve patient care.BackgroundConvulsive status epilepticus is a medical emergency requiring admission to hospital and has a mortality as high as 20% (SUDEP -Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy). It is imperative that the carers are fully aware of the risks associated with the epileptic attacks, are able to recognize the attacks and offer rescue medication to the patient in a timely and effective manner. National guidelines have been drafted jointly by ESNA (Epilepsy Specialist Nurses Association) and ILAE (International League Against Epilepsy) for prn administration of buccal midazolam. The use of rescue medication by trained carers can significantly improve the outcome and reducing the risk of hospital administration and chances of SUDEP. Buccal midazolam is widely used to manage prolonged seizures. Administration should be undertaken only by people who have received both epilepsy awareness and buccal midazolam training.MethodAll patients with intellectual disability with epilepsy were studied and patients who were prescribed prn midazolam have been shortlisted shortlisted for data analysis. A template was designed and data are being collected from the carers, community nurses and the prescribing clinicians. Data are categorized under headings of background information about epilepsy, recognizing complications during a seizure and the ability to administer buccal midazolam. Further information about the type and the frequency of training courses (including the refresher courses) being offered to the carers for administration of buccal midazolam would also be documented. There is also data collection pertaining to the timely review of the care plan by the prescribing clinicians and the about the licenced or unlicensed used of midazolam. The quality of epilepsy awareness training is being explored in depth and also the competency of the county council nurses offering the training to the carers shall be analysed under different headings.ResultData are currently being collected in Hertfordshire and Essex mental health services.ConclusionAfter the data analysis, the short comings shall be addressed and effective measures shall be put in place to improve the quality of training being provided to the carers and to standardise the practice for prn midazolam prescription.
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Malik, Rahman. "Perlawanan Masyarakat Minoritas Dalam Perencanaan Pembangunan Perkotaan." Simulacra: Jurnal Sosiologi 2, no. 1 (June 30, 2019): 75. http://dx.doi.org/10.21107/sml.v2i1.5523.
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<p><em>The purpose of this research is to see how the resistance of minority comunities toward the silencing of their right by the government of Malang City to contribute the development planning in Malang city. According to this case it is related to public policy which is formed on the basis of collective thinking between the government and the people of Malang City as a whole. This research method is qualitative with a study approach case. The informants in this study were taken from several ranks of the community management of the Persatuan Tuna Netra Indonesia(PERTUNI) of Malang City. The data collection techniques of this study used interviews and observation. The data analysis technique used in this study is the pattern matching K.Yin. The findings of this study are related to the resistance of minority communities to the government of Malang city due to the limited rights of minorities in the planning of builders in Malang including: (1) holding a peaceful speech on the anniversary of disability. (2) carrying out advocacy efforts at the Malang City Regional Representative Council (DPRD) office. (3) Actively involved in providing education for persons with disabilities in Malang City who have difficulty accessing public facilities. (4) conducting social criticism and evaluation studies through social media related to difficult access in using public facilities for persons with disabilities.</em></p>
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Banhidi, PhD, Miklos, Fran Stavola Daly, EdD, CTRS, Eduardo De Paula Azzine, MS, Rodney B. Dieser, PhD, Shannon Hebblethwaite, PhD, David Jones, EdD, CTRS, Fumika Kimura, MS, Sharon E. McKenzie, PhD, CTRS, Charlé Meyer, PhD, and Marié E. M. Young, DPhil. "A global therapeutic recreation discussion: An overview from Rimini, Italy." American Journal of Recreation Therapy 12, no. 4 (August 24, 2017): 7. http://dx.doi.org/10.5055/ajrt.2013.0053.
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The 2012 World Leisure Congress (hosted by the World Leisure Organization) took place in Rimini, Italy, from September 30 to October 3. The World Leisure Organization currently has 12 global commissions on various topics (eg, children and youth, leisure education, tourism and the environment, and women and gender), which is focused on having global interactions and discussions related to the three main objectives of research, information dissemination, and advocacy.1 The purpose of this article is to summarize the World Leisure Commission on Accessibility and Inclusion academic labor related to the topic of global therapeutic recreation. To this end, the question at hand for this global commission to discuss was as follows: Is the United States National Council for Therapeutic Recreation Certification (NCTRC) an appropriate credentialing framework for professionals in different countries who are dedicated to working with people with disabilities/special needs in the area of accessibility, inclusion, and therapeutic recreation? The purpose of this article is to share, to the wider United States therapeutic recreation profession, responses and thoughts of members of the global therapeutic recreation commission.
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Cameron, Kathleen A., Lauren E. Popham, and Angelica Herrera-Venson. "THE IMPACT OF THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC ON OLDER ADULTS: FINDINGS FROM A NATIONAL SURVEY OF COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS." Innovation in Aging 3, Supplement_1 (November 2019): S738. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igz038.2706.
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Abstract The National Council on Aging (NCOA) conducted a national survey of community-based organizations (CBOs) in early 2019 to better understand how older adults, people with disabilities, and their caregivers are affected by the opioid epidemic and identify new resources and tools needed by CBOs to better serve their community needs. Specifically, the survey asked about the extent to which CBOs’ service delivery and level of effort has changed as a result of the opioid epidemic; unique issues reported by this population, directly or indirectly resulting from opioid misuse by them or loved ones; how organizations screen and refer older adults and individual with disabilities for support associated with opioid misuse; how organizations may be connecting with local or state initiatives addressing the opioid epidemic, or forming strategic partnerships to respond to emerging client needs; and pinpoint gaps in resources that may help organizations to more effectively respond to these issues. Over 200 organizations, representing urban, suburban and rural communities, responded to the survey and included senior centers, area agencies on aging, Senior Health Insurance Assistance Programs, as well as health care organizations. Seventy percent of organizations report spending more effort to address the needs of older adults/caregivers who are adversely affected by opioid misuse/abuse since 2 years ago. Common health and financial concerns, current strategies related to screening, partnership development, and educational programming as reported by CBOs will be presented. This session will include a discussion of opportunities to assist CBOs address the opioid-related needs of their older adult clients.
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Greig, Rob. "Harries, D., Agenda for Change: Services for People with Learning Difficulties and Sensory Impairments (summary report), Council for People with Learning Difficulties and Sensory Disabilities, 1991, 36 pp, £4.00. Available from Action for Blind People, 14-16 Verney Road, London SE16 3DZ." British Journal of Visual Impairment 10, no. 1 (March 1992): 34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/026461969201000118.
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Michels, Maria Helena, and Priscilla Ghizoni Lima. "O Conselho Municipal dos Direitos da Pessoa com Deficiência de Florianópolis: a invisibilidade do tema educação." Revista Educação e Emancipação 11, no. 3 (September 19, 2018): 315. http://dx.doi.org/10.18764/2358-4319.v11n3p315-339.
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Este artigo tem como objetivo discutir as ações dos Conselhos Municiais dos Direitos da Pessoa com Deficiência em relação a Educação. Consideramos que a consolidação deste Conselho se deu com reivindicações, lutas e disputas de diferentes segmentos da sociedade, e que, portanto, pode ser um espaço importante para as lutas das pessoas com deficiência, mesmo que como espaço de direitos formais. Para esta pesquisa, buscamos elucidar as demandas, disputas e reivindicações relacionadas direta ou indiretamente, com a educação dos sujeitos deficientes, objetivando refletir sobre os limites e possibilidades da ação do CMDPD referentes aos assuntos relacionados a educação. Para tanto, utilizamos como procedimento metodológico a análise de documentos, dos quais se destacam decretos e normativas e 17 atas de reuniões com CMDPD de Florianópolis. Obtivemos com essa análise a compreensão de como surgiu este conselho no Brasil e no município em tela; os sujeitos que os compõem; as temáticas mais debatidas e, foco de nossa análise, como, com quem e qual a discussão efetivada sobre o tema educação. Compreendemos que alguns litígios relacionados a educação especial permanecem nesse Conselho como a relação Público x Privado. A temática da educação é efetivamente invisível nesse conselho e que nos faz a identificar outra seara: a pouca importância dada a efetiva escolarização dos sujeitos com deficiência nessa sociedade.Palavras-chave: Conselho Municipal. Deficiência. Educação. The Municipal Council for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities of Florianópolis: the invisibility of the education themeABSTRACTThis article aims to discuss the actions of the Municipal Councils of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in relation to Education. We believe that the consolidation of this Council has resulted in, struggles and disputes of different segments of society, and that, therefore, can be an important space for the struggles of people with disabilities, even as an area of formal rights. For this research, we seek to elucidate the demands, disputes and claims related directly or indirectly, with the education of disabled subjects, aiming at reflecting on the limits and possibilities of the CMDPD relating to matters related to education. For this, we used as a methodological procedure the analysis of documents of which stand out decrees and regulations and 17 minutes of meetings with CMDPD of Florianópolis. We obtained with this analysis the understanding of how this council appeared in Brazil and in the municipality in screen; the subjects that compose them; the most debated topics and, the focus of our analysis, how, with whom and what the actual discussion about the subject of education. We understand that some litigation related to special education remains in this Council such as the Public x Private relationship. The issue of education is effectively invisible in this council and which makes us identify another crop: the little importance given to the effective schooling of the subjects with disability in this society.Keywords: City Council. Deficiency. Education. El Consejo Municipal de los Derechos de las personas con discapacidad de Florianópolis: la invisibilidad del tema de la educaciónRESUMENEste artículo tiene como objetivo discutir las acciones de los Consejos Municipales de los Derechos de la Persona con Deficiencia en relación con la Educación. Consideramos que la consolidación de este Consejo se dio con reivindicaciones, luchas y disputas de diferentes segmentos de la sociedad, y que, por lo tanto, puede ser un espacio importante para las luchas de las personas con discapacidad, pero como espacio de derechos formales. Para esta investigación, buscamos elucidar las demandas, disputas y reivindicaciones relacionadas directa o indirectamente, con la educación de los sujetos discapacitados, con el objetivo de reflexionar sobre los límites y posibilidades de la acción do CMDPD sobre los asuntos relacionados con la educación. Para ello, utilizamos como procedimiento metodológico el análisis de documentos, de los cuales se destacan decretos y normativas y 17 actas de reuniones con CMDPD de Florianópolis. Obtuvimos con ese análisis la comprensión de cómo surgió este consejo en Brasil y en el municipio en pantalla; los sujetos que los componen; las temáticas más debatidas y, foco de nuestro análisis, cómo, con quién y cuál la discusión efectuada sobre el tema educación. Comprendemos que algunos litigios relacionados con la educación especial permanecen en este Consejo como la relación público x privada. La temática de la educación es efectivamente invisible en ese consejo y que nos hace identificar otra mierda: la poca importancia dada a la efectiva escolarización de los sujetos con discapacidad en esa sociedad.Palabras clave: Consejo Municipal. Discapacidad. Educación.
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Njeri, Ngacha, Prof Christopher Gakuu, and Prof Harriet Kidombo. "LEGAL FRAMEWORKS INFLUENCE ON BIOSOCIAL PROJECTS IN INFORMAL SETTLEMENT IN NAIROBI COUNTY ,KENYA." Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal 7, no. 10 (October 28, 2020): 218–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.14738/assrj.710.9202.
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This study sought to establish Legal frameworks influence on performance of biosocial projects in informal settlements in Nairobi County, Kenya. The objective of this study was to establish the extent to which legal frameworks influence performance of biosocial projects in informal settlements. The variable indicators were: Existence of international legislations, compliance of national legislations, enforcement of County legislations and lastly inclusivity of Non-state actor’s policies. The study was premised on classical communication theory and theory of constraint. This study adopted pragmatism and mixed research approach to examine the legal frameworks influence on performance of biosocial projects while descriptive and correlational research designs were adopted. Quantitative data was collected through structured self-administered questionnaires while qualitative data was collected through interview guides after the research instruments were pilot tested for validity through content related method and reliability through test-retest criterion. A sample size of 183 individuals from 61 biosocial projects were selected from a target sample of 70 biosocial projects in Nairobi County through Gakuu, Kidombo and Keiyoro, 2016 sampling formula (s= (z/e)2). Quantitative data was computed from structured questionnaires administered to 61 staff members working in the selected biosocial projects and 61 beneficiaries of the biosocial projects besides qualitative in- depth interviews with 61 State and non-state actors through purposive sampling technique. The statistical tools of analysis that were used for descriptive data were the arithmetic mean and the standard deviation while the statistical tools of analysis that were used for inferential statistics were Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation (r) and Stepwise Regression (R2). F-tests were used to test hypotheses in the study. Tests of statistical assumptions were carried out before data analysis to avoid invalidation of statistical analysis. From the data analysis the null hypothesis that stated there is no significance relationship between legal frameworks and performance of biosocial projects in informal settlements in Nairobi County was rejected with r = 0.382, F = 15.207 at p = 0.000<0.01 and concluded that there is moderate relationship between Legal frameworks and performance of biosocial projects in informal settlements. In conclusion, there were noted key legislations supporting biosocial projects and biosocial community among them being constitution of Kenya 2010 that prohibits discrimination, The Persons with Disabilities Act, 2003, the act being an all-inclusive law encompassing rehabilitation rights and equal opportunities for people with disabilities. It creates the National Council of Persons with Disabilities as a statutory organ to oversee the welfare of persons with disabilities. The Law also obliges that both public and private sector employer’s reserve five percent of jobs for disabled persons. Conversely, there is correspondingly the National Security Act, chapter 258, Laws of Kenya, the law alludes to the benefit for worker incapacitated before the established retirement age and National Social Security Fund Act, 1965 (sessional paper number 5 of 1997), amended in 2001, the subject contains a provision which states that mental and physical disabilities shall not be considered as leading to work incapacity.
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Wiles, Rose, Graham Crow, Vikki Charles, and Sue Heath. "Informed Consent and the Research Process: Following Rules or Striking Balances?" Sociological Research Online 12, no. 2 (March 2007): 99–110. http://dx.doi.org/10.5153/sro.1208.
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Gaining informed consent from people being researched is central to ethical research practice. There are, however, several factors that make the issue of informed consent problematic, especially in research involving members of groups that are commonly characterised as ‘vulnerable’ such as children and people with learning disabilities. This paper reports on a project funded by the UK Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) which was concerned to identify and disseminate best practice in relation to informed consent in research with six such groups. The context for the study is the increased attention that is being paid to the issue of informed consent in research, not least because of the broad changes taking place in research governance and regulation in the UK. The project involved the analysis of researchers’ views and experiences of informed consent. The paper focuses on two particular difficulties inherent in the processes of gaining and maintaining informed consent. The first of these is that there is no consensus amongst researchers concerning what comprises ‘informed consent’. The second is that there is no consensus about whether the same sets of principles and procedures are equally applicable to research among different groups and to research conducted within different methodological frameworks. In exploring both these difficulties we draw on our findings to highlight the nature of these issues and some of our participants’ responses to them. These issues have relevance to wider debates about the role of guidelines and regulation for ethical practice. We found that study participants were generally less in favour of guidelines that regulate the way research is conducted and more in favour of guidelines that help researchers to strike balances between the conflicting pressures that inevitably occur in research.
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Gelius, Peter, Antonina Tcymbal, Karim Abu-Omar, Romeu Mendes, Sara Tribuzi Morais, Stephen Whiting, and Joao Breda. "Status and contents of physical activity recommendations in European Union countries: a systematic comparative analysis." BMJ Open 10, no. 2 (February 2020): e034045. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-034045.
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ObjectivesWe analysed the information on current national physical activity recommendations in all EU Member States provided by governments in a joint EU/WHO survey on the implementation status of the EU Council Recommendation on Health-Enhancing Physical Activity across Sectors.DesignCross-sectional survey.ParticipantsThe representatives of the 28 EU Member State governments to the EU Physical Activity Focal Point Network.Outcome measuresNational recommendations on: (A) minimum frequency, duration, intensity and lengths of bouts of physical activity, (B) preventing inactivity or sedentary behaviour and (C) further recommendations for additional health benefits, obesity prevention and specific types of activity.ResultsAn official document could be located for 23 of the 28 EU Member States, while four are currently developing recommendations. For children and adolescents, most countries follow the 2010 WHO Global Recommendations for Physical Activity, but there are notable differences in the delimitation of age groups. 14 countries also followed WHO in their recommendations for adults, and 11 countries have additional advice on avoiding inactivity and sitting among adults. 18 Member States have recommendations for older adults, 12 of which follow WHO. Thirteen countries also address at least one special population (eg, pregnant women, people with disabilities and people with chronic diseases), but the level of detail varies substantially between countries.ConclusionsThe large majority of EU Member States either has physical activity recommendations in place or is in the process of developing them. There is a general tendency to use the WHO Global Recommendations as a basis, with the greatest variation observable for children and adolescents. Comparing results with a previous round of data collection shows that the number of EU countries with physical activity recommendations is increasing and that both special groups and sedentary behaviour have become more important in recent years.
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Teršek, Andraž. "Political Priorities of Public Administration, Welfare-state and Constitutional Democracy after the 2020-2021 Pandemic." Društvene i humanističke studije (Online) 6, no. 3(16) (July 27, 2021): 135–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.51558/2490-3647.2021.6.3.135.
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At the time of the official Coronavirus, 2020-2021 Pandemic emergency measures and general restrictions on the freedom of movement and the other fundamental human and constitutional rights and freedoms were and still are in place. The question of what kind of world will we enter after the official end of the Pandemic was quickly raised. The problem of fear intensified. This is not only a social problem but also a legal one: people have a fundamental human right to protection against fear. The absolute short-term priorities of public administration in all EU and Council of Europe Member States will have to be focused on ensuring that fear and anxiety do not become a new epidemic. Concern for the efficiency and quality of the public health system should be strengthened and improved. Including mental health care and suicide prevention, care for the well-being of the elderly and terminally ill, people with disabilities (in general and disabled workers), care for children, especially children with special needs, and care for large, diversified, and quality palliative care. Also, a need exists for a changed and improved legal policy regarding the system of education, scientific research, and employment. Last but not least, care must be taken not to take fundamental human rights and freedoms for granted. The health crisis will result in a new economic crisis. It should not be accepted as the end of the Welfare (Social) State. It is a new opportunity to defend social and economic human rights and to create the common European Welfare State. Right now, new ideas are needed –even crazy ideas. We need a kind of utopia. And faith and hope in it, which will be the driving force of active action. The experience of the Pandemic must not prevent or take this away from us.
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Taklima, Musa. "PENYEBAB TIDAK BEKERJANYA HUKUM PEMENUHAN HAK PENYANDANG DISABILITAS PADA LAYANAN TRANSPORTASI DI JAWA TIMUR PERSPEKTIF PERLINDUNGAN KONSUMEN DAN MAQASHID SYARIAH." JURISDICTIE 10, no. 1 (July 11, 2019): 33. http://dx.doi.org/10.18860/j.v10i1.5830.
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<p><em>This study aims to describe first, the main factors causing the inability of the law to fulfill transportation accessibility rights for persons with disabilities in East Java, secondly, the legal review of consumer protection and maqashid sharia against non-fulfillment of transportation accessibility rights for persons with disabilities, third, legal solutions to compliance transportation accessibility rights of persons with disabilities in East Java. The research method used is empirical research with a sociological juridical approach that is related to the effectiveness of the law to fulfill the accessibility rights of persons with disabilities in the field of transportation, which relies on primary data obtained through guided free interviews from primary data sources as well: (1) Transportation Service of East Java Province , (2) Regional Representative Council of the East Java Highway Transport Organization (Organda), which is then analyzed descriptively by a deductive pattern. The results of this study, first, legal norms used to burden the obligation to fulfill the right of accessibility of persons with disabilities to business actors are mandatory norms not prohibitors, business actors do not have legal awareness because they do not know about these obligations and apparatuses also do not have legal norms this is because of ignorance of this obligation, second, in the perspective of legal consumer protection, accessibility is a consumer right specifically for persons with disabilities given Law No. 8 of 2016 and also the obligation of business actors provided by Law No. 22 of 2009, there is no realization of accessibility rights in transportation, business people have ignored consumer rights of disability as well as obligations that must be fulfilled by business actors, maqashid Syariah's perspective sees the implications of not achieving transportation accessibility rights can result in their limited mobility to find work which leads to acts requesting that this need collide with hifdz al-mal and al-'urd. Third, the solution for fulfilling the right of accessibility of persons with disabilities in the transportation sector is (1) Establishment of a National Disability Commission that can advocate for the neglect of the rights of persons with disabilities in macro, (2) legal literacy as a legal literacy media on the rights of persons with disabilities.</em></p><p><em> </em></p><em>Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendeskripsikan pertama,<strong> </strong>faktor utama penyebab tidak bisa bekerjanya hukum pemenuhan hak asesibilitas transportasi bagi penyandang disabilitas di Jawa Timur, kedua, tinjauan hukum perindungan konsumen dan maqashid syariah terhadap tidak terpenuhinya hak aksesibilitas transportasi bagi penyandang disabilitas, ketiga, solusi hukum terhadap pemenuhan hak aksesibilitas transportasi penyandang disabilitas di Jawa Timur. Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah penelitian empiris dengan pendekatan yuridis sosiologis yaitu terkait dengan efektivitas hukum pemenuhan hak aksesibilitas penyandang disabilitas dibidang transportasi, yang bertumpuh kepada data primer yang didapat melalui wawancara bebas terpimpin dari sumber data primer pula yaitu: (1) Dinas Perhubungan Provinsi Jawa Timur, (2) Dewan Perwakilan Daerah Organisasi Angkutan Jalan Raya (Organda) Jawa Timur, yang kemudian dianalisis secara deskriptif analisis dengan pola deduktif. Adapun hasil penelitian ini, pertama, norma hukum yang digunakan untuk membebani kewajiban pemenuhan hak aksesibilitas penyandang disabilitas kepada pelaku usaha adalah norma mandatur bukan prohibitor, pelaku usaha tidak memiliki kesadaran hukum karena mereka tidak mengetahui tentang kewajiban ini dan apparat juga tidak memiliki keterikatan dengan norma hukum ini karena ketidaktahuan terhadap kewajiban ini, kedua, dalam perspektif hukum perlindungan konsumen, aksesibilitas merupakan hak konsumen khusus bagi penyandang disabilitas yang diberikan Undang-Undang No. 8 Tahun 2016 dan juga merupakan kewajiban pelaku usaha yang diberikan oleh Undang-Undang No. 22 Tahun 2009, tidak terealisasinya hak aksesibilitas dalam transportasi, pelaku usaha telah mengabaikan hak konsumen disabilitas sekaigus juga kewajiban yang harus dipenuhi oleh pelaku usaha, perspektif maqashid Syariah melihat implikasi tidak terwujudnya hak aksesibilitas transportasi dapat mengakibatkan sempitnya mobilitas mereka untuk mencari pekerjaan sehingga berujung pada perbuatan meminta minta yang terntunya ini berbenturan dengan hifdz al-mal dan al-‘urd. Ketiga, solusi agar hak aksesbilitas penyandang disabilitas di bidang transportasi terpenuhi adalah (1) Pembentukan Komisi Disabilitas Nasional yang bisa mengadvokasi pengabaian hak-hak penyandang disbailitas secara makro, (2) legal literacy sebagai media melek hukum tentang hak-hak penyandang disabilitas.</em>
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Detyna, Beata, and Agnieszka Mroczek-Czetwertyńska. "The Concept of E-Tourism in the Smart City Assumption as an Opportunity for the Development of Tourism in Wałbrzych." Economic and Regional Studies / Studia Ekonomiczne i Regionalne 11, no. 3 (September 1, 2018): 107–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/ers-2018-0028.
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SummarySubject and purpose of work: The main objective of the article is to recommend some solutions in the area of e-tourism which could be introduced by the local government in Wałbrzych as part of activities initiated in 2017 for the development of the Smart City concept.Materials and methods: The implementation of the objective required a detailed analysis and evaluation of the “Strategy for Sustainable Development of Wałbrzych City until 2020”as well as the key task areas of the Smart City Program Council set up in the city, including Task Teams implementing projects of smart urban solutions. In the course of the research, a literature review was also conducted to explore the ways of defining the concept of e-tourism.Results: As a result of the literature research, the authors emphasized different aspects (dimensions) of e-tourism and described the e-tourism model for tourist consumption. The analysis of the strategic municipal documents showed that they did not contain any direct references and plans regarding the development of activities in the area of e-tourism. The current study offers recommendations for the growth of e-tourism in Wałbrzych.Conclusions: In the context of the realisation of “Smart City for the city of Wałbrzych” program, the concept of e-tourism, according to the authors, is an opportunity for the development of tourism in the city and in the region. The catalogue of possible solutions is open and their implementation requires taking into account the needs of different groups of stakeholders, including people with disabilities and the elderly.
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Orsós, Mercédesz, Júlia Moldvai, Péter Kivovics, and Orsolya Németh. "Orvosi rehabilitációs kezelésben részesülő betegek orális egészségügyi állapotának vizsgálata." Orvosi Hetilap 159, no. 52 (December 2018): 2202–6. http://dx.doi.org/10.1556/650.2018.31202.
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Abstract: Introduction: More than 1 billion people in the world live with some form of disability. According to the 2011 census in Hungary, their number can be around 500 000. These people are considered as a vulnerable group even from a dental point of view, since the loss of function makes regular oral hygienic routine and dentistry control more difficult. In 2015, The Department of Community Dentistry and The National Institute of Medical Rehabilitation started to operate together a dental office to examine the dental and oral hygiene condition of the inpatients and to make their oral rehabilitation. Aim:aAim: A total of 608 patients have gone through a full dental examination including a stomato-oncological screening. From this we gathered comprehensive information on the oral health of patients currently undergoing rehabilitation and living with disabilities. Method: This study was approved by the Medical Research Council. Clinical examinations were done on the basis of the recommendation by WHO. We analysed the DMF-T values, restorative index, periodontal status and lesions of the oral mucosa. From a survey of 20 questions we asked about oral hygiene practices, toothbrushing frequency, last visit to a dentist, eating habits, addictions and social background. Results: The patients had poor oral hygiene. The number of lost teeth is high, but the prosthetic care is not satisfying. The DMF-T value was 20.5, from this D-T = 2.6, M-T = 11.2, F-T = 6.7. The patients’ complaints about dental and oral mucosal lesions are minimal compared to their general dental condition. A majority of them did not experienced toothaches in the last 12 months. The last dental checkup in the case of most patients exceeds 12 months. Conclusions: The oral hygiene of patients living with some form of disability is poor since their daily oral hygiene routine and care in practice are not solved. Orv Hetil. 2018; 159(52): 2202–2206.
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Keane, Adrian. "Cross-Examination of Vulnerable Witnesses—Towards a Blueprint for Re-Professionalisation." International Journal of Evidence & Proof 16, no. 2 (April 2012): 175–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.1350/ijep.2012.16.2.397.
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There is now an abundance of research, across a range of jurisdictions, to establish that cross-examination techniques traditionally deployed in adversarial systems can confuse vulnerable witnesses, reduce their ability to comprehend the issues and diminish the cogency and accuracy of their testimony. The nature of the problem and its scale will be illustrated in this article primarily by reference to children and people with mental disabilities or learning difficulties. The core of the problem is the limited understanding on the part of some advocates of the special needs of vulnerable witnesses and their reluctance or inability to abandon or modify traditional cross-examination techniques. The scale of the problem is considerable, having regard to the growth in the number of vulnerable witnesses and evidence of their negative perceptions of the experience of testifying. Except in jurisdictions in which the cross-examination has effectively been removed entirely from the hands of the advocate, legal developments have focused on the use of pre-trial recordings, intermediaries, improved judicial training and enhanced powers to curtail improper cross-examination. These reflect an ‘accommodation approach’ that has had a limited educative effect on practitioners. The professional duty of the advocate is not to ignore or take advantage of the difficulties faced by vulnerable witnesses, but to develop new methods to test their evidence. There is an urgent need for re-professionalisation, i.e. the development and introduction of new systems for the training and accreditation of advocates, involving a fundamental culture change and the acquisition of new specialist knowledge and skills. This article explores what such re-professionalisation should involve. It analyses critically two recent sets of proposals : proposals for the implementation of a quality assurance scheme put forward by the English legal regulatory authorities, and proposals for training and accreditation schemes put forward by the Advocacy Training Council, the joint body of the four Inns of Court with responsibility for overseeing standards of advocacy training for the Bar of England and Wales. Regard is also had to relevant pedagogical precepts and recent relevant case law.