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Attitudes Toward Disability in Self and Other : Assessment and Educational Intervention

Creator:: Bonnett, Amy K.
Abstract:: Negative attitudes towards people with disabilities persist in our society, limiting the inclusion of people with disabilities in a multitude of social roles. Despite existing research on the nature of these attitudes and interventions to improve them, people with disabilities continue to cite social barriers as some of their greatest...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: disabilities, and has failed to involve people that have personal experience with disability in the research

Exploring physical activity behaviors in adults with spina bifida : a mixed methods approach

Creator:: Vanderbom, Kerri Ayame
Abstract:: Background: Spina bifida (SB) is the most common birth defect, affecting approximately 1 to 2 in 10,000 live births. SB is a complex disability with many associated, secondary, and chronic conditions that require lifelong medical care. Individuals with spina bifida (SB) are living longer with advances in medical care, and...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: associated with the trauma or the progression of the disability, (3) it is more prevalent in people with

Classified bodies : disability, identity, and the technological classroom

Creator:: Iwertz, Chad E.
Abstract:: This thesis pursues a flexible understanding and definition of dis/ability as a broadly and liberally applied mark of stigma. It asks questions that develop a deeper understanding of how disability influences mētis, a knowledge or cunning use of the body. Through this framework of mētis, this thesis explores technologies as...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: of Disability Rights activists to see equitable treatment of people with disability in society

Making the Unconscious Unconscious : Reclaiming Microinteractions for People with Motor Disabilities

Creator:: Lazewatsky, Daniel A.
Abstract:: Numerous diseases and injuries can limit a person's ability to perform everyday tasks -- things like getting dressed, bathing, and eating. Anything that requires physical activity can be affected; even simple things like turning on the lights can become difficult or impossible. Until recently, the only way for a person...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Microinteractions for People with Motor Disabilities AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Daniel A. Lazewatsky

Leadership challenges for disabled students programs and services in the California community colleges : a phenomenological exploration of the lived experience of mid level administrators

Creator:: Franklin Martinez, Windy
Abstract:: The purposes of this phenomenological inquiry was to examine the challenges faced by administrative leaders of Disabled Student Programs and Services (DSPS) at California community colleges (CCC) from the perspectives of current practitioners. This study was undertaken for the following reasons: (a) the increasing number of students with disabilities accessing...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: federal and state disability laws, are making post-secondary education more accessible to people with

Customer needs elicitation and disability simulation suit validation to benefit knowledge and methods for inclusive product design

Creator:: Armstrong, Jessica
Abstract:: Current product design methodologies are not conducive to creating inclusive products (products that meet the needs of persons with and without disabilities). In order to reduce the effort and expense involved in creating inclusive products, empathic design principles are applied to discover whether customer needs for people with disabilities can...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: wearing the disability simulation suit will generate a comparable set of CNs as people with disabilities

Unpacking Success: Progressive Politics and Stalled Gender Equity at the Mitraniketan People's College

Creator:: Glick, Stephanie Nahima
Abstract:: Founded over fifty years ago by K. Viswanathan, the Mitraniketan educational facility in Kerala, India provides literacy and vocational education to socially marginalized women, men, and children through nursery, elementary, high school and an educational preparatory program for young adults. Viswanathan founded the school on several ideals including Neo-Marxist, Quaker,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: grounded in the reciprocal relationship that the school's founder has established with various communities

Disparities in Health Outcomes and Health Care Access : A Quantitative Intersectional Approach

Creator:: Alvarado, Carla S.
Abstract:: Health disparity scholars and researchers call to expand the conceptualization of health disparities research beyond the predominant and long-standing race-based analyses. The call requests the inclusion of frameworks and theories that reflect the complex, multi-level and multifactorial social processes that yield health disparities. Intersectionality is a theoretical framework that is...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: marginalized groups with higher rates of disease and disability (Grembowski, Bekemeier, Conrad, & Kreuter

Effectiveness of an educational health promotion program on influencing physical activity behaviors in individuals with mobility disabilities

Creator:: Pawlowski, Jill K.
Abstract:: Participation in regular physical activity is important for individuals with a mobility disability to decrease risk of chronic disease, improve quality of life, and maintain and improve functional ability. Consequently, there is a need for programs that can facilitate the adoption and maintenance of regular physical activity for adults with...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: individuals with a mobility disability to decrease risk of chronic disease, improve quality of life, and

Predictors and Outcomes of Physical Activity for Young Adults with and without Autism Spectrum Disorder

Creator:: Hamm, Jessica L.
Abstract:: The Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion released the Healthy People 2020 plan in 2010 (Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion [ODPHP], 2010). The mission of Healthy People 2020 is focused on improving the health of all Americans. One common tool utilized to improve the health of Americans...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: national physical activity guidelines and some populations (e.g., people with disabilities) are even less

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Attitudes Toward Disability in Self and Other : Assessment and Educational Intervention

Exploring physical activity behaviors in adults with spina bifida : a mixed methods approach

Classified bodies : disability, identity, and the technological classroom

Making the Unconscious Unconscious : Reclaiming Microinteractions for People with Motor Disabilities

Leadership challenges for disabled students programs and services in the California community colleges : a phenomenological exploration of the lived experience of mid level administrators

Customer needs elicitation and disability simulation suit validation to benefit knowledge and methods for inclusive product design

Unpacking Success: Progressive Politics and Stalled Gender Equity at the Mitraniketan People's College

Disparities in Health Outcomes and Health Care Access : A Quantitative Intersectional Approach

Effectiveness of an educational health promotion program on influencing physical activity behaviors in individuals with mobility disabilities

Predictors and Outcomes of Physical Activity for Young Adults with and without Autism Spectrum Disorder

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