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  • 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...
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    Masters Thesis
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    ™ fairings argue that disability can be strength despite its social demarcation as stigma. Bespoke

  • Does Disability Severity Matter? The Daily Lives of Parent Caregivers of Children with Developmental Disabilities

    Creator:
    Fenn, Meghann L.
    Abstract:
    Individuals with disabilities and their parents, even within specific disability diagnoses, have diverse life experiences and trajectories. The current study focuses on parents of individuals with developmental disabilities. Developmental disabilities (DD) are a diverse group of severe chronic conditions evident at birth or acquired during childhood that affect major life...
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    Masters Thesis
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    , disability onset, and the state of policy or social climate (Mannheim, 1928; Mayer, 2004; Ryder, 1965

  • Early family risk and children's academic achievement

    Creator:
    Sektnan, Michaella A.
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    Children who have multiple family risk factors are at increased risk for poor developmental outcomes, including poor academic achievement. The present study focused on charting the pathways through which early family risk – as indexed by ethnic minority status, low maternal education, low family income, and chronic maternal depressive symptoms...
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    Masters Thesis
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    mediating role of children’s social competency and behavioral regulation at 54 months was explored

  • Applying theories of capital to understand parent involvement at school as a component of family-school interaction : the special case of children with special needs

    Creator:
    Dogaru, Cristian M.
    Abstract:
    This study used a nationally representative dataset of 21,260 kindergartners, Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998-1999 (National Center for Education Statistics, 2001a), and a conceptual framework of theories of cultural and social capital (Bourdieu, 1986) embedded in an ecological framework (Bronfenbrenner, 2005) to identify unobserved socio-cultural classes in...
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    Dissertation
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    educated, non-White, and non-English- speaking parents, regardless of their SES. Presence of disability

  • The disabled child

    Creator:
    Bailey, Cindee M. and Oregon State University. Extension Service
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    Long before the baby is born,you invest your dreams and hopes in the coming child. If you suspect something is wrong, it may be hard to seek the truth. The best thing you can do, however, is to get a diagnosis as soon as possible. Early detection of a problem...
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    Technical Report
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    affect them will vary. Except for the few profoundly disabled children, the disability is not as

  • "We see that we are not like the others" : A Case Study Exploring the Consequences of Structural Violence for the Marseillaises

    Creator:
    Wiseman, Nicole S.
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    France's universalistic idea of citizenry has been complicated by a history of colonialism, racialization, and selective acceptance of difference. Although Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité (Liberty, Equality, Brotherhood) is France's motto, the consequences of colonial rule continue to impact the lives of non-autochthonous French citizens today. Since the colonial days, immigrants and...
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    Masters Thesis
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    ....................................................................................................... 15 Governmentality and Its Social Technologies

  • Students' Decision to Disclose a Bias-Related Incident

    Creator:
    Altmaier, Pamela M.
    Abstract:
    This qualitative study informed by a phenomenological approach explored the experiences of students when deciding to disclose bias-related incidents. Through an individual interview and follow-up focus group, eight participants shared their experience with bias-related incidents, decision to disclose or not to disclose, and perception of university resources. Five themes emerged...
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    Masters Thesis
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    . Students from historically marginalized populations are defined as “a social group that is devalued in

  • The Value of New Technology : View Toward Reassessment

    Creator:
    White, Stephen J.
    Abstract:
    Abraham Heschel wrote that a philosopher's primary task was not merely to describe and judge the modes and facts of actual human behavior, but also to examine and understand the meaninq of those descriptions and judgements of modes and facts (Bella, 1978). Our values are critically tied to our structures...
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    Masters Thesis
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    observation and its ramifications in a business organizational, social, political and public administrative

  • Cardiovascular disease risk in adults with mental retardation and Down syndrome

    Creator:
    Draheim, Christopher Charles
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    Individuals with Down syndrome (DS) have less atherosclerosis than others with and without mental retardation (MR). Why individuals with DS do not develop atherosclerosis similarly to others is not known. The insulin resistance syndrome (IRS), a common neuroendocrine disorder underlying cardiovascular disease, has not been investigated in adults with DS...
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    Dissertation

  • A rhetoric of transformation : the emergence of community literacy within composition studies

    Creator:
    Vega-Peters, Susan T.
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    Within literacy and composition studies, writing, as a social act, is believed by many to have the potential to effect change in and transform situations of injustice. Community literacy, as an emergent practice within composition studies, embraces and stretches this notion of linking literacy to social change. Community literacy also...
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    Masters Thesis
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    and composition studies, writing, as a social act, is believed by many to have the potential to