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JAMA Network Open May 2024
Topics: Humans; Burnout, Professional; Male; Female; Disabled Persons; Physicians; Middle Aged; Adult; Cross-Sectional Studies; Surveys and Questionnaires
PubMed: 38722631
DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.10701 -
Rehabilitation Psychology Aug 2022Graduate students and faculty with disabilities are underrepresented in psychology and face many barriers in graduate education and training. Teaching is a major...
PURPOSE/OBJECTIVE
Graduate students and faculty with disabilities are underrepresented in psychology and face many barriers in graduate education and training. Teaching is a major component of graduate training and faculty preparation, but there is a dearth of research on the teaching experiences of psychology graduate students with disabilities. The objective of this study was to explore the teaching experiences of psychology graduate students with disabilities.
RESEARCH METHOD/DESIGN
We conducted semistructured interviews with 12 disabled psychology graduate students who had teaching experience as part of their graduate programs. Interviews were analyzed using phenomenological coding.
RESULTS
Common themes among participants were lack of disability disclosure; lack of accommodations for teaching and guidance of how to receive them; and supportive and nonsupportive resources and mentors in their graduate teaching experiences.
CONCLUSIONS/IMPLICATIONS
Disabled graduate student teachers often lack environments and resources where they can receive disability-specific support and accommodations for teaching. Faculty and programs should develop and promote disability-affirmative training cultures that actively support graduate student teachers with disabilities, including departmental cultures that de-stigmatize disability disclosure and accommodations. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved).
Topics: Disabled Persons; Education, Graduate; Humans; Mentors; Qualitative Research; Students
PubMed: 35834203
DOI: 10.1037/rep0000450 -
American Journal of Community Psychology Dec 2016In this paper, the authors discussed the nexus between the Americans with Disabilities Act and the founding of the field of Community Psychology. Contributions of the... (Review)
Review
In this paper, the authors discussed the nexus between the Americans with Disabilities Act and the founding of the field of Community Psychology. Contributions of the latter and future areas of research are reviewed here in three areas of importance to both fields: Community living and participation, employment, and transition from high school. Community psychology can make potential contributions to advancing research in these three areas. Implications for future research are discussed.
Topics: Disabled Persons; Forecasting; Health Services Accessibility; Human Rights; Humans; Minority Groups; Power, Psychological; Psychology, Social; Research; Social Work; United States
PubMed: 27287087
DOI: 10.1002/ajcp.12064 -
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation... Aug 2019When health providers become involved in impairment evaluation, they inevitably encounter administrative systems that adjudicate disability determinations. Those...
When health providers become involved in impairment evaluation, they inevitably encounter administrative systems that adjudicate disability determinations. Those determinations take place in varied systems, each with its own terminology and processes, which can lead to confusion and frustration. Understanding historical and administrative context reduces potential for iatrogenic harm due tocaused by needless disability. The key to better health outcomes for patients involved in disability benefit systems is to understand the health benefits of work, advocate for the best health interests of patients rather than for specific administrative outcomes, and to communicate clearly and objectively with both patients and benefit administrators.
Topics: Disability Evaluation; Disabled Persons; Employment; Health Communication; Humans; Insurance, Disability; Patient Advocacy
PubMed: 31227126
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmr.2019.03.001 -
Psychiatria Danubina Dec 2023Disabled people, and particularly people with intellectual disability and autism spectrum disorder, experience significant health disparities compared to nondisabled...
Disabled people, and particularly people with intellectual disability and autism spectrum disorder, experience significant health disparities compared to nondisabled people. These disparities are not explained by the underlying disabling condition but, rather, by unfair and avoidable conditions. One prevailing condition, implicit bias and discrimination against disabled patients in the healthcare sector, limits quality of care and health outcomes for this population. Most healthcare professionals have strong implicit bias against disabled people, which negatively impact clinical decision-making and the behavior of healthcare professionals toward disabled patients. For example, most healthcare providers believe that disability confers poor quality of life. According to quality of life research with disabled people, this belief is false and damaging. Because training programs fail to challenge implicit biases and damaging beliefs about disability, healthcare providers are not prepared to provide quality health care to disabled patients. Including disabled people in didactic and clinical training as instructors, members of panels, and as healthcare students is the first essential step to preparing a disability competent healthcare workforce.
Topics: Humans; Autism Spectrum Disorder; Quality of Life; Disabled Persons; Health Personnel; Delivery of Health Care
PubMed: 37994069
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Trends in Neurosciences Jul 2021The authors explore the real-life issue of diversity disclosure within academia. The breadth of disability and discrimination is framed within the context of high...
The authors explore the real-life issue of diversity disclosure within academia. The breadth of disability and discrimination is framed within the context of high demands and competitiveness. While some institutions are supportive, the culture of ableism, stigmatization, and the disabling barriers make disclosure of disability a complex and difficult decision. The authors discuss the importance of not only normalizing varying abilities, but embracing and valuing the diversity and contributions that individuals with disabilities bring to the academic environment.
Topics: Disabled Persons; Disclosure; Humans
PubMed: 34020785
DOI: 10.1016/j.tins.2021.04.004 -
Rehabilitation Psychology Feb 2016Research data clearly indicate most people living with a disability return to premorbid levels of psychological functioning. However, some individuals living with a... (Review)
Review
PURPOSE/OBJECTIVE
Research data clearly indicate most people living with a disability return to premorbid levels of psychological functioning. However, some individuals living with a disability are vulnerable for the development of psychological disorders including depression, anxiety, and posttraumatic stress disorder. Rather than understanding this phenomenon of vulnerability solely as the presence of psychopathology, it can be understood from a positive psychology standpoint as a deficit of well-being. We extend this approach by demonstrating the links between the historic foundational principles of rehabilitation psychology and the relevant current research on psychology of well-being. The article then explores the implications of providing meaningful interventions that could improve the lives of persons living with disability and chronic illness.
RESULTS
Based on this view, well-being therapy is proposed as an intervention because it has proven efficacy in acting as a buffer against the development of some negative affective states. The assumptions and dimensions underlying this approach are shown to be relevant to both persons living with disability and to the foundational principles of rehabilitation psychology. A model for assisting people with disability in improving their well-being and decreasing negative aspects of their life by balancing factors relevant to well-being is discussed.
CONCLUSIONS/IMPLICATIONS
The authors conclude by exploring the benefits of engendering positive well-being versus the traditional focus on solely alleviating negative affective states.
Topics: Adaptation, Psychological; Chronic Disease; Disabled Persons; Humans; Mental Disorders
PubMed: 26881305
DOI: 10.1037/rep0000060 -
Revista Medica Del Instituto Mexicano... 2014Osteoarthritis is a chronic joint disease and a potentially disabling illness, whose prevalence has increased in recent years alongside the aging population. The...
Osteoarthritis is a chronic joint disease and a potentially disabling illness, whose prevalence has increased in recent years alongside the aging population. The disability associated with this condition generates a brutal impact on individuals who are limited in their basic daily living activities. The increase in life expectancy is not correlated with an increase in quality of life, since the years of life increase, but characterized for living with disabilities.
Topics: Disabled Persons; Humans; Osteoarthritis
PubMed: 25301115
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20 Century British History 2015In 1965, the Disablement Income Group launched its National Disability Income campaign to fight for equal treatment of disabled people in the British social security...
In 1965, the Disablement Income Group launched its National Disability Income campaign to fight for equal treatment of disabled people in the British social security system. By 1977, a series of benefits were created to cover the general population. Yet, despite the obvious political significance of these developments, very little research has focused on the early pan-impairment disability non-governmental organization (NGO). Existing scholarship has come from one of two traditions: the 'poverty lobby' and NGO histories that focus on expert campaign groups; and disability studies which describes a teleological narrative of the development of disabled people's attempts to secure civil rights. This article contends that neither approach is satisfactory. The crossovers between these two historical approaches are necessary to understand how these groups operated and to appreciate their political significance. Using the archives of the Disablement Income Group, the Disability Alliance and the Royal Association for Disability and Rehabilitation, this article shows that the history of these NGOs is more nuanced than previously described. Similarly, the novelty and growing power of civil rights and poverty lobby campaigning should not be overstated. Through a specific analysis of the lobby in its social and political context, historians can find a clearer picture of how these groups operated and better analyse their significance.
Topics: Civil Rights; Disabled Persons; Government Regulation; History, 20th Century; Organizations; Poverty; Professional Competence; Public Policy; Social Security; United Kingdom
PubMed: 26411066
DOI: 10.1093/tcbh/hwu048 -
Disability and Rehabilitation.... Jul 2024The study critically reassesses existing Metaverse concepts and proposes a novel framework for inclusiveness of physically disabled artists. The purpose is to enable and... (Review)
Review
PURPOSE
The study critically reassesses existing Metaverse concepts and proposes a novel framework for inclusiveness of physically disabled artists. The purpose is to enable and inspire physically disabled users and content creators to participate in the evolving concept of the Metaverse. The article also highlights the need for standards and regulations governing the inclusion of people with disabilities in Metaverse projects.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
The study examines current information technologies and their relevance to the inclusion of physically disabled individuals in the Metaverse. We analyse existing Metaverse concepts, exploring emerging information technologies such as Virtual and Augmented Reality, and the Internet of Things. The emerging framework in the article is based on the active involvement of disabled creatives in the development of solutions for inclusivity.
RESULTS
The review reveals that despite the proliferation of Blockchain Metaverse projects, the inclusion of physically disabled individuals in the Metaverse remains distant, with limited standards and regulations in place. The article proposes a concept of the Metaverse that leverages emerging technologies, to enable greater engagement of disabled creatives. This approach is designed to enhance inclusiveness in the Metaverse landscape.
CONCLUSIONS
Active involvement of physically disabled individuals in the design and development of Metaverse platforms is crucial for promoting inclusivity. The framework for accessibility and inclusiveness in decentralised Metaverses provides a basis for the meaningful participation of disabled creatives. The article emphasises the importance of addressing the mechanisms for art production by individuals with disabilities in the emerging Metaverse landscape.
Topics: Humans; Disabled Persons; Information Technology; Internet; Communication Aids for Disabled
PubMed: 37585705
DOI: 10.1080/17483107.2023.2241882