Empowering People with Disabilities

'Bugger you lot I know I can do it!': Discourses about Empowering People with Learning Disabilities

12 People with Disabilities

1 In understanding claims about the rights of people with disabilities, it is important to distinguish between civil rights and entitlements to benefits. The relationship(s) between these two sorts of claims is a matter of important philosophical disagreement. Among nations with an English law system, US law most clearly distinguishes civil rights from welfare system benefits. For this reason, ...

Ergonomics and people with disabilities.

It was with pleasure that I accepted the opportunity to put together this special section on Ergonomics and People with Disabilities for WORK: A Journal of Prevention, Assessment & Rehabilitation. This journal is an important publication for this subject and this special section aims to present research that uses the knowledge of ergonomics to facilitate the social and labor inclusion of people...

Athletics for people with disabilities.

Sport for people with disabilities was pioneered by Sir Ludwig Guttman who in 1944 opened a new spinal cord injury unit at the Stoke Mandeville Hospital in Aylesbury, England. He organized the National Stoke Mandeville Games for the Paralysed in 1948 which evolved into an international competition in 19521. Subsequently, the first Paralympics were held following the Rome Olympics in 1960. By 19...

Lived Experience of People With Acquired Disabilities (A Phenomenological Study)

Introduction: Acquired disability is a peculia phenomenon that can lead to different personal and social experiences. This phenomenon, which is caused accidentally, poses serious challenges to an independent person who was able to do his/her tasks and leads to different and deep experiences for the disabled person, family, and relatives. This study was to explore lived experience and the meanin...