Disability history is a comparatively new field of study, and to date little use has been made of the British census as a source because of its perceived difficulties. This article shows that it is possible to study a local, disabled population in the second half of the nineteenth century from this source, even thought the way in which individuals' disabilities are described can sometimes vary ...

The present study's primary aims were a) to explore non-disabled adults' spontaneous representation of disability and the specific associations related adults children with disabilities; investigate participants' general perception inclusive educational practices potential impact contact disabled individuals on children. We used a mixed (qualitative quantitative) approach in sample 628 particip...

This study was primarily carried out in order to assess the participation of people with disabilities in HIV and AIDS interventions and policy formulations and to identify barriers that limit the participation of people with disabilities in HIV and AIDS interventions. Therefore, the purpose of the survey was to collect relevant and reliable information that underpins assertions of exclusion of ...

Interdisciplinary pain management programs have an established record of significantly improving the functioning of persons disabled with chronic pain. There is a group of pain sufferers, however, who have difficulty accessing these programs and for whom the effectiveness of these treatments in unknown, these are patients whose mobility and self-care deficits leave them unable to meet the pract...

This study investigates the interaction between obesity and disability and its impact on the levels of job satisfaction reported by older workers (aged 50-64) in ten European countries (Denmark, Sweden, Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, The Netherlands, Switzerland, Italy and Spain). Using longitudinal data from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe for the years 2004, 2007 and...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether medically disabled (Medicaid-funded) morbidly obese patients return to the workforce after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB). DESIGN Retrospective clinical data review. SETTING A tertiary referral center. PATIENTS From January 1, 1997, to December 31, 2002, 38 medically disabled patients underwent RYGB performed by a single surgeon. Sixteen medically disabled ...

The following is a reprint of the report to Congress on section 1619 of the Social Security Act prepared by the Department of Health and Human Services in response to a provision of the Social Security Disability Benefits Reform Act of 1984 (Public Law 98-460). It also includes some of the report's appendix material. In addition to calling for an evaluation of the provision's effectiveness, tha...

Energy poverty is a temporary condition, yet non-negligible share of the Australian population suffers persistent energy disadvantage. Using Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) survey, we observe that single individuals, single-parent households those with disabled household member are at high risk poverty. This also true for non-working individuals immigrants from non-En...