The current study aims at the comparative analysis of the religious copping, optimism, and social physique anxiety between the disabled and the normal people.  As for the methodology of this comparative analysis, 60 Gorgani people, 30 disabled and 30 normal people, were chosen through systematic random sampling in 1395 taken from the names of those disabled who were registered in...

Since 1997, disabled people in the UK assessed as being eligible for adult social care services have been able to opt to receive ‘direct payments’ (a cash sum in lieu of a directly provided service). Described by disabled academics and activists as holding out “the potential for the most fundamental reorganisation of welfare for half a century” (Oliver and Sapey, 1999: 175), the 1996 Community ...

The role of disabled people in CBR is increasingly being seen as of vital importance for the success of CBR. In actual fact participation of disabled people and self advocacy have become two of the principles of CBR as seen by the World Health Organisation and associated organszations behind the new CBR thinking. This paper deals with the position and role of disabled people themselves in CBR p...

Background & Aims: Physical activity in leisure time can increase life expectancy in disabled people via increasing freshness, communicating with others, and participating in community activities and can prevent withdrawal and malaise. The aim of this research was surveying on barriers for wheelchair-user disabled people in their recreational activities in southeast of Iran. Methods: In functio...

In developing countries disabled people and the elderly are more likely to be among the poor. Moreover, exclusion increases the costs associated with disability to constrain disabled people from breaking out of poverty. Improved access and mobility are important factors in reducing poverty and can facilitate the participation of people with disabilities in economic, social and political process...

Many people object to preimplantation or prenatal screening for disability on the grounds that it is discriminatory, has pernicious effects on the lives of existing disabled people, expresses a hurtful view of disabled people, and reduces human diversity. I argue that if these objections are held to be strong enough to show that screening is wrong, they must also imply the permissibility of cau...

Excerpt] Although it is now two decades since the United Nations’ International Year of Disabled People, disabled people across the world still encounter severe economic, cultural and social deprivations. The problem is generally worse for those living in rural areas and is especially acute for all disabled people living in low income states. Clearly, health and rehabilitation can no longer be ...

Societies in our global community are at different points on the timeline towards meaningful inclusion for disabled children and young people. During the 20th century, disabled children in the United Kingdom were viewed as vulnerable, helpless, and to be pitied. Medical letters about them included words such as ‘crippled’, ‘handicapped’, and ‘this unfortunate child’. It was less than 50 years a...

OBJECTIVE To assess the quality of toilet facilities available for disabled people in a large provincial teaching hospital. DESIGN Survey of toilet facilities for patients on the wards and in the outpatient department. SETTING Teaching hospital in Leeds. RESULTS Although the quality of toilet facilities varied, none met the standards recommended by the British Standards Institution. The w...