Sökning: "exploring disability"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 42 avhandlingar innehållade orden exploring disability.

1. 1. Psychiatric disability in the community : Surveying the social landscape in the post-deinstitutional era

   Författare :David Rosenberg; Rafael Lindqvist; Anna Meuwisse; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; psychiatric disability; social model; community mental health; deinstitutionalization; recovery; Disability research; Handikappsforskning;

   Sammanfattning : This dissertation presents a discussion of life in the community for people experiencing psychiatric disabilities in the post-deinstitutional era, with the goal of developing knowledge that can suggest a focus for planning more relevant services and supports. While evaluations of deinsitutionalization have focused on possibilities for providing community, rather than hospital-based services for these individuals, the intention was to support a participatory life in the community, a life defined by much more than just care and treatment. LÄS MER

3. 2. Living with physical disability : experiences of the rehabilitation process, occupations and participation in everyday life

   Författare :Maria Larsson Lund; Ulla Sonn; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :disabled persons; activities of daily living; occupations; social environment; social support; disability evaluation; rehabilitation; occupational therapy; patient participation; patient-centred care; Occupational and Environmental Medicine; arbets- och miljömedicin;

   Sammanfattning : A comprehensive understanding is lacking of the experiences persons with acquired physical disabilities have of changes in their engagement in occupations and of the conditions influencing these experiences Furthermore, little is known about the experiences these people have of the rehabilitation process and whether the rehabilitation services satisfy their needs. Access to such knowledge would significantly add to the ability to design rehabilitation services intended to enhance participation in everyday life. LÄS MER

4. 3. Exploring Cognitive Spare Capacity : Executive Processing of Degraded Speech

   Författare :Sushmit Mishra; Mary Rudner; Stefan Stenfelt; Jerker Rönnberg; Thomas Lunner; Mithell S. Sommers; Linköpings universitet; []
   Nyckelord :Working memory; cognitive spare capacity; updating; inhibition; Arbetsminne; kognitiv reservkapacitet; uppdatering; inhibition;

   Sammanfattning : Cognitive resources, specifically working memory capacity are used for listening to speech, especially in noise. Cognitive resources are limited, and if listeners allocate a greater share of these resources to recovering the input signal in noise, fewer resources are available for interpreting and encoding its linguistic content. LÄS MER

5. 4. Experiences of Parenthood and the Child with an Intellectual Disability

   Författare :Petra Boström; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Intellectual disability; parents; fathers; family impact; temperament; risk and protective factors;

   Sammanfattning : Boström, P. (2012). Experiences of Parenthood and the Child with an Intellectual Disability. Department of Psychology, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. LÄS MER

7. 5. Familjeliv med personlig assistans

   Författare :Viveca Selander; Marta Szebehely; Evy Gunnarsson; Magnus Tideman; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Personal assistance; disability; family life; support to parents with disabilities; everyday life; life course; relations of ruling.; Personlig asistans; funktionsnedsättning; familjeliv; stöd till föräldrar med funktionsnedsättning; vardagsliv; livslopp; styrande relationer.; Social Work; socialt arbete;

   Sammanfattning : The introduction of personal assistance in Sweden in 1994 showed an ambi­tion by policymakers to ameliorate the conditions of persons with extensive disabilities. The legislators expressed a vision of autonomy and integrity, and that persons with considerable disabilities should lead a life like others. LÄS MER