Exploring adaptation and agency of mothers caring for disabled children in an urban settlement in South Africa: A qualitative study
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DOI: 10.1016/j.wsif.2019.102271
Abstract: Abstract Mothers of disabled children who are living in poverty face multiple interlinked disadvantages in relation to gender, care, disability, and poverty. Yet, their experiences have been largely neglected in academic literature. This study explores… read more here.
Keywords: urban settlement; adaptation agency; study; south africa ... See more keywords
“Sharing the Unsharable”: Subjectivity and the return of the abject in mothers of physically disabled children
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DOI: 10.1057/s41282-020-00180-7
Abstract: We explore the complex ways in which mothers of visibly physically disabled children manage moments of abjection in their relationships with their children. Two women’s stories are told in order to illustrate the power of… read more here.
Keywords: disabled children; subjectivity return; unsharable subjectivity; return abject ... See more keywords
Performance validity test failure predicts suppression of neuropsychological test results in developmentally disabled children
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DOI: 10.1080/21622965.2019.1604342
Abstract: Abstract There is increasing awareness of the need to use Performance Validity Tests (PVTs) when assessing cognitive abilities in children. Since 1996, there has been an ongoing clinical study of the use of three PVTs… read more here.
Keywords: performance validity; disabled children; developmentally disabled; test ... See more keywords
Effects of activity groups, in which art activities are used, on resilience and related factors in families with disabled children.
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DOI: 10.1111/ppc.12569
Abstract: PURPOSE This study aims to examine the effects of activity groups using art activities on resilience and related factors in mothers with disabled children. DESIGN AND METHODS This randomized controlled experimental design study was conducted… read more here.
Keywords: activity groups; effects activity; art activities; disabled children ... See more keywords
Influence of the quality of life and locus of control of mothers of disabled children on the oral health of their children
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DOI: 10.1111/scd.12248
Abstract: AIM To investigate whether quality of life of mothers is related to oral health of disabled children. METHOD This is an analytical cross-sectional study, based on interviews with 49 mothers and oral clinical examination (DMFT… read more here.
Keywords: locus control; disabled children; oral health; health ... See more keywords
G80(P) Are children with disability more at risk of abuse? A single centre retrospective case notes review
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DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2017-313087.79
Abstract: Background A report commissioned by NSPCC in 2014, ‘We have the right to be safe: Protecting disabled children from abuse’ stated disabled children are 3 times more likely to be abused than non-disabled children. The… read more here.
Keywords: risk abuse; disability; retrospective case; disabled children ... See more keywords
Improving communication between staff and disabled children in hospital wards: testing the feasibility of a training intervention developed through intervention mapping
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DOI: 10.1136/bmjpo-2017-000103
Abstract: Objective To develop and test the feasibility of a novel parent-inspired training intervention for hospital ward staff to improve communication with disabled children when inpatients. Design Training content and delivery strategies were informed by the… read more here.
Keywords: intervention; staff; communication; disabled children ... See more keywords
On Gesell Evaluation System for Disabled Children in Minority Areas
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DOI: 10.1155/2022/4210116
Abstract: This paper takes 105 disabled children from the Disabled Rehabilitation Research Center of the South China minority autonomous region as the survey objects. Based on the Gesell scale, it collects health data such as exercise… read more here.
Keywords: disabled children; gesell evaluation; minority; system disabled ... See more keywords
Researching disabled children and young people’s views on decision-making: Working reflexively to rethink vulnerability
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DOI: 10.1177/0907568218769365
Abstract: Issues relating to qualitative research with disabled children and young people will be discussed. Semi-structured interviews with boys who have Duchenne muscular dystrophy were conducted to explore their thoughts on how they might make a… read more here.
Keywords: decision; children young; disabled children; vulnerability ... See more keywords
Reading silences/silent readings: Disrupting the hegemony of voice in research with disabled children
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DOI: 10.1177/09075682231164378
Abstract: By referring to an example from my doctoral research with children labeled and diagnosed with intellectual disabilities, I make a case for the ways that reading silences and silent readings within research are not only… read more here.
Keywords: disabled children; readings disrupting; research; reading silences ... See more keywords
Numeracy skills learning of children in Africa:—Are disabled children lagging behind?
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0284821
Abstract: Significant progress has been achieved in universal basic education in African countries since the late 1990s. This study provides empirical evidence on the within- and across-country variation in numeracy skills performance among children based on… read more here.
Keywords: african countries; disabled children; numeracy; numeracy skills ... See more keywords