Those they called idiots. The idea of the disabled mind from 1700 to the present day

Author(s):  
David O’Driscoll
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2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (17) ◽  
pp. 63-72
Author(s):  
Suzanna Bright ◽  
Chisomo Selemani

Functional approaches to disability measurement in Zambia reveals an overall disability prevalence rate of 13.4%, 4% of whom are recorded as having “speech impairment” (Zambia Federation of the Disabled [ZAFOD], 2006). Further, multidimensional poverty assessments indicate that 48.6% of Zambia's approximately 16 million citizens are impoverished. Currently, there are three internationally qualified speech-language pathologists (SLPs) providing services within Zambia's capital city, Lusaka. Given these statistics, it follows that a significant number of Zambian's, experiencing communication disability, are unable to access specialist assessment and support. Over the past decade, Zambia has seen two very different approaches to address this service gap—firstly, a larger scale top-down approach through the implementation of a formal master's degree program and more recently a smaller scale, bottom-up approach, building the capacity of existing professionals working in the field of communication disability. This article provides an overview of both programs and the context, unique to Zambia, in which they have developed. Authors describe the implementation challenges encountered and program successes leading to a discussion of the weakness and merits to both programs, in an attempt to draw lessons from which future efforts to support communication disability and SLP service development in Majority World contexts may benefit.


1980 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-68
Author(s):  
George Szasz
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1990 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 159-160
Author(s):  
Nita Sundbye
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2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Teresa Garate-Serafini ◽  
Jose Mendez ◽  
Patty Arriaga ◽  
Larry Labiak ◽  
Carol Reynolds

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emilio Nuzzolese ◽  
Antonella Caputo ◽  
Maria Maddalena Lepore ◽  
Vitantonio Marcario ◽  
Ivana Cukovic-Bagic ◽  
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