The Sibling-in-Law: Understanding an Unknown Member of the Disability Community

2020 ◽  
Vol 58 (5) ◽  
pp. 361-378
Author(s):  
Kirsten E. Zemke ◽  
Meghan M. Burke ◽  
Richard C. Urbano ◽  
Robert M. Hodapp

Abstract Little attention has focused on siblings-in-law, the spouses of siblings of people with disabilities. Using an online survey, 102 siblings-in-law provided information concerning themselves, their spouses, in-law family, and experiences. Overall experiences were rated as positive (51.0%), mixed (34.3%), or negative (14.7%). Compared to respondents with negative outcomes, respondents with positive and mixed outcomes felt being a sibling-in-law more positively impacted their marriage, relationship with in-laws, parenting, desire to advocate, and career. Before marriage, these two groups better understood sibling-in-law responsibilities and reported less worry about marrying into a family with a member with disabilities or having children with disabilities. In open-ended reflections, 1/3 of respondents discussed family dynamics; improving disability knowledge; future planning; and marriage considerations. Practice and research implications are discussed.

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ashley A. Williams ◽  
Sara Hon Qualls ◽  
Sheri C. Gibson ◽  
Christina L Vair ◽  
Lindsay N. Anderson

2021 ◽  
Vol 67 (06) ◽  
pp. 54-57
Author(s):  
Zülfiyyə Asim qızı Yolçiyeva ◽  

As we know, there are many fields of pedagogical science. One of the most important areas is special pedagogy. Special pedagogy studies the issues of education and upbringing of children with physical and mental disabilities. People with disabilities are those who are relatively disabled in terms of any part of the body or the brain. In our country, special attention is paid to the education of people with disabilities. Inclusive education creates conditions for the protection of social equality, education and other special needs of children with disabilities. According to the teaching methodology, inclusive education prevents discrimination against children, allows people with various diseases to get a perfect education and succeed. Its main task is to create an environment for vocational training of people with disabilities. In modern times, people with disabilities should not be seen as sick, but as people with disabilities. This shapes the social approach to disability. The social model allows these children to exercise their rights to develop their skills. The purpose of inclusive physical education is to teach students to move together, which promotes the improvement and development of human psychophysical abilities. Different exercises should be chosen for each lesson and combined in such a way as to have a comprehensive effect on the body and ensure that each student can perform. It is necessary to ensure the general requirements and their specificity when arranging lessons. Sports have a great impact on the development of the personality of children with disabilities as normal children. Sport is one of the most important conditions for everyone and is acceptable for any age group. All these procedures are more effective when performed in unison. Let's protect our child's life together for a healthy life and step into a healthy future Key words: Inclusion, inclusive education, inclusive physical education, a person with disabilities, special education


Author(s):  
Rania El-Sawy Abdo Abdel-Qawi

The current study aimed to review the most prominent axes related to sexual abuse against children with disabilities in society, including1- Learn about the concept and forms of sexual abuse for people with disabilities.2- Recognizing the physical, psychological, and social effects of abuse.3- Responsible for exposing a child with disabilities to harassment or exploitation.4- The available treatment methods to reduce the consequences of the abuse if it develops into sexual assault. 5- Educating the family of people with disabilities about the possibility that their child will be exposed to sexual harassment.6- Adding the subject of sexual education as an effective means of preventing harassment against people with disabilities. 7- Educating the family, society and those working with people with disabilities about the correct scientific methods and concepts of sex education as a healthy and preventive means against harassment of all kinds. 8- Establishing proposed procedural mechanisms that help workers in the field of special education to know the most important preventive and awareness programs and to activate them in all educational stages.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Thomas Meyer ◽  
Selina Weber ◽  
Lukas Jäger ◽  
Roland Sigrist ◽  
Roger Gassert ◽  
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Abstract Background: Advanced assistive technologies (AAT) aim to exploit the vast potential of technological developments made in the past decades to improve the quality of life of people with disabilities. Combining complex robotic technologies with the unique needs of people with disabilities requires a strong focus on user-centered design to ensure that the AAT appropriately addresses the daily life struggles of target users. The CYBATHLON aims to promote this mindset by empowering the AAT target users (“pilots”) to compete on race tracks that represent daily life obstacles. The objective of this work was to investigate the influence of the CYABTHALON on AAT technology development, acceptance, and user involvement (i.e., application of user-centered design).Methods: With an online survey targetting the pilots and technical leads of teams preparing for the CYBATHLON 2020 Global Edition, we investigated to what extent the pilots were involved in device development and how this influences the perceived daily life usability of the showcased AAT. Furthermore, the effects of user-centered design variables on the individual race performances were analyzed.Results: A total of 81 responses from 35 pilots and 46 technical leads were collected in the two weeks prior to the event. Of all teams partaking in the included disciplines of the CYBATHLON 2020 Global Edition, 81.8% (36 of 44) were included in the study. User-centered design appeared to be a prevalent practice among the teams, as 85.7% of all pilots reported a certain level of involvement. However, only 25.5% of the pilots reported daily life usage, despite QUEST usability scores of both respondent groups showing moderate to high satisfaction with the respected AAT across all investigated disciplines. An explorative linear mixed model indicated that daily life usage (p < 0.05) and prolonged user involvement (e.g. more than 2 years, p < 0.001) have a significant positive effect on the race performance at the competition.Conclusions: We conclude that the CYBATHLON positively fullfills its conceptual goals of promoting active participation and inclusion of people with disabilities in the design and evaluation of AAT, thereby stimulating the development of promising novel technological solutions. Also, our data could underline the value of the competition as a benchmark, highlighting remaining usability limitations or technology adoption hurdles.


2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 146-154
Author(s):  
V.V. Sizikova ◽  
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O.A. Anikeeva ◽  
O.O. Afanasyeva ◽  
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...  

the establishment of needs is an essential part of the work of social work specialists, a starting point for determining programs for helping families with children with disabilities. During the quarantine period, the prerequisites for revising many of the usual methods and technologies of social work developed by COVID-19. The object of the study is to establish the need of citizens for social assistance and social services in the new conditions, the goal is to develop recommendations for identifying the need of families with children with disabilities in order to increase the effectiveness of social protection and social services in the new conditions. Research methods included analysis of statistical and demographic data, official documents, an online survey of families with children with disabilities, conducted during the period of quarantine restrictions, as well as an expert survey of social workers and heads of social service organizations in the metropolitan region. The authors analyzed changes in the identification of need and proposed changes in technologies and approaches to the provision of social services. The application of the obtained data can be both in social work practice and in research work.


2013 ◽  
Vol 36 (5) ◽  
pp. 387-394 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter William Gladwell ◽  
Derek Pheby ◽  
Tristana Rodriguez ◽  
Fiona Poland

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (5) ◽  
pp. 607-616 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tamara May ◽  
Carmel Sivaratnam ◽  
Katrina Williams ◽  
Jane McGillivray ◽  
Andrew Whitehouse ◽  
...  

This study aimed to understand coaches’ approaches to including children with disabilities in a community-based Australian rules football program for children. Football coaches for the program, called Auskick, completed an online survey providing qualitative and quantitative information about their experiences of inclusive coaching. Coaches (N = 130) completed the survey over 2016/2017. The average years of coaching experience was 3.3 (range 0–19 years). While 79% of coaches had experienced a child with a disability attending their football centre, only 31% of coaches (56% of paid coaches and 27% of volunteer coaches) had completed disability training. Autism, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and intellectual disability were the most common types of developmental disabilities, and asthma, vision and hearing problems were the most common physical disabilities of children attending the coaches’ centres. Eighty-nine coaches provided examples of inclusive approaches. The most common was having an inclusive attitude, asking the parents for help, making adaptations to suit the child, giving extra time, getting additional help and staff training. Community football coaches frequently work with children who have a broad range of developmental and physical disabilities. Coach disability training is needed to support children with disabilities attending these types of sporting programs in the community.


2016 ◽  
Vol 121 (4) ◽  
pp. 364-378 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria V. Vassos ◽  
Michael F. Carroll

Abstract This study conducted an initial psychometric validation of the Evidence-Based Practice Attitude Scales (EBPAS; Aarons, 2004) with a sample of workers employed in services that offer support to people with disabilities. Workers completed an online survey containing the EBPAS-GEN (a disability services version) and EBPAS-PBS (a version focused on positive behavior support, an evidence-based practice used in disability services). Confirmatory factor analysis, group differences, and internal consistency results support the psychometric soundness of both versions; however, the EBPAS-GEN shows slightly weaker properties. Evidence-based practice is gaining attention in the disability literature, and these findings add to this body of knowledge. These initial findings support the use of both versions of the EBPAS with populations of workers who work within disability services.


2020 ◽  
Vol 34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dorota Żuchowska-Skiba

In recent years, Poland has seen a change in the identification of people with disabilities. It is noticeable to abandon the use of the terms disabled, blind, cripple, invalid. In this place are the terms a person with a disability, a person with special needs. This indicates a tendency to deviate from the definition of disability or its type, in the direction of putting the person first and replacing the concept of disability with other terms that do not have a stigmatizing character. The goal of the article was to show the relationship between the changing language describing and defining disability and changes in the perception of people with disabilities and their impact on the sense of exclusion of people with disabilities. The research used a method of content analysis to recreate disability terms functioning in the opinion of people with disabilities in social discourse and an online survey was used to examine the relationship between the sense of exclusion and disability terms, ways of perceiving oneself and the assessment of the society’s attitude towards people with disabilities. This allowed to show the meaning of the language and its impact on the processes of integration of people with disabilities in contemporary Poland.


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