Flying? Falling? – Conflicting Representations of Disability in Kevin Kerr’s Skydive (2007) and Brad Fraser’s Kill Me Now (2013)

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
René Reinhold Schallegger
Keyword(s):  
First Nations ◽  
Public Awareness ◽  
Disabled Persons ◽  
Emotional Impact ◽  
Final Report ◽  
Disabled People ◽  
Modus Operandi ◽  
Contemporary Theatre ◽  
Concise Review ◽  
The Voice

AbstractCanadian contemporary theatre is defined by a preponderance of previously marginalised discourses such as Feminist drama, First Nations drama, or Queer drama. The centre to periphery dispersal that has driven the Canadian cultural scene since the Massey Commission’s final report (1951) has favoured the rise of these traditions into public awareness. At the same time, the voice of disabled persons is hardly ever heard on Canadian stages. This paper takes a closer look at two recent texts, Kevin Kerr’sAfter a concise review of critical texts on disability studies, disability theatre, and disability aesthetics in order to establish an appropriate theoretical framework and terminology, the two plays are analysed for how they represent disability and disabled people. Kerr chooses to elide the different physicalities of his abled and disabled actors, establishing a transformative disability aesthetics. Fraser, in line with his usual modus operandi, opts for a more confrontational hypervisibility of his disabled characters and maximum emotional impact. Both authors are fully abled, however, so while their texts can be considered successful contributions to the representation of disabled persons on the contemporary Canadian stage, with diametrically opposed representational strategies, the question of an appropriation of voice remains pertinent.

Resident-faculty overnight discrepancy rates as a function of number of consecutive nights during a week of night float

Diagnosis ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Christine Peterson ◽  
Michael Moore ◽  
Nabeel Sarwani ◽  
Eric Gagnon ◽  
Michael A. Bruno ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Progressive Increase ◽  
Recent Change ◽  
Final Report ◽  
Quality Performance ◽  
Resident Performance ◽  
Night Float ◽  
Perceived Workload ◽  
Report Accuracy ◽  
Shift Length ◽  
The Voice

AbstractObjectivesIn 2018, the ACGME (Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education) made a change to the maximum permissible number of consecutive nights a resident trainee can be on “night float,” from six to seven nights. To our knowledge, although investigators have studied overall discrepancy rates and discrepancy rates as a function of shift length or perceived workload of a particular shift, no study has been performed to evaluate resident-faculty discrepancy rates as a quality/performance proxy, to see whether resident performance declines as a function of the number of consecutive nights. Our hypothesis is that we would observe a progressive increase in significant overnight resident – attending discrepancies over the 7 days’ time.MethodsA total of 8,488 reports were extracted between 4/26/2019 to 8/22/2019 retrospectively. Data was obtained from the voice dictation system report server. Exported query was saved as a .csv file format and analyzed using Python packages. A “discrepancy checker” was created to search all finalized reports for the departmental standard heading of “Final Attending Report,” used to specify any significant changes from the preliminary interpretation.ResultsModel estimates varied on different days however there were no trends or patterns to indicate a deterioration in resident performance throughout the week. There were comparable probabilities throughout the week, with 2.17% on Monday, 2.35% on Thursday and 2.05% on Friday.ConclusionsOur results reveal no convincing trend in terms of overnight report discrepancies between the preliminary report generated by the night float resident and the final report issued by a faculty the following morning. These results are in support of the ACGME’s recent change in the permissible number of consecutive nights on night float. We did not prove our hypothesis that resident performance on-call in the domain of report accuracy would diminish over seven consecutive nights while on the night float rotation. Our results found that performance remained fairly uniform over the course of the week.

Missiological implications for Taylor Seminary arising from Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s recommendations

2017 ◽  
Vol 45 (4) ◽  
pp. 407-413
Author(s):  
Allan Effa
Keyword(s):  
First Nations ◽  
Truth And Reconciliation Commission ◽  
Final Report ◽  
Cooperative Effort ◽  
Truth And Reconciliation ◽  
Cultural Genocide ◽  
The Government ◽  
Government Of Canada ◽  
Set Up

In 2015 the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada concluded a six-year process of listening to the stories of Canada’s First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples. More than 6000 witnesses came forth to share their personal experiences in listening sessions set up all across the country. These stories primarily revolved around their experience of abuse and cultural genocide through more than 100 years of Residential Schools, which were operated in a cooperative effort between churches and the government of Canada. The Commission’s Final Report includes 94 calls to action with paragraph #60 directed specifically to seminaries. This paper is a case study of how Taylor Seminary, in Edmonton, is seeking to engage with this directive. It explores the changes made in the curriculum, particularly in the teaching of missiology, and highlights some of the ways the seminary community is learning about aboriginal spirituality and the history and legacy of the missionary methods that have created conflict and pain in Canadian society.

Overcoming Disabilities Through Sports: The Inspiring Story of Rahul Ramugade

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 329-332
Author(s):  
Aniruddha Sen
Keyword(s):  
Disabled Persons ◽  
Disabled People ◽  
Health Infrastructure

Parasports, and sports for disabled persons, has been a lesser known area in India, with all efforts to support disabled individuals focusing on broader social and health infrastructure inputs and employment avenues. This article looks at how sports for disabled people (parasports) can be a powerful enabler and tool for empowerment, through the journey of Rahul Ramugade, a Mumbai-based parasportsperson who has been part of the national wheelchair cricket team, and has also formed and led the Mumbai Wheelchair Cricket team.

Emergency numbers accessibility for disabled peoples’: Case of the Islamic Republic of Iran

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (6) ◽  
pp. 541-544
Author(s):  
Vahid Ghanbari, PhD ◽  
Ali Ardalan, MD, PhD ◽  
Amir Nejati, MD ◽  
Leili Rostamnia, PhD ◽  
Ghasem Mousavi, PhD
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Medical Service ◽  
Service Management ◽  
Medical Service ◽  
Disabled Persons ◽  
Short Message ◽  
Disabled People ◽  
Emergency Medical ◽  
Life Saving ◽  
Islamic Republic Of Iran ◽  
Message System

Introduction: An emergency is a serious, unexpected situation which may lead to injury, loss of life and damage to property and often needs urgent interventions. Emergency calls can bring urgent life-saving intervention in such situations. Although access to emergency lines for all persons of a society is one of the effectiveness indexes of this critical service, in most countries, these lines are not accessible for disabled people.Case presentation: This study examined the issue of emergency number accessibility for disabled people in the I.R. of Iran. Two persons who had been poisoned by carbon monoxide died because their deaf-mute father could not communicate with the Emergency Medical Service Center (EMSC). This led to the Emergency Medical Service Management Center (EMSMC), in collaboration with Iranian Society of Deaf People Family (ISDPF), developing a system that is a combination of short message system (SMS) and location-based information (LBI) to facilitate the communication of such disabled persons with EMSMCs. The system did not receive any emergency message until this report is provided. Conclusion: Because emergency call service has not been available for disabled people in Iran until now, emergency service organizations should take a proactive approach in developing a reliable and easy to use a method with the current technologies. These organizations should also provide information about the installed systems for end-users.

scholarly journals AUTOMATED INTELLIGENT RELAY COUPLED DOOR CONTROL SYSTEM USING ANDROID MOBILE TECHNOLOGY

2015 ◽  
pp. 192-195
Author(s):  
A.RAJESH KUMAR ◽  
C. DINESH ◽  
R. ARAVIND ◽  
SRIKRISHNA. C ◽  
PL. NAGARTHINAM
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Technology ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Smart Homes ◽  
Disabled Persons ◽  
Disabled People ◽  
New Knowledge ◽  
The Disabled ◽  
Door Lock ◽  
Effectiveness And Efficiency

The purpose of this project is to increase the knowledge of technology and services of smart homes for disabled people. There is a clear need for such new knowledge since the number of disabled people is significant. Indeed, new technologies and services of smart homes have the potential to increase effectiveness and efficiency of caring disabled. With right solutions there is a great potential to increase disabled persons' quality of life. The need for the development of such technologies and services increases due to the disabled individuals' desire to remain independent in their own homes, the increasing costs of health care, and the aging of the population. This article discusses the concept of secured door lock/unlock system for the differently able. The juxtaposition of safety vs. privacy can be alleviated with this technology. Moreover, as there is need to assist disabled to protect them from various forms of abuse, and prevent immoderation of pleasure giving activities.

To the question about problems in the fi eld of vocational rehabilitation of the disabled

2020 ◽  
pp. 12-23
Author(s):  
Y. A. Kulikova ◽  
A. V. Kornienko ◽  
G. V. Jukevich
Keyword(s):  
Vocational Rehabilitation ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
Disabled Persons ◽  
Rehabilitation Program ◽  
The State ◽  
Disabled People ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
The Disabled ◽  
The Russian Federation

The article deals with issues related to the problem of vocational rehabilitation of disabled people. The competence of the Russian Federation in the fi eld of rehabilitation of disabled persons in the person of its Federal authorities and management, subjects of the Russian Federation and local self-government bodies is specifi ed. The content of such concepts as "services for professional rehabilitation of disabled people" in accordance with the state standard GOST R 53873-2010 Rehabilitation of disabled people is disclosed. Professional rehabilitation services for the disabled; "professional rehabilitation program" and "options for professional rehabilitation". Despite the fact that professional rehabilitation and adaptation in the workplace is an integral part of the state policy in the fi eld of social protection of persons with disabilities, there are many unresolved problems and diffi culties in this area.

scholarly journals ParticipaTIC: Lessons from developing accessible on-line training for disabled people’s leaders

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (Supplement_4) ◽  
Author(s):  
M Cuenot ◽  
W Sherlaw
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
Speech Synthesis ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Disabled Persons ◽  
Font Size ◽  
Disabled People ◽  
On Line ◽  
United Nations Convention ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
Inclusive Society

Abstract The ParticipaTIC Erasmus+ project led by the EHESP School of Public Health in partnership with disability organizations and associations from France, Belgium, Switzerland, and Romania has co-designed an accessible digital platform. In line with the 2010-2020 European strategy and the United Nations Convention on the rights of disabled persons we aim to strengthen the competences of the leaders of disabled persons’ organizations to defend the rights of disabled people, and to develop participation. ParticipaTIC offers 4 modules on ‘What is disability?’, ‘Competencies for disability organization leaders’, ‘the United Nations Convention’ and ‘How to carry out a local accessibility analysis’. Different contrasts, font size, speech synthesis, captioned videos and content summaries in ‘Easy to read and understand’ French are available together with a cloned platform in Romanian and English. Two guides have also been produced on 1) on-line accessibility and 2) co-constructing an on-line accessible platform. Beyond the deliverables, adapting on-line instruction to the different capacities of people with disabilities raises many issues. New competencies for accessible design are needed. Tradeoffs between content, pedagogical style and accessibility seem inevitable. On-line activities need adaptations but these may be complex and costly. Taken-for-granted assumptions about what is attractive, and well-designed are called into question when designing for people with visual, auditory, and intellectual impairments. Lessons from ParticipaTIC are remarkably similar to those of participatory thinking design: advance in small steps, evaluating successive design phases with people with disabilities for fitness of purpose. Ultimately trainers need to redesign themselves to take into account unsuspected worlds, those of our fellow citizens with different capacities. Important lessons beyond the world of on-line instruction for the building of a truly inclusive society have emerged.

scholarly journals The Shifting Risk of Homelessness among Persons with a Disability: Insights from a National Policy Intervention

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (18) ◽  
pp. 6512
Author(s):  
Andrew Beer ◽  
Lyrian Daniel ◽  
Emma Baker ◽  
Laurence Lester
Keyword(s):  
National Policy ◽  
Disability Insurance ◽  
Disabled Persons ◽  
Policy Intervention ◽  
Disabled People ◽  
Insurance Scheme ◽  
Moderate Risk ◽  
Policy Interventions ◽  
Nationally Representative ◽  
Household Panel Data

Persons with a disability are at a far higher risk of homelessness than those without. The economic, social and health challenges faced by disabled people are addressed, in Australia, by the recently implemented National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). Using nationally representative, longitudinal household panel data, we construct the Index of Relative Homelessness Risk (IRHR) to track how the risk of homelessness for disabled persons has changed since the introduction of the NDIS. We find that, overall, fewer persons with a disability face moderate risk of homelessness but that many more face high risk. We conclude that the NDIS has not effectively protected disabled people from the risk of homelessness. We reflect on the implications of these findings for policy interventions.

scholarly journals Smart wheelchair using android smartphone for physically disabled people

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 453 ◽  
Author(s):  
Siti Nur Suhaila Mirin ◽  
Khalil Azha Mohd Annuar ◽  
Chai Pui Yook
Keyword(s):  
Embedded System ◽  
Voice Recognition ◽  
Disabled People ◽  
Voice Input ◽  
Left Turn ◽  
Physically Disabled ◽  
The Right ◽  
Physically Disabled People ◽  
The Voice ◽  
Smart Wheelchair

This paper describes the development of a smart wheelchair system with voice recognition and touch controlled using an embedded system. An android application is developed and installed on the android smartphone. The system is divided into two main modes: voice recognition mode and touch mode. For the voice recognition mode, elderlies or physically disabled people (users) can provide the voice input, for example, “go”, “reverse”, “turn to the left”, “turn to the right” and “stop”. The wheelchair will move according to the command given. For the touch mode, the user can select the specified direction displayed within the four quadrants on the screen of the android smartphone to control the wheelchair. An Arduino Uno is used to execute all commands. The MD30C motor driver and HC05 Bluetooth module are used in this system. This system is designed to save time and energy of the user.

Not Pensions—but a chance to work

1956 ◽  
Vol 50 (5) ◽  
pp. 157-165
Author(s):  
Henry Viscardi
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Social Security ◽  
Disabled Persons ◽  
Disabled People ◽  
Employment Opportunities ◽  
Senate Committee ◽  
Competitive Industry ◽  
Vital Interest ◽  
Age Limit ◽  
Social Security Benefits

[This is a statement by Henry Viscardi, President of Abilities, Incorporated, of West Hempstead, New York, to the Senate Committee on Finance, on March 1, 1956. Mr. Viscardi here gives the reasons for his apprehension at the proposal to lower the age limit for eligibility for social security benefits for disabled persons. He supports his reasons with his experience at demonstrating the achievements attendant upon providing genuine employment opportunities in competitive industry for disabled people. His account of philosophy and method in rehabilitation and adjustment is of vital interest to all those concerned with problems of blindness. The statement, particularly the last portion consisting of dialogue at the hearing session, is only slightly revised and edited to lend itself more nearly to the usual style of publication in this journal. No part of the essential statement has been deleted.— Editor.]

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