A Basic Study on Developing Lifelong Education model centered on Vocational Education for social participation of persons with disabilities

The purpose of this study is to understand the functional status distribution and to explore the factors associated with changes in functional status and social participation in people with depression using two-year follow-up data. Subjects were selected from the Taiwan Databank of Persons with Disabilities (TDPD) if they had an evaluation date between July 2012 and 31 December 2017. We used data for 1138 individuals with multiple evaluation records and who were diagnosed with depression. The WHO Disability Assessment Schedule 2.0 (WHODAS 2.0) was the primary functional status measure. Other factors selected from the TDPD included social demographic data, living situation, employment status, economic status, and educational level. The results show scores in all dimensions of the WHODAS 2.0 declined over two years, especially in the domains of cognition, household activities, social participation, and total WHODAS 2.0 score. Aging groups showed poor recovery in cognition, getting along with others, and household activities. People living in suburban areas showed poorer recovery than people living in rural and urban areas in cognition, self-care, and general function (total score of WHODAS 2.0). Employment was also strongly associated with functional recovery in household activities, social participation, and general function. The original scores for cognition and getting along with others showed a significant negative relationship with social participation improvement. Our results can be used by policy makers to provide resources and conduct investigations, and by clinicians when making rehabilitation plans.

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Psychosocial Impact of Powered Wheelchair, Users’ Satisfaction and Their Relation to Social Participation

Technologies ◽

10.3390/technologies7040073 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 7 (4) ◽

pp. 73

Author(s):

Domingues ◽

Pinheiro ◽

Silveira ◽

Francisco ◽

Jutai ◽

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Keyword(s):

Assistive Technology ◽

Social Participation ◽

Positive Impact ◽

Psychosocial Impact ◽

Assistive Technologies ◽

Related Services ◽

Persons With Disabilities ◽

Wheelchair Users ◽

Powered Wheelchair ◽

Positive Effects

Several studies showed positive effects of assistive technologies on psychosocial impact and participation of adults with mobility impairments. The purpose of this study was to assess the psychosocial and participation impact of powered wheelchairs. Participants were thirty persons with disabilities who use powered wheelchairs with diverse medical conditions. The Quebec User Evaluation of Satisfaction with Assistive Technology, the Psychosocial Impact of Assistive Devices Scale and the Activities and Participation Profile Related to Mobility were used, in addition to demographic, clinical and wheelchair related questions. The participants were satisfied with both the assistive technology and related services, with the lowest satisfaction scores belonging to those who had been using their wheelchairs for a longer period of time. We noticed significant restrictions in participation mostly among persons with longer wheelchair utilization. The most satisfied were the ones with better performance in terms of social participation. Psychosocial scores showed a positive impact with higher adaptability among persons who transitioned from a manual compared to those who already had a powered wheelchair. There was a positive psychosocial impact and therefore an increase in quality of life of its users.

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Availability of public theaters for persons with disabilities

Men Disability Society ◽

10.5604/01.3001.0013.3140 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 43 (1) ◽

pp. 59-72

Author(s):

Aleksandra Mazurek

Keyword(s):

Social Exclusion ◽

Social Participation ◽

Social Life ◽

Social Phenomenon ◽

Persons With Disabilities ◽

Artistic Creation ◽

Cultural Life ◽

The Social ◽

Public Theaters ◽

Symbolic Interactions

Accessibility is a prerequisite for participation in social life. The possibilities of a person with disability and environmental barriers determine the level of accessibility in various areas of cultural life. The degree of infrastructure adaptations and less visible symbolic interactions have a significant impact on the possibility of social participation and access to cultural artifacts by people from groups at risk of social exclusion. Theater is an area of art, an inseparable element of which is a meeting, and thus openness to what is different, conditions for establishing dialogue and performative interaction. In the Polish theater of recent years, the context of disability is more and more often perceived as a subject of artistic creation. The article discusses institutional theaters constituting significant culture-forming centers in individual regions and taking part in international festivals. The formal infrastructural availability of theatrical spaces to the needs of people with disabilities and the adaptation of the cultural offer to perceptive capabilities of people with different disabilities were analyzed. Other activities related to the social phenomenon of disability were also indicated, if it was possible.

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Pragmatisasi Pendidikan dalam Dunia Kerja

Nadwa ◽

10.21580/nw.2014.8.1.575 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 8 (1) ◽

pp. 155

Author(s):

Nurul Malikah

Keyword(s):

Vocational Education ◽

Goal Achievement ◽

Vocational School ◽

National Education ◽

Left Behind ◽

National Education System ◽

Strategic Role ◽

Education Model ◽

The Right

Vocational education as a part of the National Education system plays a strategic role for the realization of the skilled national labor. Because each vocational graduates is created to become good human resources, in the sense that when they have completed vocational school they able to apply the knowledge. But in fact, the graduates of vocational school is recognized only by itself school and still lack confidence in the business and industrial world. The old model of vocational education has disadvantage, is education model that was conducted unilaterally so that students left behind by the progress of the business/industrial world. Creating creativity and independence of the student is the right answer to avoid dependency and to reduce the unemployment rate. The Awareness of selfdevelopment by enhancing the students' confidence and self-reliance is an important part to prepare for the long-term goal achievement. Abstrak Pendidikan kejuruan sebagai salah satu bagian dari sistem Pendidikan Nasional, memainkan peran yang sangat strategis bagi terwujudnya angkatan tenaga kerja nasional yang terampil. Karena setiap lulusan SMK memang diciptakan untuk menjadi sumber daya manusia yang siap pakai, dalam arti ketika mereka telah menyelesaikan sekolahnya mereka dapat menerapkan ilmu yang telah mereka dapat sewaktu di sekolah. Namun pada kenyataannya, tamatan SMK hanya diakui oleh sekolah sendiri dan masih minimnya kepercayaan dunia usaha dan dunia industri. Pendidikan kejuruan model lama memiliki kelemahan yaitu, penyelenggaraan pendidikan secara sepihak sehingga anak didik tertinggal oleh kemajuan dunia usaha/dunia industri. Menciptakan kreativitas dan kemandirian siswa, merupakan jawaban tepat untuk menghindari ketergantungan dan dapat mengurangi tingkat pengangguran. Kesadaran mengembangkan diri dengan meningkatkan kepercayaan dan kemandirian siswa, merupakan bagian penting untuk mempersiapkan pencapaian tujuan jangka panjang.

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