Berufliche Teilhabe nach erworbener Hirnschädigung

Vocational participation after acquired brain injury – an empirical study of opportunities and barriers from the perspective of affected patients and vocational expertsT. BrehmAbstractThe following article summarizes the results and scientific findings of an empirical study on vocational participation after acquired brain injury. It describes opportunities and barriers from the perspective of affected patients and vocational experts. The empirical study was conducted in the context of a degree course on clinical social work. Essential results related to acquired brain injuries are that invisible disabilities and neu-ropsychological deficits complicate opportunities so that continuous support is needed. At the same time, the acceptance of deficits and changing work related opportunities seem to be resources. Seniority, colleagues, and the relationships between them, seem to play ano-ther important role. Risk factors are a change of leadership, change of work content and problematic relationships between colleagues. A big problem seems to be the cooperation with responsible payers (social insurance). In conclusion, the possibility of rehabilitation depends on the willingness of responsible payers. Keywords: acquired brain injury, rehabilitation phase E, return-to-work, profes-sional reintegration, integration assistance, case management

Users with Disabilities, Especially Invisible Disabilities, Provide Insight into How Libraries Can Frame Accessibility Webpages

A Review of: Brunskill, A. (2020). “Without that detail, I’m not coming”: The perspectives of students with disabilities on accessibility information provided on academic library websites. College & Research Libraries, 81(5), 768–788. https://doi.org/10.5860/crl.81.5.768 Abstract Objective – To understand the needs and preferences of users with disabilities for libraries’ accessibility webpages (webpages dedicated to information on disability and accessibility). Design – Semi-structured interviews. Setting – A large public university in the United States of America. Subjects – 12 students who self-identify as having a disability. Methods – Participants were asked about their expectations (if any) and experiences using library accessibility webpages, how they felt they should be organized, and where and how they would expect to find such webpages. Two lists were printed out and provided to the participants. The first, compiled from a previous study, listed common website headings (categories) under which accessibility webpages had been found, and this aided participants in selecting where they would go to find such a webpage. The second listed common types of information found on accessibility webpages. Participants were asked to use the second list to come up with their five highest priority items for accessibility webpages to cover. Interviews were recorded, transcribed, and analyzed for responses to specific queries, but inductive coding was also used. Main Results – In most of the five response clusters of interest to the author (experience/expectation of such a page existing, navigation and language preferences, overall tone and feel for the website, organization for the page, and content for the page), answers were mixed. No consensus emerged with respect to participants’ expectation of an accessibility webpage existing, how they would find the page (including the best website heading), and what content the page should contain. Participants noted that language should be welcoming and inclusive and vetted for sensitivity. The physical layout of the library and information about ambiance and furniture was frequently noted as being an important and overlooked detail to include. Some services, such as shelf pulling and online chat, were highlighted as appealing to those with “invisible” disabilities. Conclusion – The needs and preferences of users with disabilities are varied and sometimes mutually conflicting. Based on the findings, fourteen recommendations are suggested, including providing detailed information about sensory aspects of the library, listing contact information (preferably to a named individual or group), providing useful headings within the page, and evaluating whether language on the website is welcoming.

The Power to See: Visualizing Invisible Disabilities in China

Situated in a Chinese context, this study explores how people with disabilities struggle to be re-envisioned in contemporary China. In particular, this visual essay uses the Disabled Women’s Album as a case study to illustrate how the deployment of their visual images can provide a place for disabled women to fight for the power of visibility in a Chinese context, including the right to be seen and the right to look. On one hand, the visual images of the disabled women establishes a realm in which actors, actions and ideas can be viewed, including the right to be seen by the public, as an alternative to the possibility of disappearing in Chinese society, the right to visual self-representation and the right to equal conditions. On the other hand, the fight for people with disabilities to achieve the power to see also increases opportunities for people without disabilities to exercise their right to look, including recognizing the diversity of our society and realizing the existence of more possibilities in life. In this process, images are no longer just a medium by which we communicate our political activities but have also become an end in themselves.

The Promise, Pitfalls, and Context of Restorative Justice

This chapter addresses the promises and pitfalls of restorative justice (RJ) practices for youth with communication disorders. This chapter begins with the historical context, the current zero-tolerance policies and other harsh, exclusionary discipline measures used in schools and (in)justice system, harming Black disabled students disproportionately. This chapter then addresses the promise of RJ as a way to challenge zero-tolerance while building inclusive communities that focus on the growth of young people in community. This chapter provides a step-by-step discussion of a restorative circle, a practice based on talking, listening, and processing emotions. Speech-language pathologists are called upon to learn about the promise of RJ, engage in restorative practices, and then utilize their specific knowledge of communication disorders to develop universal design circles so that youth with communication disorders and other invisible disabilities can be included and the promise of restorative justice fully realized.

'DON'T CREATE AN ONLINE IMAGE THAT YOU CAN'T KEEP UP OUTSIDE': MEDIATING INVISIBLE COMMUNICATIVE DISABILITIES ON SOCIAL NETWORK SITES

The internet theoretically offers a socially inclusive space for disabled users and new forms of visibility vis-à-vis mediated communication. However, the prevalent perception of the internet as an idyllic space that liberates disabled people reflects an ableist mindset, as it views departure from the disabled body as the source of liberation. This paper challenges this perception by investigating how people with invisible disabilities that are clinically related to communication mediate their disabled life experience in Social Networking Sites (SNS). To this end, the study probed, through thematic analysis, 31 in-depth interviews with high-functioning autistics, stutterers and hard of hearing SNS users and 7 SNS documentation use diaries. The analysis identified a gamut of disability performances online, which varied based on one's perception of the disability and its visibility. For example, while some interviewees crafted a complex online persona that presented their disabilities through a nuanced perspective, others felt compelled to ‘pass’ as able-bodied. Many felt that their self-presentation was inhibited by a sense of social surveillance, imposed by the presence of friends from “the offline world”. The notion of “authenticity” posed another barrier for many interviewees: Sensing an expectation that their communicative style on SNS align with their physical communication led them to ironically adopt a less true-to-self persona by managing the visibility of their disability online to reflect their 'offline' constraints. Rather than providing an accessible and/or liberating sphere, this paper argues that social networking sites reproduce the ableist biases and power structures that underline the physical, “offline” sphere.