This publication, which is based on the unique methodology and tools developed for the World Bank Institute/Harvard School of Public Health Flagship Course on Health System Reform and Sustainable Financing, provides a powerful set of resources to help policy makers better naviga…
This collection of essays both reframes disability in terms of social processes and offers a global, multicultural perspective on the subject. It explores the significance of mental, sensory and motor impairments in light of fundamental, culturally determined assumptions about h…
Some military veterans enter the military healthy and leave disabled. The purpose of this qualitative exploratory multiple-case study was to hear the perspectives of the disability claim adjudicators on what causes the delays. Interviews with four participants revealed seven maj…
This project closely examines the relationship between transgenerational trauma, disability, and myth, particularly within Black speculative fiction, Afrofuturism, and Africanfuturism. Through the lenses of critical race theory, trauma theory, disability studies, and feminist th…
Since its beginnings in the 1970s disability activist movement, disability studies scholarship has traditionally focused on physical disability and, in working to deconstruct the figure of the “cripple” as a symbol of pathos, has shied away from close examinations of pain, suffe…
Community participation is defined as an individual’s engagement in meaningful life roles such as employment, parenting, education, recreation, interpersonal relation, religion, and healthy living (Iwanaga, Chen, et al., 2021). The ability to assume meaningful life roles and act…
The field of Disability Studies (DS) generally avoids addressing the problem of suffering and disability due to the long history of harmful stereotyping of disability as being a bad state of existence. When suffering is addressed, it tends to be conceptualized and criticized as …
An estimated 15% of the world’s population have a disability—roughly 80% of whom live in the Global South. People with disabilities experience profound social disparities that affect their quality of life and social inclusion. Due to the array of cultural perspectives and instit…
Disability and chronic pain secondary to low- speed vehicle collisions has been a known condition since the nineteenth century. Today, whiplash-associated disorders (WAD) are the most common personal injuries reported to insurance companies after motor vehicle accidents (MVAs). …
Vocational rehabilitation counselors work with individuals who have disabilities or who have experienced injuries that impact their ability to work and earn wages. Given their specialized knowledge, vocational rehabilitation counselors are sometimes engaged in litigated matters …
Disabled refugees are considered as the most marginalized group of all displaced populations. Disabled displaced people are at particular risk of violence, exploitation, and abuse. Additional barriers to accessing humanitarian assistance, education, health care, and other servic…
In this dissertation, I argue that attempts by activists and policy makers to improve access to Japan’s built environment, education, employment, entertainment, and welfare systems for disabled populations over the last one hundred and fifty years have not always helped impaired…
People with disabilities often face barriers to participation in religious communities. Due to the unique position of leaders in Christian communities, which are the religious majority in the United States, providing specific, disability-related training during their formal educ…
The study focused on the general situation of disability in Ghana. The objectives of the study were to explore the social experiences of people with disabilities and to examine how the Social Model of Disability apply to the experiences of people with disabilities in Ghana. Usin…
Background: Although there is empirical evidence to show that physical activity participation has numerous benefits for women with a disability, little information is available on these experiences within a majority world context, such as in India. Given that women with a disabi…
The purpose of this project was to create a resource on spiritual exercises that would provide support for families participating in the Pennsylvania Tourette Syndrome Alliance. The design of the project was to survey a panel of experts. They were given access to the resource an…
Disability in America addresses the lack of the history of disabled Americans in museums in the United States and how this problem can be solved. Much of the history of the disabled in the United States is ignored by public history institutions, a concerning problem when the dis…
People with disabilities encounter many challenges with transportation but are not usually considered in research about travel behavior and well-being. Research on transportation challenges is often disability-specific even though different access needs can complement or conflic…
The “Orillia Asylum for Idiots” (1861–2009), Canada’s oldest and largest facility for the care and protection of children and adults with disabilities, was once praised as a beacon of humanitarian progress and described as a “community within a community.” Yet, survivors who liv…