The place of inquiry implemented a School-Wide Positive Behavior Intervention and Supports (SWPBIS) plan in 2016 with the goal of building a positive organizational climate while reducing the number of discipline infractions and office referrals. Although interventions and suppo…
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This study explored how parents or caregivers of adolescents or adults with mild intellectualdisabilities described the influence of faith communities on the Quality of Life (QOL) andits domains of spiritual, social, emotional, and physical wellbeing of their loved ones in thisp…
Hispanics with physical disability and limited English proficiency are faced with many barriers to employment including acculturation, stigma, discrimination, and language competence. With a small amount of data shed on this population, very little is known about the ways they e…
This qualitative Indigenous Research Methods study aimed to better understand how the Northern Arapaho tribe perceives disability. Four Northern Arapaho Elders residing on the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming completed in-person interviews guided by a set of open-ended question…
Profound intellectual disability, the most severe form of intellectual disability, has long been left at the margins of philosophical thought. Further, many accounts of the grounds for human moral standing rely on the possession of higher-order capacities of mind that serve as s…
This basic qualitative research study describes how Jewish supplementary school directors and educators define inclusion, include students with disabilities in their religious school education programs, identify different components of the schools that benefit inclusion, and und…
שונה מהאוכלוסייה הכללית, הורים לילדים המתמודדים עם מוגבלות שכלית בחברה החרדית עשויים להתמודד עם קשיים ייחודיים. קשיים אלו עשויים לנבוע מנורמות תרבותיות שונות מאלו הנהוגות .)Freund & Band-Wintersein, 2013( הכללית באוכלוס בשני העשורים האחרונים חל שינוי בדפוס הפטריארכלי המסורתי…
Drawing from the theoretical frameworks of crip theory, stigma theory and intersectionality, I explore lesbian Deaf women’s experiences in the United States from 1945 to 2020. This is a span that includes several civil rights milestones affecting Deaf lesbians. Relevant events, …
Autism is a complex developmental disorder affecting communication, social interaction, and behavior. There may be as many as one million people with autism in Indonesia, yet little information is available regarding the implications for affected individuals, families, and commu…
This thesis draws on the experiences of 21 young people transitioning from a special school for students with labels of moderate learning difficulty, to further education college. Taking a disability studies approach, that is, viewing disability as a social and political respons…
This quantitative study investigated the attitudes and perspectives of Saudi Early Childhood Education (ECE) practicum students in a major city in Saudi Arabia toward including children with disabilities in preschools and the principles of the high-quality inclusion. The attitud…
High-tech assistive technologies (AT) can help remove various barriers faced by students with learning disabilities (LD). There is limited research regarding teachers’ use of high-tech AT in classrooms to support students with LD. A question has risen in Saudi Arabia’s education…
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between occupational burnout among special education teachers who provide services to students with intellectual disabilities in Saudi Arabia and the experience of teachers, teaching degree levels they have achieved, grad…
The constructs and meanings of play in diverse cultures are insufficiently represented in research. As a result, researchers frequently misconstrue the cultural and ethnic differences observed in children's play, and therefore, misinterpret child behavior and trajectories for de…
This dissertation explores subjective accounts among Javanese of the experience of severe illness (namely, osteosarcoma and associated bodily impairment) and care. This thesis argues that the biomedical diagnosis and treatment of illness and disability that has dominated health …
This thesis examines both disaster and disability experiences of newly disabled women who are wheelchair users as a result of injuries they sustained in the 2006 earthquake in Java. This study is based on 14 months' ethnographic fieldwork conducted in the period of January 2015 …
Cerebral Palsy (CP) is a neurodevelopmental disorder of movement and posture resulting from a non-progressive brain lesion during fetal or infant development. In addition to the primary motor impairments, children with CP have a high prevalence of significant comorbidities which…
The presence of an autistic child in a family has adverse effects on many parts of family life. Parents of autistic children are known to experience disbelief, sadness, depression, self-blame, and anger. Autism is also commonplace in African countries, but little empirical resea…
This qualitative study explored the challenges and obstacles confronting students with learning disabilities who receive assistance from support service centers at Saudi Arabia universities. It also addressed the strategies and skills that students used to overcome these challen…