Why involving people with disability in preparing for disasters leads to better outcomes
During a disaster people with disability are often invisible. They are left out because systems set up before disasters make it hard for them to be involved.
During a disaster people with disability are often invisible. They are left out because systems set up before disasters make it hard for them to be involved.
Social Sciences
Sep 9, 2021
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Even though sex is a basic human need (even a human right in the Netherlands), it can be one of the overlooked needs for people living with disabilities.
Social Sciences
Sep 9, 2021
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Released today, the For My Safety report, led by QUT Associate Professor Bridget Harris and Dr. Delanie Woodlock and sector partners WWILD, WESNET, SECASA (and assisted by Women with Disabilities Victoria) details the extra ...
Social Sciences
Sep 2, 2021
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With no international spectators and limited domestic crowds, the importance placed on broadcasting the Paralympic Games is greater than ever before. When the Games were postponed in 2020, International Paralympic Committee ...
Social Sciences
Sep 2, 2021
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Women already considered vulnerable visited the sexual assault center in Trondheim far more often than others.
Social Sciences
Aug 26, 2021
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Managers sometimes assume that hiring employees who live with disabilities will be more expensive. They worry that these employees will perform at a lower level, be absent more often, need expensive accommodations and will ...
Economics & Business
Aug 9, 2021
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The death toll from devastating floods across parts of western Germany and Belgium rose above 90 on Friday, as the search continued for hundreds of people still unaccounted for.
Environment
Jul 16, 2021
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North Carolina State University researchers found that a four-week training course made a substantial difference in helping special education teachers anticipate different ways students with learning disabilities might solve ...
Education
Jul 12, 2021
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Employees with intellectual and developmental disabilities were adversely affected in some ways by the global pandemic and economic shutdown, but most demonstrated their value as essential workers during the crisis, according ...
Social Sciences
Jul 12, 2021
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The ability to program induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) and drive their differentiation into a variety of neural cells is essential for studying neurological disorders, including intellectual and developmental disabilities ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 15, 2021
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