According to the World Health Organization (WHO), over a billion people, about 15% of the world’s population, have some form of disability [1]. The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) define disability as an umbrella term for impairments, activity limitations and participation restrictions. Despite the huge number of disable people around the world, a UNESCO...

The well-being of children with physical disabilities is highly dependent on the absence or reduction caregiving burden caregivers. This study aimed to investigate social, cultural, and economic challenges facing caregivers in provision social Physical Disabilities supported by MAWAKI organization Kilolo District, Iringa region, Tanzania. adopted a case design where interviews Focus Group Discu...

Although disabled individuals account for a disproportionate share of Medicaid expenditures, little is known about their health care needs and experiences. This article explores differences in access and use among key disability subgroups--adults with physical disabilities, mental illness, and mental retardation/development disabilities (MR/DD). We find that disabled Medicaid beneficiaries with...

Children with developmental disabilities tend to demonstrate lower levels of mastery motivation in comparison with typically developing children. The goal of this study was to investigate the effect of physical and social environmental interventions on the mastery motivation of children with disabilities. Participants included 19 children (from two classes) with disabilities between the ages of...

OBJECTIVE In the UK, families of disabled children are entitled to receive disability benefits to help meet costs associated with caring for their child. Evidence of actual costs incurred is scant, especially for mental health disability. In this study, we aimed to quantify the cost of mental and physical health disability in childhood and adolescence to families in the UK using the concept of ...

Current research suggests that constant delay is an effective means of teaching students through near-errorless learning. The current study examined how procedures used in previous research may be modified so that constant delay can be implemented with students who have physical disabilities that prevent them from engaging in fluent academic responding. A multiple baseline design with probes wa...

Many forms of enabling technologies exist today. While technologies aimed at enabling basic tasks in everyday life (locomotion, eating, etc.) are more common, musical instruments for people with disabilities can provide a chance for emotional enjoyment, as well as improve physical conditions through therapeutic use. The field of musical instruments for people with physical disabilities, however...