Over 20 years after the implementation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), as the Santuzzi, Waltz, Finkelstein, and Rupp (2014) focal article highlights, the employment rate for individuals with disabilities remains lackluster. Only one in five adults with disabilities has paid employment, compared to 7 in 10 adults without disabilities (Jans, Kaye, & Jones, 2012). The figure of 6.8% ...

The preliminary report by Siriraj Hospital suggested that 6% of population who are students in Thailand could be estimated to have learning disabilities (LD). It is therefore necessary for our institute to develop suitable ICT technologies to assist the education of these learning disabilities children. We therefore developed a program called Thai Word Prediction Program. Thai Word Prediction p...

This study aimed to analyse the health problems and prescriptions of people with intellectual disabilities registered with GPs. Within the Second Dutch National Survey of General Practice evidence was gathered on the differences in health problems between people with intellectual disabilities and control persons (without intellectual disabilities). In a 1:5 matched sample, people with intellect...

BACKGROUND Global research suggests that persons with disabilities face barriers when accessing health care services. Yet, information regarding the nature of these barriers, especially in low-income and middle-income countries is sparse. Rural contexts in these countries may present greater barriers than urban contexts, but little is known about access issues in such contexts. There is a pauci...

Background: “Inclusion” has become a catchphrase, not only among the educationists, but also among administrators, policy makers/implementers, human rights advocates (particularly those who advocate for the rights of people with disabilities) and social workers (who advocate for social justice and empowerment of vulnerable members of society). Aim: The main aim of this study was to investigate ...

This article reviews relevant literature as to the labor pool of qualified individuals with disabilities and employment in information technology (IT) sector jobs. First, the article reviews the empirical literature on barriers to employment in IT for persons with disabilities. The examination then is extended to studies of barriers to employment for individuals with disabilities in other emplo...

this paper provides an overview of the results of research related to anxiety disorders within the context of learning disabilities. about 8% of the student population in iran suffers from learning disabilities (ld). most of the criteria for anxiety disorders in icd–10 or dsm–iv–tr can be applied reliably and validly in individuals with mild-to-moderate learning disabilities. besides the clinic...

Background Non-communicable disease (NCD) risk factors can co-exist with disability and cause a greater burden on the health status of adults with disabilities. A lack of egalitarian social policies in China may result in gender disparities in the NCD risk factors of adults with disabilities. However, little is known about the gender disparities in the association between socio-demographics and...

Prevalence of Self-disclosedDisability Among Medical Students in USAllopathicMedical Schools Studying the performance of medical students with disabilities requires abetter understandingof theprevalence andcategories of disabilities represented.1-4 It remains unclear how many medical students have disabilities; prior estimates are out-of-dateandpsychological, learning,andchronichealthdisabiliti...