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  1. 1. Semantic change and the description of disability : A diachronic corpus study of lame, crippled, handicapped, and disabled

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Andreas Johansson; [2022]
    Keywords : corpus of historical american english; euphemism; language change; lexical change; pejoration; semantics;

    Abstract : With data from the Corpus of Historical American English, this study charts the semantic development of lame, crippled, handicapped, and disabled from the 1900s to the 2010s. Using both qualitative concordance line examination and frequency data, it attempts to determine what types of change have occurred in American English (as represented by COHA) within each adjective. READ MORE

  3. 2. Leave No One Behind in Education: Advocating for disability rights in Nepal

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Henriksgård Madelene; [2020]
    Keywords : Communication for Development and Social Change; Advocacy communication; Social Movements; Media; Voice; Participation; Disability; Inclusive Education; Disability Rights Movement; Nepal;

    Abstract : Despite international regulations such as the Convention of the Rights of the Child andthe Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the global SustainableDevelopment Goals in Agenda 2030, everyone does not have the same rights toeducation. Children with disabilities are the most marginalised and excluded groups insociety and also overrepresented among those who are not in school. READ MORE

  4. 3. Olika behov på lekplatsen : problem och lösningar kring tillgänglighetsanpassning av lekmiljöer

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

    Author : Emelie Nolegård; Emma Ingvarsson; [2019]
    Keywords : tillgänglighet; anpassningar; lekmiljö; barns lek; barns hälsa; funktionshinder; funktionsnedsättning;

    Abstract : Det är viktigt för barn att få lov att leka utomhus, inte bara för att skapa sociala band med barn i sin jämnålder utan även för att utvecklas psykiskt och fysiskt. Barn utvecklar bland annat en bättre självkänsla, får bättre motorik och de lär sig ofta att interagera och lösa konflikter med andra barn genom leken. READ MORE

  5. 4. Disabled Human Rights?: A critical study of the implementation of disability rights in a globalized Nepal.

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

    Author : Henrik Schedin; [2016-10-07]
    Keywords : Governance; Nepal; liberalization; human rights; globalization; UNCRPD; the State; Disability Studies; political subjectivities;

    Abstract : This thesis scrutinizes the governance of the implementation of disability rights in Nepal in the realm of neo-liberal globalization, and the different power positions that are produced during the process. Within Western academia the situation for persons with disabilities in the Global South is ignored to a great extent, and the case of the Nepalese disability movement is totally absent. READ MORE

  6. 5. MODERN GUIDE DOG MOVEMENT IN JAPAN: ELITES, VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

    Author : Wenwen Zhong; [2011]
    Keywords : Guide Dogs; Visually Impaired Persons; Disability Rights Movement; Japan; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The purpose of the thesis was to introduce the general process of the Modern Guide Dog Movement in Japan. The research was conducted by the fieldwork in Tokyo, spring 2011, under a main contribution from the Japan Guide Dog Association through interviews and participant observations. READ MORE