Essays about: "Disability in Sweden."

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  1. 21. Mechanical restraint in psychiatric healthcare facilities : A helpful tool, or torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment in disguise?

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Julia Rudhe; [2021]
    Keywords : Mechanical restraint; torture; international human rights; UNCAT; CRPD; survivor-controlled research; bältesläggning;

    Abstract : The use of mechanical restraint is a common practice in psychiatric care, often defended by medical necessity but seldom questioned from a human rights perspective. The purpose of this thesis has been to investigate under which circumstances mechanical restraint by bed through belt fixation could amount to torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. READ MORE

  3. 22. Maximizing Positive User Experience at a career-coaching program – A focus on the perspective of Universal Design

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för etnologi

    Author : Yin Hay Wong; [2021]
    Keywords : Universal Design; User Experience; Equality; Equitable access; Inclusion; Career; Career-coaching; Ethnography; Cultural Sciences;

    Abstract : Universal Design is a design principle that has been in recent years gaining growing prevalence in the design of physical and social environments and product innovation. Universal Design is referred to as the process of creating products, services, and environments for people with a wide range of (dis)abilities and other characteristics, without special adaptation ‘to the greatest extent possible. READ MORE

  4. 23. Implementation of the 2030 Agenda in Sweden : Interpretation and application of disability inclusive goals at the local level

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Béatrice Öman; [2021]
    Keywords : indivisibility; multi-level governance; sustainable development; 2030 Agenda; disabilities; implementation;

    Abstract : This thesis studies the transfer of disability targets in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development to the local level in Sweden and how this implementation contributes to the Agenda’s result on a global scale. In the summary of its final official report to the Swedish Government (SOU 2019:13), the Swedish Delegation for the 2030 Agenda states that the expression ‘sustainable development’ is applied in Sweden in two ways: while it is used witha focus on its environmental dimension, there is another, broader definition that also encompasses its social and economic dimensions. READ MORE

  5. 24. Policy Approaches to Dis/ability Inclusive Development

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Linda Margareta Sebbas; [2021]
    Keywords : disability mainstreaming; inclusive development; SIDA; social model of disability; thematic analysis; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Dis/ability rights have for a long time been excluded from the discourse and practice of international development. This has taken a turn with the creation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. READ MORE

  6. 25. Gångfartsområde för alla : ett gestaltningsförslag av en del av Dragarbrunnsgatan med fokus på tillgänglighet för synskadade

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Maja Vidarsson; [2020]
    Keywords : gångfartsområde; synskadad; tillgänglighet; design;

    Abstract : Diskriminering på grund av funktionsnedsättning är olagligt i Sverige. Trots detta bygger rådande ideal för gator på att trafikanterna genom ögonkontakt ska kunna förhandla om utrymmet, något som diskriminerar synskadade. Ögonkontakt är exempelvis en grundpelare i en allt vanligare gatutyp, så kallade gångfartsområden. READ MORE