Essays about: "disability bias"

Found 4 essays containing the words disability bias.

  1. 1. Mitigating Unintended Bias in Toxic Comment Detection using Entropy-based Attention Regularization

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

    Author : Fabio Camerota; [2023]
    Keywords : XLNet; BERT; Toxic Comment Classification; Entropy-based Attention Regularization; XLNet; BERT; Toxisk Kommentar Klassificering; Entropibaserad uppmärksamhetsreglering;

    Abstract : The proliferation of hate speech is a growing challenge for social media platforms, as toxic online comments can have dangerous consequences also in real life. There is a need for tools that can automatically and reliably detect hateful comments, and deep learning models have proven effective in solving this issue. READ MORE

  3. 2. Hysterical Bodies: A socio-legal and feminist policy analysis of gender bias in the treatment of cardiovascular disease in the US, UK, and Canada

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Mänskliga rättigheter

    Author : Lena Fonteyne; [2022]
    Keywords : Gender Bias; Cardiovascular Disease; Feminism; Ableism; Power; Hysteria; Human Rights; United States; United Kingdom; Canada; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis is an exploration of gender bias in the treatment of chronic illnesses by analysing the relationship between gender, feminism, and ableism in regard to power relations within a human rights healthcare-focused framework. Through a combination of feminist theory and critical disability theory, this thesis aims to answer how gendered cycles of inequality are perpetuated within healthcare systems specifically in the treatment of cardiovascular disease. READ MORE

  4. 3. Disability Bias and the Misrepresentation of Chronic Illness and Invisible Disability in Contemporary YA Fiction

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Daniela Fois; [2018]
    Keywords : invisible disability; chronic illness; young adult; fiction; literature; misrepresentation; disability bias; romanticisation; miracle cure trope; Nicola Yoon; Everything Everything;

    Abstract : Despite the success illness novels have acquired in the last decade, the misrepresentation of chronic illness in the Young Adult genre is still going unnoticed. In an ableist society that still needs to be educated about invisible disabilities, most of the contemporary YA writers insist on finding miraculous solutions and questionable happy endings to their stories. READ MORE

  5. 4. Investigation of validity for the STarT Back Screening Tool : – A Systematic Review

    University essay from Luleå tekniska universitet/Hälsa och rehabilitering

    Author : Johan Gustavsson; [2017]
    Keywords : STarT Back Screening Tool; validity; low back pain;

    Abstract : Background: Non-specific low back pain is a growing problem in society. No treatment have shown satisfying results to reduce pain or disability for patients with non-specific low back pain, and 1-18% of these patients develop chronic low back pain. READ MORE