Other Person Ness And The Person With Profound Disabilities

Author : Pia Matthews
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2022-10-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000728804

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Other-person-ness and the Person with Profound Disabilities by Pia Matthews Pdf

Many people think that profound disability presents us with a real problem, often because it seems difficult to connect with someone who does not seem to think or act like us. Positioning profound disability in this way immediately sets up a ‘them’ and ‘us’, where the person with profound disability becomes the problematic ‘other’. Attempts to bridge the ‘them’ and ‘us’ risk reducing everyone to the same where disability is not taken seriously. In contrast to a ‘them’ and ‘us’, and negative connotations of the other found in the existentialist philosophies of writers like Sartre and Beauvoir, Pia Matthews argues for a return to a positive view of the other. One positive approach to the other, based on an ethics of relationship as championed by Levinas, seems to mitigate the other-ness of profound disability. However, this still makes the person with profound disability dependent on the ethical concern of the more powerful other. Instead, this book argues for return to a personalist philosophy of being offered by Mounier, Marcel, and Wojtyła, and deepened by participation, belonging, and the possibility of contributing to the good of all. This deepened philosophy of being gives a more solid foundation for people who are especially at the mercy of others. It will be of interest to all scholars and students of disability studies, philosophy and anthropology.

Author : Simo Vehmas,Reetta Mietola
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9176351505

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Narrowed Lives by Simo Vehmas,Reetta Mietola Pdf

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Author : John Vorhaus
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2017-08-07
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781317498940

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Valuing Profoundly Disabled People by John Vorhaus Pdf

Growing numbers of human beings live with profound and multiple learning difficulties and disabilities. Exploring the moral, social and political implications of this trend, Valuing Profoundly Disabled People addresses questions that are high on policy and practice agendas in numerous regions around the world, including the UK and the EU, the USA, and Australasia. In this important work Vorhaus examines fundamental moral and social questions about profound disability, and each chapter combines a comprehensive review of existing literature with thought-provoking and original philosophical arguments. Vorhaus argues that there is a pressing need to consider the moral and political claims of people whose lives are characterised by extensive impairments, dependency and vulnerability. The book prompts readers to reflect on complex issues relating to the practices of caring, teaching and treating people with profound disabilities in contexts such as education, health care and social policy. Providing a much-needed contribution to the field, this book will be of interest to postgraduates, academics and researchers in a number of distinct and interrelated fields, including disability and impairment, human rights, philosophy, sociology, health and social policy, and education. The book will also be of great interest to practitioners and policymakers seeking to promote the aims of realising human potential and respecting disability.

Author : Fredda Brown,Donna H. Lehr
Publisher : Brookes Publishing Company
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Medical
ISBN : UOM:39015014383528

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Persons with Profound Disabilities by Fredda Brown,Donna H. Lehr Pdf

Author : Penny Lacey,Carol Oyvry
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2013-11-26
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781134097463

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People with Profound & Multiple Learning Disabilities by Penny Lacey,Carol Oyvry Pdf

First Published in 1999. This book is designed to be useful to practitioners working with children and adults with profound and multiple learning disabilities (PMLD). It was born out of a need for a practically-based text book for participants on a course devoted to the study of PMLD but became a project to provide discussion of interest to anyone wishing to reflect on their work in this field. It is hoped that the nineteen chapters in this book will provide a broad ranging resource for practitioners who work with children and/or adults with PMLD in education, health, social care and voluntary settings and for those studying on advanced courses.

Author : John Vorhaus
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2015-06-26
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781317437321

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Giving Voice to Profound Disability by John Vorhaus Pdf

Giving Voice to Profound Disability is devoted to exploring the lives of people with profound and multiple learning difficulties and disabilities, and brings together the voices of those best placed to speak about the rewards and challenges of living with, supporting and teaching this group of vulnerable and dependent people – including parents, carers and teachers. Along with their personal insights the book offers philosophical reflections on the status, role and treatment of profoundly disabled people, and the subjects discussed include: Respect and human dignity Dependency Freedom and human capabilities Rights, equality and citizenship Valuing people Caring for others The experience and reflections presented in this book illustrate the progress and achievements in supporting and teaching people with profound disabilities, but they also reveal the challenges involved in enabling them to develop their full potential. It is suggested, also, that these challenges apply not only to this group, but also to people who, through sickness, accident and old age, face equivalent levels of dependency and disability. Giving Voice to Profound Disability will be of interest to all those involved in the lives of severely and profoundly disabled people, including parents, carers, teachers, nurses, therapists, academics, researchers, students and policymakers.

Author : Jill Harshaw
Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2016-07-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781784503024

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God Beyond Words by Jill Harshaw Pdf

In this groundbreaking book, Jill Harshaw explores the spiritual experiences of people with profound intellectual disabilities with regard to their capacity to enjoy life-giving spiritual experiences in their own right. The author expertly argues that our thinking of spiritual life needs to start not with our assumptions about people who are unable to speak for themselves, but with what we can know about God. Stimulating a much-needed discussion, this book explains why we need to respect individuals with profound intellectual disabilities as spiritual persons, and stop seeing them simply as care-receivers or uncomfortable reminders of human vulnerability. Calling for a more critical approach in practical theology, this book invites a deeper, genuinely inter-disciplinary dialogue between new and traditional theological fields, and asks why, after more than 30 years of intellectual disability theology, the impact on church life remains minimal so that debates around the right to basic inclusion continue to dominate. The questions raised in this book not only move the discussion forward, but will spark a change on how the Church approaches inclusiveness.

Author : Jane Goodman,Jenni Hurst,Christine Locke
Publisher : Elsevier Health Sciences
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2008-11-05
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780702036927

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Occupational Therapy for People with Learning Disabilities by Jane Goodman,Jenni Hurst,Christine Locke Pdf

This book is aimed primarily at occupational therapy undergraduate students, but will be of use to new practitioners working in the field of learning disability and other students studying topics related to learning disabilities. It meets perceived learning needs in line with theory and practice outcomes and provides an understanding of the current issues in health and social care for people with a learning disability. It provides a basis for further learning and the depth reflects present curricula demands and expectations in line with professional practice. There are also contributions and comments from service users with a learning disability. This book is aimed primarily at occupational therapy undergraduate students, but will be of use to new practitioners working in the field of learning disability and other students studying topics related to learning disabilities. It meets learning needs in line with theory and practice outcomes and provides an understanding of the current issues in health and social care for people with a learning disability. It provides a basis for further learning and the depth reflects present curricula demands and expectations in line with professional practice. There are also contributions and comments from service users with a learning disability. Informative text supported by reflective activities Reflects changes in service provision subsequent to "A Strategy for the 21st Century" Case scenarios and self assessment tasks Advises on further reading Offers occupational therapy focus on issues that are also relevant to other health professionals

Author : Hans S. Reinders
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 415 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2008-04-14
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9780802862327

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Receiving the Gift of Friendship by Hans S. Reinders Pdf

Does what we are capable of doing define us as human beings? If this basic anthropological assumption is true, where can that leave those with intellectual disabilities, unable to accomplish the things that we propose give us our very humanity? Hans Reinders here makes an unusual claim about unusual people: those who are profoundly disabled are people just like the rest of us. He acknowledges that, at first glance, this is not an unusual claim given the steps taken within the last few decades to bring the rights of those with disabilities into line with the rights of the mainstream. But, he argues, that cannot be the end of the matter, because the disabled are human beings before they are citizens. "To live a human life properly," he says, "they must not only be included in our institutions and have access to our public spaces; they must also be included in other people's lives, not just by natural necessity but by choice." Receiving the Gift of Friendship consists of three parts: (1) Profound Disability, (2) Theology, and (3) Ethics. Overturning the "commonsense" view of human beings, Reinders's argument for a paradigm shift in our relation to people with disabilities is founded on a groundbreaking philosophical-theological consideration of humanity and of our basic human commonality. Moreover, Reinders gives his study human vividness and warmth with stories of the profoundly disabled from his own life and from the work of Jean Vanier and Henri Nouwen in L'Arche communities.

Author : Simo Vehmas,Reetta Mietola
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2021-06-22
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9176351513

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Narrowed Lives by Simo Vehmas,Reetta Mietola Pdf

Narrowed Lives is an illuminating portrait of what life is like in Finnish group homes where adults who have profound intellectual and multiple disabilities live their lives.

Author : Nanho Song Vander Hart
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0815335261

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Social Inclusion in Supported Employment Settings by Nanho Song Vander Hart Pdf

A study comparing the social interactions between supported employees with disabilities and their co-workers, to the interactions between non-disabled workers in the same working environments.

Author : Brian Brock,John Swinton
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 577 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2012-08-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781467435833

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Disability in the Christian Tradition by Brian Brock,John Swinton Pdf

For two millennia Christians have thought about what human impairment is and how faith communities and society should respond to people with perceived impairments. But never has one volume collected the most significant Christian writings on disability. This book fills that gap. Brian Brock and John Swinton's Disability in the Christian Tradition brings together for the first time key writings by thinkers from all periods of Christian history - including Augustine, Aquinas, Julian of Norwich, Luther, Calvin, Hegel, Kierkegaard, Bonhoeffer, Barth, Hauerwas, and more. Fourteen contemporary experts in theology and disability studies guide readers through each era or group of thinkers, offering clear commentary and highlighting important themes.

Author : Anita Silvers,David T. Wasserman,Mary Briody Mahowald
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Law
ISBN : 084769223X

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Disability, Difference, Discrimination by Anita Silvers,David T. Wasserman,Mary Briody Mahowald Pdf

How should we respond to individuals with disabilities? What does it mean to be disabled? Over fifty million Americans, from neonates to the fragile elderly, are disabled. Some people say they have the right to full social participation, while others repudiate such claims as delusive or dangerous. In this compelling book, three experts in ethics, medicine, and the law address pressing disability questions in bioethics and public policy. Anita Silvers, David Wasserman, and Mary B. Mahowald test important theories of justice by bringing them to bear on subjects of concern in a wide variety of disciplines dealing with disability. They do so in the light of recent advances in feminist, minority, and cultural studies, and of the groundbreaking Americans with Disabilities Act. Visit our website for sample chapters!

Author : Kouroupetroglou, Georgios
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2013-08-31
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781466644397

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Assistive Technologies and Computer Access for Motor Disabilities by Kouroupetroglou, Georgios Pdf

Individuals with disabilities that impede their range of motion often have difficulty accessing technologies. With the use of computer-based assistive technology; devices, tools, and services can be used to maintain and improve the functional capabilities of motor disabilities. Assistive Technologies and Computer Access for Motor Disabilities investigates solutions to the difficulties of impaired technology access by highlighting the principles, methods, and advanced technological solutions for those with motor impairments. This reference source is beneficial to academia, industry, and various professionals in disciplines such as rehabilitation science, occupational therapy, human-computer interface development, ergonomics, and teaching in inclusive and special education. This publication is integrated with its pair book Disability Informatics and Web Accessibility for Motor Limitations.

Author : Derek D. Reed,Florence D. DiGennaro Reed,James K. Luiselli
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 481 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2013-04-05
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781461465317

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Handbook of Crisis Intervention and Developmental Disabilities by Derek D. Reed,Florence D. DiGennaro Reed,James K. Luiselli Pdf

The Handbook of Crisis Intervention and Developmental Disabilities synthesizes a substantive range of evidence-based research on clinical treatments as well as organizational processes and policy. This comprehensive resource examines the concept of behavioral crisis in children and adults with special needs and provides a data-rich trove of research-into-practice findings. Emphasizing continuum-of-care options and evidence-based best practices, the volume examines crisis interventions across diverse treatment settings, including public and private schools, nonacademic residential settings as well as outpatient and home-based programs. Key coverage includes: Assessment of problem behaviors. Co-occurring psychiatric disorders in individuals with intellectual disabilities. Family members’ involvement in prevention and intervention. Intensive treatment in pediatric feeding disorders. Therapeutic restraint and protective holding. Effective evaluation of psychotropic drug effects. The Handbook of Crisis Intervention and Developmental Disabilities is a must-have resource for researchers, scientist-practitioners, and graduate students in clinical child, school, developmental, and counseling psychology, clinical social work, behavior therapy/analysis, and special education as well as other related professionals working across a continuum of service delivery settings.