http://www.DisabilityPress.com en-us Copyright 2005, Academic Web Tools info@DisabilityPress.com (دانستنی های معلولین) info@DisabilityPress.com (دانستنی های معلولین) Thu, 04 Jan 2024 17:03:00 +0330 Thu, 04 Jan 2024 17:03:00 +0330 Yektaweb Collection - https://yektaweb.com http://disabilitypress.com/files/site1/site/logo.gif http://disabilitypress.com/index.php?sid=1 http://disabilitypress.com/content/80/ As one of the important goals of advanced technologies, the application of artificial intelligence (AI) in aging has managed to significantly improve the healthcare for older adults. This technology has been successful in precise data analysis, prognosis of diseases, providing individualized health recommendations, facilitating medication management, monitoring exercises, and even implementing social interactions for older adults. Thanks to great achievements, ranging from promoting safety to presenting tools for domestic support and medical care, AI has turned into an attractive and effective technology in aging. http://disabilitypress.com/find.php?item=1.10.80.en Thu, 04 Jan 2024 17:03:00 +0330 http://disabilitypress.com/find.php?item=1.10.80.en Home http://disabilitypress.com/content/75/ Planning for the future: Exploring the experiences of older carers of adult children with a learning disability By: Jane Deville, Helen Davies, Ros Kane, David Nelson and Paul Mansfield Background: There are a significant number of adults with a learning disability who live with and are cared for by their parents. There is a pressing need for interventions to support older parent carers with their role and to plan for a time when they can no longer continue caring. http://disabilitypress.com/find.php?item=1.75.75.en Sat, 11 Jun 2022 16:48:00 +0430 http://disabilitypress.com/find.php?item=1.75.75.en Media http://disabilitypress.com/content/74/ Penelope M. Kearney RN DipAppSci BHlthSci MNursing(Hons) MCN MRCNA, http://disabilitypress.com/find.php?item=1.75.74.en Sat, 29 Jan 2022 17:20:00 +0330 http://disabilitypress.com/find.php?item=1.75.74.en Media http://disabilitypress.com/content/73/ Background: It is predicted that over the next 30 years, there will be a significant increase in the number of elderly parents who care for their children with intellectual disability. This paper is part of a larger qualitative study which investigated the unpleasant experiences of these parents. Materials and Methods: A phenomenological approach was adopted and data were collected through unstructured in‑depth interviews with elderly parents of children with intellectual disability. The data were analyzed using Colaizzi s seven‑step method. http://disabilitypress.com/find.php?item=1.75.73.en Thu, 13 Jan 2022 20:28:00 +0330 http://disabilitypress.com/find.php?item=1.75.73.en Media http://disabilitypress.com/content/71/ Musculoskeletal Conditions Second Greatest Cause of DisabilityROSEMONT, Ill., Dec. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Musculoskeletal diseases are the second greatest cause of disability in all regions of the world, according to a newly released study on the Global Burden of Disease published in The Lancet December 15, 2012. Back pain was found to cause the most disability worldwide, while osteoarthritis has shown the greatest increase in the last 20 years. The Bone and Joint Decade, an international initiative, has worked to raise awareness of the burden of musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions throughout the world since its launch in 2000. http://disabilitypress.com/find.php?item=1.70.71.en Thu, 20 Dec 2012 21:36:00 +0330 http://disabilitypress.com/find.php?item=1.70.71.en Some Facts http://disabilitypress.com/content/70/ People are living longer but with more disabilityLife expectancy is increasing among the world’s population, including in the United States, but people are living longer in chronic pain and with physical and mental disabilities, according to findings from the giant Global Burden of Disease study, published Thursday in the http://disabilitypress.com/find.php?item=1.64.70.en Sun, 16 Dec 2012 18:57:00 +0330 http://disabilitypress.com/find.php?item=1.64.70.en General http://disabilitypress.com/content/69/ THE SECRETARY-GENERAL-UN -- MESSAGE ON THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES 3 December 2012 This year’s Paralympic Games were a reminder of the immense potential of persons with disabilities to soar and to inspire. One girl wrote to a Paralympic gold-medal champion, “Watching as you overcome the difficulties of life, reaching for new victories and new heights in sports, I derive strength and inspiration.” Persons with disabilities have a significant positive impact on society, and their contributions can be even greater if we remove barriers to their participation. http://disabilitypress.com/find.php?item=1.64.69.en Sun, 02 Dec 2012 19:45:00 +0330 http://disabilitypress.com/find.php?item=1.64.69.en General http://disabilitypress.com/content/68/
The Paralympic Movement offers sport opportunities for athletes that have a primary impairment that belongs to one of the following 10 ‘eligible’ impairment types: • Impaired muscle power Impairments in this category have in common that there is reduced force generated by the contraction of a muscle or muscle groups (e.g. muscles of one limb, one side of the body, the lower half of the body). Examples of condtions included in this category are para and quadriplegia, muscular dystrophy, post poliomyelitis, spina bifida. • Impaired passive range of movement Range of movement in one or more joint is reduced in systematical way.]]> http://disabilitypress.com/find.php?item=1.65.68.en Wed, 29 Aug 2012 14:47:00 +0430 http://disabilitypress.com/find.php?item=1.65.68.en Sport http://disabilitypress.com/content/67/ Children with disabilities more likely to experience violence12 July 2012 | Geneva - Children with disabilities are almost four times more likely to experience violence than non-disabled children, according to a review commissioned by WHO and published today in the medical journal The Lancet. Key findingsFindings from the review indicate that children with disabilities are:-3. http://disabilitypress.com/find.php?item=1.64.67.en Thu, 02 Aug 2012 19:47:00 +0430 http://disabilitypress.com/find.php?item=1.64.67.en General http://disabilitypress.com/content/66/ World Down Syndrome Day21 March 2012 – Ban Ki-moon today urged the world to reaffirm that persons with Down Syndrome are entitled to the full enjoyment of all human rights and fundamental freedoms, deploring the stigma and discrimination they continue to face. “For too long, persons with Down Syndrome, including children, have been left on the margins of society,” said the Secretary-General, in a http://disabilitypress.com/find.php?item=1.58.66.en Mon, 02 Apr 2012 16:14:00 +0430 http://disabilitypress.com/find.php?item=1.58.66.en News http://disabilitypress.com/content/65/  A free eBookLiving happily with disability Overcoming unhappiness in disability is the subject of a free e-book which has been launched by its author Stuart Rose, who has lived with multiple sclerosis (MS) for more than 30 years."I am a happy person and, in the book, I wanted to explain how and why I am happy even though I am classed as being severely disabled with multiple sclerosis," says Stuart. 7,000 people and families live with MS across Ireland. http://disabilitypress.com/find.php?item=1.66.65.en Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:15:00 +0330 http://disabilitypress.com/find.php?item=1.66.65.en Cultural http://disabilitypress.com/content/64/   MESSAGE ON The International Day   of Persons with Disabilities   “Together for a better world for all   including persons with disabilities in development”   3 December 2011     It is thirty years since t he United Nations first observed the International Year of Disabled Persons under the theme “Full Participation and Equality”. During that period, there has been significant progress in raising awareness about the rights of persons with disabilities and in strengthening the international normative framework to realize those rights – from the World Programme of Action ( 1982) to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities ( 2006 ) . http://disabilitypress.com/find.php?item=1.64.64.en Tue, 13 Dec 2011 14:38:00 +0330 http://disabilitypress.com/find.php?item=1.64.64.en General http://disabilitypress.com/content/63/ UNICEF says one-third of children not in school have a disability and are often denied dignity and rightsNEW YORK, 12 October 2011 – Children with disabilities are one of the most marginalized and excluded groups and suffer widespread violations of their rights, UNICEF said today as a key report was presented to a committee of the UN General Assembly. http://disabilitypress.com/find.php?item=1.69.63.en Sat, 15 Oct 2011 15:26:00 +0330 http://disabilitypress.com/find.php?item=1.69.63.en Statistics http://disabilitypress.com/content/62/ Disability survey has attitudeA new study of employer attitudes to people with a disability has revealed that while bosses believe workers with a disability brought a good attitude to their work, many continued to think they would be less productive.Participation, Kate Ellis said this was a ‘misconception.’   Ms Ellis called on employers to recognise the many benefits of hiring someone with a disability and giving them a chance to have a decent job and contribute to the economy. http://disabilitypress.com/find.php?item=1.64.62.en Mon, 05 Sep 2011 12:30:00 +0430 http://disabilitypress.com/find.php?item=1.64.62.en General http://disabilitypress.com/content/61/ TTU's office of disability services receives $500,000 endowment28 Aug 2011TTU -- An anonymous donor has given a half a million dollars to Tennessee Tech University's Office of Disability Services. http://disabilitypress.com/find.php?item=1.64.61.en Sun, 28 Aug 2011 18:07:00 +0430 http://disabilitypress.com/find.php?item=1.64.61.en General