Blar i NTNU Open på tidsskrift "Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research"
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Disability leisure: in what kind of activities, and when and how do youths with intellectual disabilities participate?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)The article examines what kind of activities youths with intellectual disabilities participate in during their leisure time, and when and how they participate. The analysis is based on qualitative interviews of 10 youths ... -
Disability measurements: impact on research results
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)This article addresses the issue of whether the choice of operational definition of disability in survey research affects findings. Earlier studies have shown that different definitions cause substantial variation in ... -
Employment after spinal cord injury in Norway: A cross-sectional survey
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Two research questions are addressed: 1) What predicts employment among persons with spinal cord injury (SCI) in Norway? 2) How do the employed compare with the non-employed in their job motivation, labour discrimination, ... -
Factors associated with school participation among students with hearing loss
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)The aim of this study is to explore teachers’ views on school participation of students with hearing loss (HL) and to examine the association between students’ school participation and factors related to the framework of ... -
Gateways to friendships among students who use AAC in mainstream primary school
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)This study explores the personal characteristics that influence the establishment of friendships among seven students who use augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) and fellow students in primary school. Students ... -
A Glass House of Care: Sheltered Employment for Persons with Intellectual Disabilities
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Based on data from ethnographic fieldwork in Norway, we explore relationships of care between workers with intellectual disabilities (ID) and staff in the context of sheltered employment. Care relations in a sheltered ... -
How do people with intellectual disabilities in Norway experience the transition to retirement and life as retirees?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)People with intellectual disabilities have increased life expectancy compared to just a few decades ago, and there is a lack of knowledge about the experiences of transition into retirement for this group. In this study, ... -
'In the Next Moment I Answer, it is Not Possible.' Professionals’ Experiences from Transition Planning for Young People.
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)In this article, we explore dilemmas professionals experience in the planning for the transition to adulthood for young people with disabilities. Five group interviews with a total of 16 professionals working in the ... -
Intersubjective understanding in interpreted table conversations for deafblind persons
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)The question to be raised in this study is how shared understanding can be established in interpreter-mediated group dialogues for deafblind persons. The study is based on an analysis of video recordings from a restaurant ... -
Minimising Restrictive Interventions for People with an Intellectual Disability: Documentary Analysis of Decisions to Reduce Coercion in Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)A quantitative cross-sectional design was used to systematically examine data derived from the municipality’s coercive decision documents. The study included coercive decisions for people with intellectual disabilities ... -
Negotiating individual accommodation in higher education
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)This article discusses ways of understanding the processes involved when disabled students negotiate accessibility in higher education. Despite legislation for universal design and political aims to increase the number of ... -
Optimism and sense of coherence in mothers and fathers of children with cerebral palsy participating in an intensified habilitation programme
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)Background: To describe optimism and sense of coherence in mothers and fathers of preschool children with cerebral palsy (CP), before and after participation in an intensified habilitation program. Methods: Forty-five ... -
Parental effects from participation in an intensified multimodal programme of habilitation for children with cerebral palsy
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)Objective: To evaluate the effect on parents of participating in an intensified multimodal programme of habilitation for preschool children with cerebral palsy (CP). Methods: Thirteen pre-school children with CP, and their ... -
Sign language, translation and rule of law – deaf people's experiences from encounters with the Norwegian criminal justice system
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities was ratified in Norway, June 2013. Nordic countries are generally associated with the promotion of human rights as well as disability rights. The Rule of Law ... -
Social relations in everyday activities among patients with persistent mental illness at a psychiatric centre
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)Social relations benefit health but are challenging for people with persistent mental illness. Carrying out activities with other people facilitates social relations. What is less clear, however, is how social relations ... -
Socio-material practices in classrooms that lead to the social participation or social isolation of disabled pupils
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)Classrooms are comprised of people, relationships, tools, and technologies, which together constitute the socio-material practices of the classroom. This paper investigates how such socio-material practices influence ... -
Striving for genuine connections: men's experiences of living with hearing impairment
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2012)Hearing impairment affects 16–17% of the Swedish and Danish population, where 6–8% is affected during their working life. This study aims at describing what a hearing impairment means in men's daily life. Qualitative ... -
Taking home-based services into everyday life; older adults' participation with service providers in the context of receiving home-based services
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)This article aims to increase the understanding of older adults' participation with home-based service providers. It is critical to ensure that home-based services promote older adults' ability to live in their own homes, ... -
Teachers' use of assistive listening devices in inclusive schools :
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)The objective of this study is to examine factors that can explain teachers' use of assistive listening devices in inclusive schools for pupils with hearing loss (HL). Assistive listening devices, such as teacher-microphones ... -
The characteristics of patients with intellectual disabilities held in forensic asylums in Norway: 1915-1987
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)A significant number of patients with intellectual disability (ID) were admitted to forensic mental health asylums during the period 1915–1987. Many of these patients stayed for more than a decade, because of previous ...