Browsing Fakultet for medisin og helsevitenskap (MH) by Journals "Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research"
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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, ... -
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 ... -
'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 ... -
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 ... -
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, ... -
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 ... -
Whose voices matter? Use, misuse and non-use of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) among severely disabled children living in small group homes.
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)The article explores whether and how severely disabled children living in small group homes are supported in their communicative efforts to participate and have a voice in their everyday lives. The study, framed within a ... -
Women's lived experiences of disabling hearing loss in daily life
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)The aim of this study was to achieve a deeper understanding of what a moderate hearing loss means in daily life for middle-aged women. We used a phenomenological approach and interviewed ten women, 36–56 years old. From ...