RDS Volume 5, No. 3
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Item type: Item , Disability Studies Dissertation Abstracts(University of Hawaii at Manoa -- Center on Disability Studies, 2009) Erlen, JonathonThis is a section of RDS courtesy of Jonathan Erlen of the University of Pittsburgh. Abstracts listed below are selected from a full list of disability-related dissertation abstracts updated quarterly. The full list is available at: http://www.hsls.pitt.edu/guides/histmed/researchresources/dissertations/index_htmlItem type: Item , Book Review: Behavioral Support, 2nd Edition(University of Hawaii at Manoa -- Center on Disability Studies, 2009) Shaughnessy, MarySeries: Teachers’ Guides to Inclusive Practices Editors: Rachel Janney and Martha E. Snell Reviewer: Mary Shaughnessy Publisher: Baltimore, MD: Paul H. Brookes, 2008 Paperback, ISBN: 1-55766-911-2, 192 pages Cost: $26.95 USDItem type: Item , Book Review: End-of-Life Issues and Persons With Disabilities(University of Hawaii at Manoa -- Center on Disability Studies, 2009) Romoser, MarkEditors: Timothy H. Lillie and James L. Werth, Jr. Reviewer: Mark F. Romoser Publisher: Austin, TX: PRO-ED, Inc., 2007 Paperback, ISBN: 1-4164-0263-2, 200 pages Cost: $39.00 USDItem type: Item , Book Review: Make the Day Matter! Promoting Typical Lifestyles for Adults with Significant Disabilities(University of Hawaii at Manoa -- Center on Disability Studies, 2009) Rice, Courtney E.Editors: Pamela M. Walker and Patricia Rogan Reviewer: Courtney E. Rice Publisher: Baltimore, MD: Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co., 2007 Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-55766713-7, 162 pages Cost: $26.95 USDItem type: Item , Book Review: Playing By the Rules: A Story About Autism(University of Hawaii at Manoa -- Center on Disability Studies, 2009) Fukunaga, LandryAuthor: Dena Fox Luchsinger Reviewer: Landry Fukunaga Publisher: Bethesda, MD: Woodbine House, 2007 Cloth, ISBN: 978-1-890627-83-6, 32 pages Cost: $16.95 USDItem type: Item , Book Review: Vital Questions Facing Disability Studies in Education(University of Hawaii at Manoa -- Center on Disability Studies, 2009) Brown, Steven E.Editors: Scot Danforth and Susan L. Gabel Reviewer: Steven E. Brown, Ph.D. Publisher: New York: Peter Lang, 2006 Paperback, ISBN: 978-0-8204-7824-0, 383 pages Cost: $36.95 USDItem type: Item , Is the “Rights Model of Disability” Valid in Post-conflict Lebanon? A Participatory Pilot Survey in Beirut(University of Hawaii at Manoa -- Center on Disability Studies, 2009) Kabbara, Nawaf; Nagata, Kozue KayThis paper views the process and outcome of constructing a “rights model of disability,” which is culturally specific to a war-torn, middle-income Arab country, Lebanon. The analysis was made from the perspective of human security and postconflict recovery and rehabilitation in a war-torn Arab country. The objective of this participatory research is to triangulate and co-validate the proposed rights model of disability through analysis of the collective views of Lebanese disabled people who took part in the participatory and interactive focus group, which took place in Beirut in August, 2007, after the civil conflict of Lebanon and partial destruction of Beirut and other towns/villages. The disabled participants were asked to express their individual views about several contentious issues, such as the social model vs. medical model debate, the diversity existing among different categories of disabled persons, the issue of tension and/or coalition among single-impairment and cross-impairment groups, the effectiveness of the current disability policy in Lebanon and the particularity in war-torn transitional Lebanon. The rights-based approach to disability inclusive development (cooperation) advocated by the co-authors are field-tested and co-validated and proved to be among the most appropriate approaches, through the personal disability experiences of Lebanese people.Item type: Item , Disability, Poverty and Food Sovereignty: Advancing the Human Security Agenda(University of Hawaii at Manoa -- Center on Disability Studies, 2009) Hiranandani, VanmalaThis essay furthers the human security discourse using the lenses of disability and food studies. The human security agenda must embrace the principle of food sovereignty that counteracts neo-liberal notions on food security. Since poverty, food insecurity, and disability are manifestations of similar development processes, horizontal alliances are imperative for systemic change.Item type: Item , Illiteracy is Insecurity: Education, Technology and Disability in South Africa(University of Hawaii at Manoa -- Center on Disability Studies, 2009) Dube, CharlesThis treatise argues that illiteracy is insecurity and, in South Africa, education has eluded the majority of disabled people. A technology divide is intensifying the able-disabled divide that has always existed in South Africa, thus creating a “cartel of satraps” that plunges the disabled into marginalization.Item type: Item , Appropriateness and Consciousness in Community Based Rehabilitation through Participatory Action Research(University of Hawaii at Manoa -- Center on Disability Studies, 2009) Cheausuwantavee, TaveeCommunity-based rehabilitation (CBR) in Phuttamonthon District, Nakhonpathom Province, one of the metropolitan areas located in central Thailand, was examined in terms of factors influencing existence of CBR and movement of CBR participants through Participatory Action Research (PAR). The results showed some factors and consciousness or intentionality within the CBR phenomena, which could effect the sustainability of CBR. Thus, WHO’s concept of CBR may be redefined: CBR is not only a static strategy but also dynamic consciousness within a community.Item type: Item , Socially Equitable Community Planning: Including Individuals with Disabilities in the Democratic Association of Place(University of Hawaii at Manoa -- Center on Disability Studies, 2009) Christensen, KeithIndividuals with disabilities need opportunities for socially equitable association, where interactions are not premised on relational social qualifications, to realize community membership. Communities of location, defined by “place” rather than “people,” are a mechanism to avoid and an avenue to address the relational boundaries of communities of organization and culture for individuals with disabilities. The democratic associations of place supported by communities of location may be a significant factor in individuals with disabilities gaining membership in other types of social communities and being equal members of the community.Item type: Item , Making Social Cohesion or Marking the Human Security Threat? Tracing Disciplines of Place in Community-Based Services for the “Developmentally Disabled”(University of Hawaii at Manoa -- Center on Disability Studies, 2009) Glennon, Michael StephenThis paper is about how human services work people into place and how places are reworked by people. As an (auto)ethnographic research on community based services for “developmental disability”—seen as technologies for making social cohesion and development—it discusses rewards and risks when tooling knowledge to make people free.Item type: Item , Operationalizing Human Rights and Human Security Through a Dynamic Model of Health(University of Hawaii at Manoa -- Center on Disability Studies, 2009) Burke, Mary AnneThe UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities challenges nations and the global community to address the long-standing, systemic discrimination and disenfranchisement experienced by disabled people throughout the world. This can be accomplished by understanding and paying attention to the dynamics linking human security and social inclusion. A healthy and secure society is one in which the needs of individuals are met and their contributions are encouraged and recognized. It upholds the value of diversity and recognizes that the extent to which every person realizes his or her unique potential, and the capacity of society to accommodate and honor that person's contribution, is the ultimate measure of health, both for the individual and for society. This paper draws on the Dynamic Model of Health (Burke, Bach, Colman, McKie, & Ward Stewart, 2000) that roots health in the values of self-determination, equality, and democratization and in community processes that support social solidarity and inclusion as a framework for analyzing the existing situation of disabled peoples and the way forward. It presents work currently being undertaken in a project aimed at developing an "inclusive" Kyrgyzstan, drawing on work that operationalized the Dynamic Model of Health and the BIAS FREE Framework (Eichler & Burke, 2005; Burke & Eichler, 2006) in the context of disabled children. The paper calls into question the existing health and development model that perpetuates benefits for a few and leaves disabled peoples off the agenda. It argues that the logic of domination underlying all forms of discrimination and oppression is the same in all instances, although the types of discrimination are specific to a particular hierarchy –whether it is built on disability, gender, race, or other factors – and historical or cultural context. Understanding how to "get it right" for disabled peoples will point the way to improving human security more broadly.Item type: Item , Guest Editorial: Science and Technology, Social Cohesion, Human Security, and Disabled People(University of Hawaii at Manoa -- Center on Disability Studies, 2009) Wolbring, GregorThis editorial highlights the linkage between science and technology advances, social cohesion, human security and disabled people.Item type: Item , Guest Editorial: Human Security, Social Cohesion, and Disability(University of Hawaii at Manoa -- Center on Disability Studies, 2009) Ghai, AnitaThe editorial underscores the issues of security in disabled people in context of poverty. The submission is that disabled people are not considered equal, as globalizing forces dominate the paradigm of profit.Item type: Item , Guest Editorial: Human Security, Social Cohesion, and Disability(University of Hawaii at Manoa -- Center on Disability Studies, 2009) Allison, Kirk C.Elements comprising this Review of Disability Studies issue title - Human Security, Social Cohesion, Disability – invite reflection on inter-relationships and tensions: Security with or against impairment; insider/outsider status; impairment as impropriety; health definitions; measures (DALYs); elimination; professional discourse; bridging social capital; possibilities and constraints on flourishing; and concrete global examples.Item type: Item , Review of Disability Studies: An International Journal Volume 5 Issue 3(University of Hawaii at Manoa -- Center on Disability Studies, 2009)