Search for dissertations about: "People with disabilities"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 96 swedish dissertations containing the words People with disabilities.

  2. 16. Food Related Activities and Food Intake in Everyday Life among People with Intellectual Disabilities

    Author : Päivi Adolfsson; Christina Fjellström; Ylva Mattsson Sydner; Marianne Pipping Ekström; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : Nutrition; Intellectual disability; food security; community living; Culinary Arts and Meal Science; Måltidskunskap; Nutrition; Nutrition; Domestic Sciences; Hushållsvetenskap;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis was to study food, eating and meals in the everyday life of 32 women and men with intellectual disabilities (IDs) who require varying levels of supervision. They lived in supported living (rather independently) or group homes in community-based home-like settings. READ MORE

  4. 17. Let’s stay in touch! Remote communication for people with communicative and cognitive disabilities

    Author : Margret Buchholz; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; augmentative and alternative communication assistive technology remote communication digital communication self-determination participation qualitative Talking Mats support persons cognitive and communication disabilities;

    Abstract : Being able to use remote communication through digital channels is a prerequisite for participation in contemporary society, but some people have difficulties in accessing it. Aim: The overall aim was to explore and describe remote communication for people with communicative and cognitive disabilities. READ MORE

  5. 18. Everyday life experiences among relatives of persons with mental disabilities

    Author : Anna-Britta Wilhelmsson; Britt-Marie Berge; Anders Olofsson; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Mental disability; psychiatric care; qualitative content analysis; family involvement in care; relatives experiences;

    Abstract : This thesis, which consists of two articles and a policy analysis of the document SOU (Swedish Government Official Report), laying the ground for psychiatric reform, deals with everyday life experiences among 18 close relatives of persons with mental disabilities. This study was conducted among relatives of people with mental illness within a health care district in Northern Sweden. READ MORE

  6. 19. Family, disability and (im)mobility : geographies of families with wheelchair-using children with cerebral palsy

    Author : Emma Landby; Kerstin Westin; Doris A. Carson; Örjan Pettersson; Eva Thulin; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; family; disability; mobility; time geography; Social and Economic Geography; kulturgeografi;

    Abstract : Mobility is important in shaping people’s lives and experiences through places visited and social interactions with other people. In families with children, mobilities are usually complex and include negotiations between various family members, affecting how they move about in time-space. READ MORE

  7. 20. Different Voices - Different Stories : Communication, identity and meaning among people with acquired brain damage

    Author : Eleonor Antelius; Lars-Christer Hydén; Marja-Liisa Honkasalo; Andrew Sparkes; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Acquired brain damage; body; communication; dependence; disability; embodiment; enactment; ethnography; identity; language use; meaning-making practices; narratives; normality; personhood; power relations; self-determination; social interaction; stories; storytelling; story-making; videoethnography; voice; Beroende; berättande; berättelser; etnografi; funktionshinder; förkroppsligande; förvärvad hjärnskada; identitet; kommunikation; kropp; maktrelationer; meningsskapande praktiker; narrativer; normalitet; personskap; röst; självbestämmande; social interaktion; språkanvändning; videoetnografi; Disability research; Handikappsforskning;

    Abstract : The main purpose of the dissertation is to understand meaning-making practices used by people suffering from acquired brain damage with severe physical and communicative disabilities, in order to create and sustain their identity and personhood in relation to other people. The study emanates from the idea that identity and personhood, also in relation to disability, are created/sustained in ongoing interaction between people in everyday situations, and that the ability to narrate is central to such a creation of identity. READ MORE