Search for dissertations about: "disabled people"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 43 swedish dissertations containing the words disabled people.

2. 11. Internet learning for all. On initial efforts to achieve satisfactory study opportunities for people with disabilities

   Author : Peter Anderberg; Certec - Rehabiliteringsteknik och Design; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; universitet; skola och internet; Lärande; Rörelsehinder; SoTL;

   Abstract : Non-disabled people can adjust their bodies and intellects to fit rigid structures, one example being educational programs. Very often, though, disabled people cannot. Today, the Internet makes individualized study possible in a new way. This should not a. READ MORE

4. 12. Disability in individual life and past society : life-course perspectives of people with disabilities in the Sundsvall region of Sweden in the nineteenth century

   Author : Helena Haage; Lotta Vikström; Erling Häggström Lundevaller; Luciana Quaranta; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; disability; nineteenth century; marriage; mortality; partner selection; life course; event history analysis; sequence analysis; gender; Sweden; historisk demografi; Historical Demography; historia; History;

   Abstract : What did a life with disability imply for individuals in a past society? Since disabled men and women have long been hidden in history, the aim with this thesis is to uncover them and their living conditions in nineteenth-century Sweden, represented by the Sundsvall region. The data consist of parish registers, which help to trace people’s life courses and the consequences if disabilities interfered with their lives. READ MORE

5. 13. Bullying, violence and mental distress among young people. Cross-sectional population-based studies in Scania, Sweden

   Author : Maria Fridh; Socialmedicin och hälsopolitik; []
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   Abstract : Aim: The overall aim was to investigate associations between bullying, violence and mental health among young people in Sweden. Specific aims were to investigate differences in exposure to peer victimization among disabled and non-disabled adolescents (Paper I), the influence of social support on the relationship between cyber harassment and mental distress among adolescents (Paper II), the association between exposure to physical violence and mental distress among young adults (Paper IV), and furthermore to investigate associations between involvement in different cyberbullying roles and self-injury among mentally distressed adolescents (Paper III). READ MORE

6. 14. Design and Control Parameter Optimization of Soft Ankle Exoskeleton for People with Dropfoot and Excessive Inversion

   Author : Xiaochen Zhang; Elena Gutierrez-Farewik; Ruoli Wang; Susanne Palmcrantz; Shaoping Bai; KTH; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Assistive device; Biomechanics; Gait impairment; Movement augmentation; Assistiv enhet; Biomekanik; Gångnedsättning; Rörelseförstärkning; Teknisk mekanik; Engineering Mechanics;

   Abstract : Wearable robotics and exoskeletons have been explored for their efficacy in physical rehabilitation and for assistance in daily activities for people with motor disorders. The overall objective of this thesis is to design a powered soft exoskeleton for people with dropfoot and excessive inversion, commonly after a stroke, and to optimize the control parameters for each individual while considering different dimensions. READ MORE

7. 15. This is not citizenship. Analysing the claims of disability activists in Sweden

   Author : Marie Sépulchre; Sandra Torres; Rafael Lindqvist; Angharad Beckett; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; citizenship; disability; activism; social struggles; social stratification; social media; daily newspapers; rights; costs; equality; difference; state; Sweden; Sociology;

   Abstract : This dissertation aims to contribute to sociology, citizenship studies and disability studies by responding to T.H. Marshall’s ([1950]1992) invitation to examine the development of equal citizenship in a context of structural inequality, and Jenkins’ (1991) call to consider disability as a dimension of social stratification. READ MORE