Search for dissertations about: "disabled people"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 43 swedish dissertations containing the words disabled people.

  2. 16. 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

  4. 17. Ageing and Caring as Couples with Disabilities

    Author : Cristina Joy Torgé; Eva Jeppsson Grassman; Anna Whitaker; Lotta Holme; Anneli Anttonen; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : Care; physical disability; ageing; older couples; conjoint interviews; Omsorg; funktionshinder; åldrande; äldre par; parintervjuer;

    Abstract : In gerontology and care research, care is often studied in ways in which older people and people with disabilities are portrayed as dependent on the care of younger or non-disabled people. This thesis, in contrast, studies care provided by people that are both old and have physical disabilities. READ MORE

  5. 18. Disability and work in Sweden

    Author : Peter Skogman Thoursie; Richard Burkhauser; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : Occupational Attainment and Earnings ( the Case of the Disabled This paper offers, for the first time, estimates of the extent of unexplained wage differentials between disabled and nondisabled workers in Sweden. According to studies of wage differentials between disabled and nondisabled workers in the United States, the unexplained component accounts for almost 50 per cent of the differential between the two groups. READ MORE

  6. 19. Disability and gender : Autonomy as an indication of adulthood

    Author : Karin Barron; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Sociology; Autonomy; disability; gender; youth; adulthood; adult identity; normality; ethics; Sociologi; Sociology; Sociologi; Sociology; sociologi;

    Abstract : The overall aim of this dissertation was initially to examine the relationship between a continuedrequirement of practical assistance in adult life and autonomy. As the work has proceeded, thefocus has come to increasingly be on identifying social obstacles to autonomy, particularly fordisabled young women. READ MORE

  7. 20. A cognitive ergonomic approach for user code design : from PIN-code to face

    Author : Yan Pan; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Teknisk psykologi; Engineering Psychology;

    Abstract : The overall goal the research upon which this thesis is based concerns the development of personal security coding that is superior to today's systems that use digit-based codes. In exploring alternate coding strategies, emphasis has been on identification of methods/systems that are more user-friendly. READ MORE