Positive behaviour support (PBS) has become well established as an intervention approach for individuals with intellectual disability and challenging behaviour. However, what remains unexplored is the relationship between PBS and the medical and social models of disability, which historically are the ...
We recapitulate the definitions of these terms, with examples, in Table 1. In the recent work, we connected these aspects of mobility and accessibility and the individual & societal factors influencing them to biopsychosocial models of disability (Ross and Buliung, 2018, Pickup and Giuliano, ...
Losing weight is hard work, but most people want to find a fast and easy way to take off fat. Bookstores sell lots of diet books. These books tell readers how to lose weight. Each year, dozens of new books like these are written. Each one boasts to help people to get rid of fat....
The study of sexual dimorphism in psychiatric and neurodevelopmental disorders is challenging due to the complex interplay of diverse biological, psychological, and social factors. Males are more susceptible to neurodevelopmental disorders including intellectual disability, autism spectrum disorder, and attention...
Disability, Impairment, and Handicap are three words that many people use to mean one thing: A person who is unable to do things that many people do, because of a health impairment they have. To better understand the issue of disability, let us consider these two models:Medical Disabilityand...
Because so many of the costs related to infrastructure and logistics are removed with distance education, the costs to access it are significantly lower than comparable traditional education models. Additionally, there are savings related to time spent as well. Of course, travel time is relevant for...
The stadiums that host the Olympic Games are as much of a celebration of design as the games are a celebration of sportsmanship. Guests can explore plans and models of Olympic stadiums’ past and present, including one of the games’ most attractive stadiums, the Bird’s Nest from Beijing 20...
Know Your Plan Rules Your medical plan has a formal process for resolving disputes about denied claims. Read your plan rules to learn the specifics about your plan’s process. Contact yourmedical plan’s claims departmentwith any questions. Summary plan descriptions are available on theU.S. Ben...
The VS Fashion Shows are like the Super Bowl to me, I look forward to them every year! Do you feel excluded by the show? I would not say that the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show is unique in their absence of disabled models. There is a lack of disability across the industry in ...
in general but take on new urgency in light of the power and availability of foundation models. Technological singularity While this topic garners a lot of public attention, many researchers are not concerned with the idea of AI surpassing human intelligence in the near or immediate future. This...