Research paper (M.A.) -- Cardinal Stritch College -- Milwaukee, 1980. / A research paper submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Education (Special Education). Includes bibliographical references (42-44 p.).

The problem of this study was to conduct a systematic application and evaluation of the appropriateness of a computerized voice control system with a subject having the severe multihandicaps of profound mental retardation, quadriplegia, and limited communication skills. This research was an effort to establish if a computer could compensate for some of the physical limitations of the subject.

Wu Qiaobing. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2003. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 155-179). / Abstracts in English and Chinese ; questionnaire also in Chinese. / Abstract (English) --- p.i / Abstract (Chinese) --- p.iii / Acknowledgement --- p.v / Table of Contents --- p.vii / List of Figures and Tables --- p.x / Chapter Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter Chapter 2 --- Literature Review --- p.6 / Chapter 2.1 --- Review of Major Concept: Social Support --- p.6 / Chapter 2.1.1 --- Conceptualization of Social Support --- p.6 / Chapter 2.1.2 --- Typology of Social Support --- p.8 / Chapter 2.1.3 --- Measurement of Social Support --- p.9 / Chapter 2.1.4 --- The Link between Social Support and Mental Health: Three Debates in Literature --- p.11 / Chapter 2.2 --- Review of Relevant Theories --- p.17 / Chapter 2.2.1 --- Social Network --- p.17 / Chapter 2.2.2 --- Social Exchange --- p.20 / Chapter 2.2.3 --- Social Capital --- p.23 / Chapter 2.3 --- Review of Empirical Studies on Social Support and Mental Health --- p.26 / Chapter 2.4 --- Implications for the Study --- p.34 / Chapter Chapter 3 --- Research Design --- p.38 / Chapter 3.1 --- Research Framework --- p.38 / Chapter 3.2 --- Research Methodology --- p.39 / Chapter 3.2.1 --- Sample --- p.40 / Chapter 3.2.2 --- Measurement --- p.42 / Chapter 3.2.3 --- Data Collection --- p.45 / Chapter 3.2.4 --- Data Analysis --- p.46 / Chapter Chapter 4 --- Research Finding I: Socio-Demographic Characteristics of the Physically Disabled and Their Social Support and Mental Health --- p.48 / Chapter 4.1 --- Socio-Demographic Characteristics of the Physically Disabled --- p.48 / Chapter 4.2 --- The Mental Health Status of the Physically Disabled --- p.52 / Chapter 4.3 --- Perceived Social Support of the Physically Disabled --- p.55 / Chapter 4.4 --- Received Social Support of the Physically Disabled --- p.59 / Chapter Chapter 5 --- Research Finding II: The Link between Social Support and Mental Health --- p.71 / Chapter 5.1 --- Bivariate Analysis --- p.71 / Chapter 5.2 --- Basic Model --- p.74 / Chapter 5.3 --- Test of Hypotheses: The Link between Social Support and Mental Health --- p.77 / Chapter 5.3.1 --- Distinguishing Effects of Support Unavailability from Support of Varied Degrees --- p.86 / Chapter 5.3.2 --- Testing Effects of Moderator Variables on the Relationship between Received Social Support and Mental Health --- p.89 / Chapter 5.4 --- Theoretical and Cultural Interpretations of Research Results --- p.99 / Chapter 5.4.1 --- The Functioning of Perceived Social Support --- p.102 / Chapter 5.4.2 --- The Negative Effect of Daily Care Support --- p.105 / Chapter 5.4.3 --- The Ambiguous Function of Economic and Emotional Support --- p.114 / Chapter Chapter 6 --- "Conclusion, Implication and Limitation" --- p.121 / Chapter 6.1 --- Conclusion --- p.121 / Chapter 6.2 --- Implication --- p.124 / Chapter 6.3 --- Limitation --- p.130 / Appendix I Questionnaire (English) --- p.132 / Appendix II Questionnaire (Chinese) --- p.145 / References --- p.155

by Yeung Hung Cheng. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1995. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves [89-128, 3rd gp.]). / Abstract / Dedication / Declaration / Acknowledgements / Table of Contents --- p.i / List of Illustrations --- p.v / Chapter 1.1 --- The Global Change --- p.2 / Chapter 1.2 --- Occupational Injuries and Disability --- p.4 / Chapter 1.3 --- The Prevalence of Hand Injuries --- p.10 / Chapter 1.4 --- The Importance of the Hand --- p.13 / Chapter 1.5 --- Socio-Cultural Considerations --- p.16 / Chapter 1.6 --- Focus of the Thesis --- p.19 / Chapter Chapter2 --- Physical Disability and Rehabilitation: A Literature Review --- p.23 / Chapter 2.1 --- Introduction --- p.23 / Chapter 2.2 --- Disability: From Bio-Medical to Social Definition --- p.25 / Chapter 2.3 --- "Disabled Role: A Long Term Version of the 'Sick Role," --- p.36 / Chapter 2.4 --- Disability as a Loss and Biographical Disruption --- p.39 / Chapter 2.5 --- Disability as Social Deviance --- p.45 / Chapter 2.5.1 --- To what extent is the life of persons with disabilities negatively affected by the label? --- p.46 / Chapter 2.5.2 --- What are the effects of stigmatisation on the stigmatised? --- p.48 / Chapter 2.5.3 --- To what extent does the disability affect the interaction between persons with and without disabilities? --- p.53 / Chapter 2.5.4 --- Can disabled persons be seen as a minority? --- p.57 / Chapter 2.6 --- Disability in the Family Context --- p.60 / Chapter 2.7 --- Coming Back --- p.67 / Chapter 2.8 --- Rehabilitation: An Integrative Process --- p.74 / Chapter 2.9 --- Disability in a Chinese Cultural Context --- p.82 / Chapter 2.10 --- Summary --- p.88 / Chapter Chapter3 --- Method of Inquiry --- p.93 / Chapter 3.1 --- Outlining the Chapter --- p.93 / Chapter 3.2 --- Paradigms of Social Inquiry --- p.95 / Chapter 3.3 --- The Interactionist Approach and Its Significance in Studying Illness and Disability --- p.93 / Chapter 3.3.1 --- Social interaction and meaning construction --- p.100 / Chapter 3.3.2 --- Illness and disability: A 'career' perspective --- p.102 / Chapter 3.4 --- Objectives of the Study --- p.104 / Chapter 3.4.1 --- Overall objective --- p.104 / Chapter 3.4.2 --- Specific objectives --- p.105 / Chapter 3.5 --- Sampling --- p.105 / Chapter 3.5.1 --- Sampling procedure and field work --- p.107 / Chapter 3.5.2 --- Basic characteristics of the subjects --- p.109 / Chapter 3.6 --- The Interview --- p.112 / Chapter 3.7 --- Methodological Issues --- p.113 / Chapter 3.7.1 --- Contact with subjects --- p.114 / Chapter 3.7.2 --- Conducting the interview --- p.116 / Chapter 3.7.3 --- Tape transcribing --- p.118 / Chapter 3.7.4 --- Limitations --- p.119 / Chapter 3.8 --- Summary --- p.122 / Chapter Chapter4 --- Research Findings --- p.124 / Chapter 4.1 --- Introduction --- p.124 / Chapter 4.2 --- Particulars of Respondents --- p.125 / Chapter 4.3 --- The Injury: A Disabled Worker's Reconstruction --- p.128 / Chapter 4.3.1 --- Perceived causes of injury --- p.128 / Chapter 4.3.2 --- Views on workmen's compensation --- p.137 / Chapter 4.3.3 --- Action taken against the employer --- p.140 / Chapter 4.4 --- Meaning of Disability --- p.144 / Chapter 4.4.1 --- Perception of loss and disruption in the life course --- p.145 / Chapter 4.4.2 --- Effect of being labelled as disabled --- p.151 / Chapter 4.4.3 --- ´بNormalisation´ة --- p.163 / Chapter 4.4.4 --- Effect of disability on social activities --- p.174 / Chapter 4.4.5 --- Transcendence --- p.179 / Chapter 4.5 --- Returning to the World of Work --- p.182 / Chapter 4.5.1 --- Strugglers --- p.183 / Chapter 4.5.2 --- Survivors --- p.188 / Chapter 4.5.3 --- Achievers --- p.194 / Chapter 4.5.4 --- Job-leavers --- p.199 / Chapter 4.5.5 --- Summary --- p.202 / Chapter 4.6 --- Disablement and Coming Back: Responses and Support of Family and Others --- p.204 / Chapter 4.6.1 --- Role changes in family --- p.205 / Chapter 4.6.2 --- Family break-up --- p.207 / Chapter 4.6.3 --- Support from expressive primary networks --- p.208 / Chapter 4.6.4 --- Support from instrumental primary networks --- p.212 / Chapter 4.6.5 --- Marriage as a source of support --- p.214 / Chapter 4.6.6 --- Reciprocity in support giving --- p.216 / Chapter 4.6.7 --- Conflict due to giving or withdrawing support --- p.216 / Chapter 4.6.8 --- Support from the work place --- p.219 / Chapter 4.6.9 --- Formal support --- p.222 / Chapter Chapter5 --- Discussion --- p.230 / Chapter 5.1 --- The Injury: A Disabled Worker's Reconstruction --- p.230 / Chapter 5.1.1 --- Perceived causes of injury --- p.231 / Chapter 5.1.2 --- Workmen's compensation --- p.239 / Chapter 5.1.3 --- Action taken against the employer --- p.242 / Chapter 5.1.4 --- Conclusion --- p.244 / Chapter 5.2 --- Meaning of Disability --- p.247 / Chapter 5.2.1 --- Loss and disruption in the life course --- p.248 / Chapter 5.2.2 --- Effect of being labelled as disabled --- p.254 / Chapter 5.2.3 --- Normalisation' --- p.264 / Chapter 5.2.4 --- Effect of disability on social activities --- p.269 / Chapter 5.2.5 --- Transcendence --- p.271 / Chapter 5.2.6 --- Conclusion --- p.274 / Chapter 5.3 --- Returning to the World of Work --- p.279 / Chapter 5.3.1 --- Overt discrimination in looking for jobs --- p.288 / Chapter 5.3.2 --- Donkey jobs --- p.290 / Chapter 5.3.3 --- Hard-working-no-complaint' syndrome --- p.291 / Chapter 5.3.4 --- Conclusion --- p.292 / Chapter 5.4 --- Disablement and Coming Back: Responses and Support of Family and Others --- p.294 / Chapter 5.4.1 --- Role changes and family break-up --- p.294 / Chapter 5.4.2 --- Social support and network systems: Its role and limitations --- p.299 / Chapter 5.4.3 --- Emotional expressiveness and Chineseness --- p.305 / Chapter 5.4.4 --- Support from the work place --- p.308 / Chapter 5.4.5 --- Formal support seeking --- p.310 / Chapter 5.4.6 --- Conclusion --- p.318 / Chapter Chapter6 --- Conclusion / Chapter 6.1 --- Stages in the Disabled Career of Hand-Injured-Workers and Factors Modifying the Career Process --- p.323 / Chapter 6.2 --- Understanding Rehabilitation in Social Context --- p.334 / Chapter 6.3 --- A Social Agenda for Workmen's Compensation and Disablement in Society --- p.337 / Chapter 6.4 --- Limitations and Generalisability of the Study --- p.341 / Chapter 6.5 --- Research Direction --- p.344 / Appendices / References / References in Chinese

Thesis (M. Sc.)--University of Hong Kong, 2001. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 241-247).

In working with the disabled and/or handicapped person it is necessary to consider all aspects of social functioning if realistic goals are to be reached in the rehabilitation process. It is recognized that if the family can give interest and support to that member of the family who is disabled and/or handicapped, and agrees to participate in rehabilitation planning that the effect will be helpful. The dichotomy of this study sample is made between those patients living alone and those patients living with some member of their family. The null hypothesis of this study is that there are no differences between the observed and expected frequencies on eleven items of descriptive, social, and clinical information as revealed in the distribution of data for thirty-four adult physically disabled and/or handicapped patients who live with some member of their family and thirty-six adult physically disabled and/or handicapped patients who live alone, which could not occur by chance. / Typescript. / "June, 1961." / "Submitted to the Graduate School of Florida State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Social Work." / Advisor: Merle M. Foeckler, Professor Directing Study. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 53-55).

The importance of employment in our society is unmistakable. The financial outcome of employment allows us to provide for ourselves and others. Furthermore, our employment status, and the work in which we engage, play a part in defining our self-concept. For many people, however, sustained employment remains elusive. The unemployment rate for individuals with disabilities is staggering, and the consequences of being without a job affects those who are unemployed, their families, and our society. There are many issues that directly challenge the employment status of people with disabilities. Some of these include funding for supported employment programs, employer bias, and the outcomes of our country's educational system. Another issue that affects the employment of individuals with disabilities is the manner in which they are prepared prior to employment and coached while on the job. The purpose of this investigation was to examine the effects of performance feedback delivered via covert audio coaching on the job performance of supported employees. A multiple baseline design across participants and work tasks was used to evaluate the effects of the intervention on the participants' work performance (accuracy and speed of task completion). The results demonstrated that the supported employees made substantial improvements on their accuracy and speed of completing the selected work tasks. The results also showed that the improvements maintained for 4-5 weeks following the removal of the intervention. / by Kyle D. Bennett. / Thesis (Ed.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2009. / Includes bibliography. / Electronic reproduction. Boca Raton, Fla., 2009. Mode of access: World Wide Web.

I used a Community Psychology approach, involving Participatory Action Research with Qualitative methods, to both explore the employment interview experiences of disabled people and to effect positive change for disabled participants discriminated against in the labour market. In the opening chapters I set the action research enterprise within the socio-economic and political climate of the time. I follow this by describing the ethical, ideological, epistemological and methodological concerns that have driven my particular process of inquiry. 1 pay particular attention to the research process and reflect upon personal, social, organisational and political implications of the project. I review literature on disability, disability legislation and employment interviews and place my own work in the context of this. As well as reporting my findings on the difficulties disabled people face when seeking to enter the labour market, I describe the multiple research interventions I engaged with. These ranged from giving research participants welfare benefit advice through to consulting on the Government's Disability Discrimination Act. The main focus for the project became one of developing and marketing a Code of Practice on the recruitment and retention of disabled employees. I worked collaboratively with disabled research participants in developing and marketing this Code with four major employer organisations in order to affect change in employer staffing policies.

Thesis (M.S.)--Oregon State University, 2009. / Printout. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 114-119). Also available on the World Wide Web.

Thesis (M. Sc.)--University of Hong Kong, 1998. / Includes bibliographical references (leaf [154-159]).