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Advocating for transportation equity: A critical examination of paratransit service reductions in St. Louis and its impact on health and community social participation.
Disabil Health J
October 2024
Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Program in Occupational Therapy, 4444 Forest Park Ave., St. Louis, MO, USA.
Social participation is associated with better health, quality of life, physical activity, and engagement in community living and is thus an emerging health priority. Transportation plays an important role in facilitating social participation. Our team recently reported in the Journal of Disability and Health that Missouri-dwelling adults aging with long-term physical disabilities who use paratransit services as their primary transportation mode are more likely to participate in social roles and activities outside the home compared to those who do not use paratransit.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: There is little consensus on how to make a diagnosis announcement of severe chronic disease in neurology. Other medical specialties, such as oncology, have developed assessment methods similar to the Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) to address this issue. Here we report the implementation of an OSCE focused on the diagnosis announcement of chronic disease in neurology by residents.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMore than a mask: Possible relationships between lifting of COVID-19 mask requirements and depression symptoms experienced by US adults with disabilities.
Disabil Health J
July 2024
Western Carolina University, 1 University Way, Cullowhee, NC 28723, USA.
Background: Lifting of masking restrictions at key periods during the COVID-19 pandemic may have disproportionately negatively impacted the mental health of individuals with disabilities.
Objective: This study examines the prevalence of depression-related symptoms in individuals with and without disabilities preceding and following the US rollback of COVID-19 masking mandates.
Methods: Pandemic-era data on reported symptoms of depression from the federal Household Pulse Survey from dates surrounding two major announcements on masking relaxations were analyzed.
[Social support and accompaniment for patients with disabilities].
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March 2023
Réseau sclérose en plaques Île-de-France Ouest, Hôpital du Vésinet, 72 avenue de la Princesse, 78110 Le Vésinet, France. Electronic address:
The announcement of multiple sclerosis is likely to turn a person's life and plans upside down. Many questions then arise, particularly concerning rights and available assistance. Faced with the multitude of existing organizations and mechanisms, caregivers can direct the patient to a social service assistant.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFUnequal Representation of Persons with Disabling Mental Health Conditions in the Quota-Based Employment Reservations Notified by a Public Service Commission.
Indian J Occup Environ Med
December 2022
Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
Introduction: The Rights of Persons with Disabilities (RPwD) Act 2016 of India intends to achieve greater representation of persons with benchmark disabilities (PwBD) at government establishments and reserve at least 4% of employment vacancies for PwBD. Of this 4%, 1% is reserved for PwBD with disabling mental health conditions (PwBD-MHC) and multiple disabilities, and 1% each for PwBD due to other disabling conditions like blindness, hearing, and locomotor impairment.
Methods: We analyzed all the employment vacancy announcements (EVAs) made by the Indian union public service commission (UPSC) during the calendar year 2020 for their adherence to quota-based employment reservations (QBER).
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