MILITARISM AND FEAR IN A TIME OF PANDEMIC IN THE PHILIPPINES: TOWARDS A THEOLOGY OF TRANSGRESSION by K.C. Meneses

“… The pandemic was an opportunity for authoritarian regimes to intensify militarism and cultivate fear, resulting in the disablement of the most vulnerable in society. Fear dissipates when basic freedoms are at stake. …”
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“Does the Response to Morning Medication Predict the ADL-Level of the Day in Parkinson’s Disease?” by Trine Hørmann Thomsen, Troels Wesenberg Kjær, Lene Bastrup Jørgensen, Anita Haahr, Kristian Winge

“…The individuals experienced disabilities in performing “Speech” (p=0.004) and “Doing hobbies” (p=0.038) when being slow or poor responders to dopaminergic therapy. …”
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Adjudication of Fibromyalgia Syndrome: Challenges in the Medicolegal Arena by Mary-Ann Fitzcharles, Peter A Ste-Marie, Angela Mailis, Yoram Shir

“…Although some individuals may experience severe symptoms, the prevalent societal concept of disablement due to FM must be tempered with the knowledge that working contributes to psychosocial wellbeing. …”
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Defectology and inclusion by Stine Vik, Hege Merete Somby

“…The educational system in several western countries is built upon the strategy of reducing the gap between what the “normal” child can do and the expectations of the disabled child’s competence and skills. The educational system is constructed to handle the “normal” child, and will make adjustments for the disabled child in relations to what the “normal” child is capable of. …”
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QALYs: The Math Doesn’t Work by Tia G. Sawhney, Angela Dobes, Sirimon O'Charoen

“….^1,2^ Proponents of the ban say that QALYs undervalue the positive effects of therapeutics on people with disabilities.^3^ We share their concerns. Furthermore, our review of the mathematical properties of QALYs, including an analysis of quality-of-life utility (QOL utility) data recently collected from patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), has led us to conclude that QALYs are an inappropriate metric of drug and treatment cost-effectiveness for all people, both disabled and nondisabled, and should not be the basis for US healthcare policy decisions.…”
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Information seeking by blind and sight impaired citizens: an ecological study

“…A literature review revealed a paucity of studies about the information-seeking behaviour of groups of people with disabilities, including blind and sight impaired people. …”
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CIVILIZATIONAL IDENTITY OF RUSSIAN STUDENT YOUTH IN A DIGITAL SOCIETY by V. V. Maximov, E. A. Malakhova

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Pharmacological Management of Chronic Neuropathic Pain: Revised Consensus Statement from the Canadian Pain Society by DE Moulin, A Boulanger, AJ Clark, H Clarke, T Dao, GA Finley, A Furlan, I Gilron, A Gordon, PK Morley-Forster, BJ Sessle, P Squire, J Stinson, P Taenzer, A Velly, MA Ware, EL Weinberg, OD Williamson

“…BACKGROUND: Neuropathic pain (NeP), redefined as pain caused by a lesion or a disease of the somatosensory system, is a disabling condition that affects approximately two million Canadians.…”
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Backpropagation-Based Cooperative Localization of Primary User for Avoiding Hidden-Node Problem in Cognitive Networks by Lin Liu, Zhengyi Li, Chi Zhou

“…The CRs within the disabled region are prohibited to transmit in order to avoid interfering with the primary receiver. …”
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A scoping review of interventions to supplement spoken communication for children with limited speech or language skills. by Maria Antonella Costantino, Maurizio Bonati

“…Seven studies directly addressed AAC use by children with different disabilities. Seven studies enrolled typically developing children: 5 evaluated the use of AAC technologies by children without disabilities in order to obtain results that could be used to improve interventions in peers with disabilities, and 2 evaluated peers' attitudes towards children who used AAC. …”
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Analysis of Compliance with WCAG Guidelines Regarding Contrast Im-plementation in an E-Learning Quiz by Krzysztof Dziedzic, Marcin Barszcz, Tomasz Wiśniewski

“…The introduction of tools facilitating compliance with WCAG guidelines to course creators, enhances content accessibility for individuals with disabilities, eliminating barriers to education access. …”
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Ensuring Mobility-Supporting Environments for an Aging Population: Critical Actors and Collaborations by Chris S. Kochtitzky, Amy L. Freeland, Irene H. Yen

“…Research indicates that (1) persons with disabilities, including age-related disabilities, report frequent barriers to community participation, including unsuitable building design (43%), transportation (32%), and sidewalks/curbs (31%), and (2) many seniors report an inability to cross roads safely near their homes. …”
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Altai provincial Union of war crippled (1918–1920) by K. A. Tishkina

“…The author concludes that, despite the difficult conditions of the Russian Civil War (general financial and social crisis), AlthrovUC employees made a significant contribution to supporting the disabled of the First World War.…”
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The Effectiveness of Self-instruction training on Executive Functions and Cognitive Inhibition of Students with Special Learning Disorder by Mahmood Jabarzadeh Chaharbrod, Mansoor Beyrami, Asghar Nokhestin Goldost, Tooraj HAshemi

“…The statistical population of the study was all students with special learning disorders in Tabriz in the academic year 1399-1400, of which 30 samples in two homogeneous groups of second grade male students with learning disabilities, by alternative sampling method. The instruments used in this study were the Colorado Willcutt et al (2011) Learning Disabilities Questionnaire, the Coolidge Neurological Questionnaire (2002), the Computers sample Stroop Test (1953). …”
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Does Classification of Persons with Fibromyalgia into Multidimensional Pain Inventory Subgroups Detect Differences in Outcome after a Standard Chronic Pain Management Program? by Martin L Verra, Felix Angst, Roberto Brioschi, Susanne Lehmann, Francis J Keefe, J Bart Staal, Rob A de Bie, André Aeschlimann

“…INTRODUCTION: The present study aimed to replicate and validate the empirically derived subgroup classification based on the Multidimensional Pain Inventory (MPI) in a sample of highly disabled fibromyalgia (FM) patients. Second, it examined how the identified subgroups differed in their response to an intensive, interdisciplinary inpatient pain management program.…”
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Requirements for Universally Accessible Upper-Body Exercise Equipment: The Case of People with Spinal Cord Injuries in Korea by Kwang-Ok An, Myo-Jung Choi, Sung-Shin Kim, Bo-Ra Kang, Young-Hyeon Bae, Hyosun Kweon

“…Background. People with disabilities face considerable obstacles when exercising, which precludes them from the social and health benefits of physical activity. …”
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Late Presentation of Persistent Left Superior Caval Vein in a Univentricular Heart with Successful Transcutaneous Occlusion Using Cera Lifetech Atrial Septal Occluder by Iyad AL-Ammouri, Ahmad Alhourani, Ayoub Innabi

“…We present a case of persistent left superior caval vein in a univentricular heart presenting with progressive and disabling cyanosis in a 35-year-old man eighteen years after his Kawashima operation. …”
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Occupational Therapy Research in Schools: A Mapping Review by Patrícia L. de Oliveira Borba, Beatriz P. Pereira, Joana R. B. de Souza, Roseli E. Lopes

“…This has been a scientific field under construction for at least 30 years, largely centralized in the United States of America, mostly dedicated to children, and focused on disabilities, with an emphasis on rehabilitation through descriptions and analyses of interventions for individuals or, when it was for groups, with the final goal of benefitting individuals with disabilities. …”
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Experience of organizing foster families for elderly citizens in the subjects of the Russian Federation by R. M. Sadykov, N. L. Bolshakova

“…The article discusses a special and effective form of living arrangements for the elderly and disabled in a foster family in the regional entities of the Russian Federation. …”
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Changes in Muscles and Tendons Due to Neural Motor Disorders: Implications for Therapeutic Intervention by A. L. Hof

“…Patients with an upper motor neurone syndrome (CP) suffer from many disabling primary symptoms: spasms, weakness, and loss of dexterity. …”
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