International Day of Persons with Disabilities 2021

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This year, #IDPWD21 celebrates the challenges, barriers, and opportunities for people who live with disabilities, in the context of a global pandemic. We call on domestic and international public health officials, political representatives, advocates, supporters, and every citizen in every community, to learn from the experiences of people living with disabilities during this pandemic, and push for more meaningful investments into the socioeconomic building blocks which will reduce the barriers faced by people with disabilities in every community on earth. With carefully curated book chapters and journal articles, our IDPWD special issue is our part to fight for the rights of people with disabilities in the post-COVID era.

Podcast - International Day of Persons with Disabilities 2021

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For International Day of Persons with Disabilities 2021, Stacy Masucci, publisher for bioscience and translational medicine at Elsevier speaks to Richard Mankin and Kate Nash about the challenges, barriers and opportunities for people who live with disabilities in the context of the global pandemic.
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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being; Goal 10: Reduced inequalities

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Health and wellbeing; Health and population; Diversity and inclusion, Global

Wearable sensors and machine learning in post-stroke rehabilitation assessment: A systematic review

Diagram of wearable sensor based rehabilitation assessment steps.
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Biomedical Signal Processing and Control, Volume 71, January 2022

Review of developments made in the field of post-stroke rehabilitation using wearable devices for data collection and machine learning algorithms for exercise evaluation.
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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being; Goal 10: Reduced inequalities

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Health and wellbeing; Health and population; Diversity and inclusion, Global

Revitalising sensualities of ageing with Parkinson's through dance

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Journal of Aging Studies, Volume 59, December 2021

This article focuses on how dance can increase the quality of life of those living with Parkinson's.
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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being; Goal 10: Reduced inequalities

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Diversity and inclusion, Global

Learning trajectory of a student with learning disabilities for the concept of length: A teaching experiment

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Journal of Mathematical Behavior, Volume 64, December 2021

This article highlights the importance of extra support for those with learning disabilities.
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SDG:

Goal 4: Quality education; Goal 10: Reduced inequalities

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Education, Global

Is your smart city inclusive? Evaluating proposals from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Smart City Challenge

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Sustainable Cities and Society, Volume 74, November 2021

The concept of “Smart City (SC)” has been proposed and adopted by various city planners and policymakers as a means to enable efficient transportation systems, sustainable mixed land uses, and high-quality urban services, in an effort to improve citizens’ quality of life. However, it may unintentionally reinforce existing inequalities. In particular, without appropriate strategies that support inclusion, persons with disabilities and seniors may experience social and digital exclusion in communities.
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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being; Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities; Goal 10: Reduced inequalities

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Health and wellbeing; Sustainable cities and human settlements; Diversity and inclusion, Global

Wearable Robotics: Systems and applications: Chapter 9 - A Portable Tailor-Made Exoskeleton for Hand Disabilities

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Wearable Robotics Systems and Applications 2020, Pages 177-191

This book chapter advances SDG3 Good Health and Wellbeing and SDG 10 Reducing Inequalities by exploring the development of a tailor-made hand exoskeleton to assist people with hand disabilities.
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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being; Goal 10: Reduced inequalities

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Health and wellbeing; Diversity and inclusion; Health and population, Global

Equality according to whom? Debating an age-related restriction in the upcoming disability legislation reform in Finland

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Journal of Aging Studies, Volume 58, September 2021

Are disability policies independent of age? It appears not in all cases.
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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being; Goal 10: Reduced inequalities

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Diversity and inclusion, Europe

Language skills and social contact among students with intellectual disabilities in special needs schools

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Learning, Culture and Social Interaction, Volume 30, September 2021

This paper presents research on the importance of teaching language skills.
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SDG:

Goal 4: Quality education; Goal 10: Reduced inequalities

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Education, Global

COVID-19 Post-lockdown: Perspectives, implications and strategies for disabled staff

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Alter, Volume 15, July 2021

COVID-19 has demonstrated that remote working is possible; and, with targeted reasonable adjustments many Disabled staff have flourished in undertaking their work activities from home. In this paper, NADSN have developed a series of recommendations concerning Disabled staff.
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SDG:

Goal 10: Reduced inequalities; Goal 8: Decent work and economic growth

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Diversity and inclusion; Employment decent work for all and social protection, Global

Towards inclusive cities and social sustainability: A scoping review of initiatives to support the inclusion of people with intellectual disability in civic and social activities

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City, Culture and Society, Volume 25, June 2021

Aiming to be inclusive for all does not automatically lead to participation for all people. The experiences of people with intellectual disability inform how the Inclusive Cities Framework is understood and applied to define meaningful participation for all people.
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SDG:

Goal 10: Reduced inequalities; Goal 3: Good health and well-being; Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities

Tags:

Sustainable cities and human settlements; Health and wellbeing, Global

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