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Situating Occupational Injustices Experienced By Children With Disabilities In Rural India Within Sociocultural, Economic, And Systemic Conditions, Tanya Elizabeth Benjamin-Thomas, Debbie Rudman, Colleen Mcgrath, Debra Cameron, Vinod Joseph Abraham, Jeshuran Gunaseelan, Samuel Prasanna Vinothkumar Jan 2022

Situating Occupational Injustices Experienced By Children With Disabilities In Rural India Within Sociocultural, Economic, And Systemic Conditions, Tanya Elizabeth Benjamin-Thomas, Debbie Rudman, Colleen Mcgrath, Debra Cameron, Vinod Joseph Abraham, Jeshuran Gunaseelan, Samuel Prasanna Vinothkumar

Occupational Therapy Publications

This paper contributes to diversifying and situating understandings of occupational injustices through presenting findings from the knowledge generation phase of a participatory action research (PAR) project that utilized participatory filmmaking with children with disabilities in rural South India as co-researchers. Centering on situations of occupational injustices generated through a participatory analysis conducted with the child co-researchers, a critical theoretical analysis, informed by critical occupational science and critical disability perspectives, was carried out. This theoretical analysis of data generated through the filmmaking process, as well as data generated with parents of children with disabilities, community members, and service providers, was used …


Promoting Critically Informed Learning And Knowing About Occupation Through Conference Engagements, Rebecca Aldrich, Roshan Galvaan, Alison Gerlach, Debbie Rudman, Lilian Magalhaes, Nick Pollard, Lisette Farias Jan 2022

Promoting Critically Informed Learning And Knowing About Occupation Through Conference Engagements, Rebecca Aldrich, Roshan Galvaan, Alison Gerlach, Debbie Rudman, Lilian Magalhaes, Nick Pollard, Lisette Farias

Occupational Therapy Publications

As occupation-focused discussions and applications of critical theoretical perspectives increase, attention must also be paid to how different spaces of knowledge dissemination, exchange, and production support critically informed learning and knowing about occupation. This paper presents the reflections of a group of international scholars and lecturers whose shared interest in critical theoretical perspectives prompted the incremental co-development of a series of conference engagements. We describe how our group came together, what kinds of learning experiences we developed to promote and support engagement with critical theoretical perspectives, and what understandings we gained through ongoing critical reflexivity about those learning experiences. Our …


Youth With Disabilities Talk About Spirituality: A Qualitative Descriptive Study, Patricia J. Baldwin, Jan Evans, Nicole Etherington, Megan Nichols, Viginia Wright, Janette Mcdougall Jan 2015

Youth With Disabilities Talk About Spirituality: A Qualitative Descriptive Study, Patricia J. Baldwin, Jan Evans, Nicole Etherington, Megan Nichols, Viginia Wright, Janette Mcdougall

Occupational Therapy Publications

There is little known about what spirituality means for youth with disability or about the potential relevance of youths’ spirituality in pediatric rehabilitation. This study explored perceptions of spirituality for youth with disabilities. Using a qualitative descriptive methodology, we examined the lived experiences of eighteen youth ages 11-20 years with disabilities including cerebral palsy, central nervous system disorder or autism spectrum disorder. In individual interviews, followed by a focus group, youth identified key spiritual themes – the importance of their beliefs, personal sources of comfort and strength, finding purpose in helping others, significance of personal connections, and strengths-based perspectives on …


University Campus Accessibility Measure, Lea E. Klinger Jan 2013

University Campus Accessibility Measure, Lea E. Klinger

Occupational Therapy Publications

No abstract provided.


Physical Accessibility Measure For Schools, Lea E. Klinger Jan 2013

Physical Accessibility Measure For Schools, Lea E. Klinger

Occupational Therapy Publications

No abstract provided.