This article reports findings from the first set of qualitative data from a study aimed to further
understand practices of decision support for people with cognitive disabilities and assess …

Background Supporting participation in decision making is complex, dynamic and
multifactorial. The aim of this study was to understand more about the difficulties parents of …

The study investigated the influence of the humanistic orientation on the perspectives of
service providers working with individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities …

The article focuses on social educators' reflections on their own professional practice in
encounters with people with intellectual disability receiving services. Drawing on …

'Intellectual disability'is a widely used psychiatric category that conceives of certain minds as
impaired in their development. By approaching intellectual disability from a cross-cultural …

An intimate account of an anthropologist's relationship with his non-verbal son and how it
has shaped and transformed his understanding of closeness and communication. Home …

This thesis lies at the nexus of recent transitions towards medicalised childbirth,
marketisation of maternal health services and moralities of care, examining how women …

Abstract Article 12 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with
Disabilities (CRPD) has created new imperatives for thinking about decision making and …

本文基于对养老机构的田野调查, 揭示了认知症长者的生活世界和多重境遇. 首先,
病程发展中的“经验断连” 改变了认知症长者的存在性状况, 具体表现为自我连续性的断裂和主体 …

The fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5)
defines intellectual disability, in part, as the inability to meet development and sociocultural …