Pub Date : 2022-05-30DOI: 10.1080/09687599.2022.2071676
Jan Šiška, J. Beadle‐Brown
Abstract Following the publication of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with a Disability, the rights and situation of people with disabilities have once again become a focus of national, European and international policy and advocacy. Mansell et al., (2007) identified that there were over 1million people with disabilities in Europe living in institutions of over 30 places in size and almost 1.4 million in some form of residential care. This paper reports findings from a review of national and international sources of data on living situation for 27 European countries as of 2019. Although there had been some changes, especially for children and especially in countries where EU structural funds had been used, there were still 1.4 million people living in residential care, with many still for more than 30 people. People with intellectual and developmental disabilities were those who were most likely to still be in residential services. We consider some of the potential reasons for these findings and discuss what might be needed to really advance deinstitutionalisation. Point of interest People with disabilities have the same rights as everyone else to live in the community. This paper looks at where people with disabilities live and how this has changed over time. We found that many people with disabilities still live in institutions and that the number had not changed much since 2007. There have been more changes for children than adults. Fewer children now live in institutions. People with intellectual disabilities are most likely to still live in institutions and least likely to be living and participating in the community. Many countries in Europe still do not have good information about where people with disabilities live and whether they have choice and control or are active citizens. There was more change in countries which had received money from the European Union. However, in many countries, there were no plans for how to help more people to live in the community.
{"title":"Progress on deinstitutionalisation and the development of community living for persons with disabilities in Europe: Are we nearly there?","authors":"Jan Šiška, J. Beadle‐Brown","doi":"10.1080/09687599.2022.2071676","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09687599.2022.2071676","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Following the publication of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with a Disability, the rights and situation of people with disabilities have once again become a focus of national, European and international policy and advocacy. Mansell et al., (2007) identified that there were over 1million people with disabilities in Europe living in institutions of over 30 places in size and almost 1.4 million in some form of residential care. This paper reports findings from a review of national and international sources of data on living situation for 27 European countries as of 2019. Although there had been some changes, especially for children and especially in countries where EU structural funds had been used, there were still 1.4 million people living in residential care, with many still for more than 30 people. People with intellectual and developmental disabilities were those who were most likely to still be in residential services. We consider some of the potential reasons for these findings and discuss what might be needed to really advance deinstitutionalisation. Point of interest People with disabilities have the same rights as everyone else to live in the community. This paper looks at where people with disabilities live and how this has changed over time. We found that many people with disabilities still live in institutions and that the number had not changed much since 2007. There have been more changes for children than adults. Fewer children now live in institutions. People with intellectual disabilities are most likely to still live in institutions and least likely to be living and participating in the community. Many countries in Europe still do not have good information about where people with disabilities live and whether they have choice and control or are active citizens. There was more change in countries which had received money from the European Union. However, in many countries, there were no plans for how to help more people to live in the community.","PeriodicalId":48208,"journal":{"name":"Disability & Society","volume":"38 1","pages":"1476 - 1495"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2022-05-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46733122","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-05-04DOI: 10.1080/09687599.2022.2060804
J. Barman-Aksözen, F. Granata, M. Aksözen, Cornelia Dechant, R. Falchetto
Abstract Erythropoietic protoporphyria (EPP) is an ultra-rare genetic disorder characterised by intolerance to visible light. Starting in early childhood, people with EPP suffer from social isolation, impaired educational and occupational opportunities, and low quality of life. Afamelanotide is the only effective and approved therapy for EPP. In England, its cost-effectiveness is currently assessed by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), which in 2018 issued a negative recommendation for funding. Stakeholder organisations, including our patient organisation, submitted appeals against the recommendation, which were upheld in all possible grounds. Moreover, the appeal panel expressed concerns about whether the evaluating committee discriminated against people with EPP and suggested that it seek guidance regarding the Equality Act 2010. However, three years later, the identified issues have not been addressed and patients in England remain without treatment. Afamelanotide represents another example for the trend towards a loss of fairness in NICE decisions.
{"title":"‘… they had interpreted “disability” as referring to a patently visible disability’: experience of a patient group with NICE","authors":"J. Barman-Aksözen, F. Granata, M. Aksözen, Cornelia Dechant, R. Falchetto","doi":"10.1080/09687599.2022.2060804","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09687599.2022.2060804","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Erythropoietic protoporphyria (EPP) is an ultra-rare genetic disorder characterised by intolerance to visible light. Starting in early childhood, people with EPP suffer from social isolation, impaired educational and occupational opportunities, and low quality of life. Afamelanotide is the only effective and approved therapy for EPP. In England, its cost-effectiveness is currently assessed by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), which in 2018 issued a negative recommendation for funding. Stakeholder organisations, including our patient organisation, submitted appeals against the recommendation, which were upheld in all possible grounds. Moreover, the appeal panel expressed concerns about whether the evaluating committee discriminated against people with EPP and suggested that it seek guidance regarding the Equality Act 2010. However, three years later, the identified issues have not been addressed and patients in England remain without treatment. Afamelanotide represents another example for the trend towards a loss of fairness in NICE decisions.","PeriodicalId":48208,"journal":{"name":"Disability & Society","volume":"37 1","pages":"1239 - 1245"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2022-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42974803","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-04-25DOI: 10.1080/09687599.2022.2065464
Yuan Wang, C. Qi, Yu-hong Zhu
Abstract Adopting an approach that differs from practices in other countries, China has made many achievements in reducing poverty for people with disabilities using two successful types of policies and a unique political mobilization mechanism. However, inconsistencies between the policies and their implementation in the Chinese policy environment has produced new exclusionary effects, hindering the process of social integration for people with disabilities. These obstacles need to be addressed.
{"title":"Poverty alleviation for people with disabilities in China: policy, practice, exclusionary effects, and ways forward","authors":"Yuan Wang, C. Qi, Yu-hong Zhu","doi":"10.1080/09687599.2022.2065464","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09687599.2022.2065464","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Adopting an approach that differs from practices in other countries, China has made many achievements in reducing poverty for people with disabilities using two successful types of policies and a unique political mobilization mechanism. However, inconsistencies between the policies and their implementation in the Chinese policy environment has produced new exclusionary effects, hindering the process of social integration for people with disabilities. These obstacles need to be addressed.","PeriodicalId":48208,"journal":{"name":"Disability & Society","volume":"37 1","pages":"1060 - 1065"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2022-04-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44162976","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-04-24DOI: 10.1080/09687599.2022.2067469
R. Fish, R. Hibbin, Cheryl Simmill-Binning
Abstract This article provides an insight into the voluntary sector’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic in one UK region, using qualitative evidence from a rapid evaluation study with leaders of volunteer agencies. We picked out the information relevant to services that disabled people access, as a way to provide a snapshot of the issues experienced during the various lockdowns, as well as participants’ concerns for the future of volunteering in the UK.
{"title":"Volunteering and the response to COVID-19 in the UK","authors":"R. Fish, R. Hibbin, Cheryl Simmill-Binning","doi":"10.1080/09687599.2022.2067469","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09687599.2022.2067469","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This article provides an insight into the voluntary sector’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic in one UK region, using qualitative evidence from a rapid evaluation study with leaders of volunteer agencies. We picked out the information relevant to services that disabled people access, as a way to provide a snapshot of the issues experienced during the various lockdowns, as well as participants’ concerns for the future of volunteering in the UK.","PeriodicalId":48208,"journal":{"name":"Disability & Society","volume":"37 1","pages":"875 - 880"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2022-04-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46744063","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-04-20DOI: 10.1080/09687599.2022.2065465
Zhongxuan Lin, Jiawen Tang, Heng Hui
Abstract The rapid development of information and communication technology (ICT) has had increasing influence, both positive and negative, on people with disabilities. How does ICT impact people with disabilities and what are the subjective experiences, feelings, attitudes, and understanding of people with disabilities under this influence? To address these questions, we conducted experiential and experimental research – one of the authors, Hui Heng, a visually impaired person, conducted a total of ten livestreams of his daily commute – to explore and experience vividly the obstacles and opportunities of ICT usage in a creative way. We argue that this experiential and experimental livestreaming demonstrates people with disabilities’ right to be seen and people without disabilities’ right to observe and recognize the diversity of our society.
{"title":"Livestreaming: exploring the obstacles and possibilities of digital usage for people with disabilities","authors":"Zhongxuan Lin, Jiawen Tang, Heng Hui","doi":"10.1080/09687599.2022.2065465","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09687599.2022.2065465","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The rapid development of information and communication technology (ICT) has had increasing influence, both positive and negative, on people with disabilities. How does ICT impact people with disabilities and what are the subjective experiences, feelings, attitudes, and understanding of people with disabilities under this influence? To address these questions, we conducted experiential and experimental research – one of the authors, Hui Heng, a visually impaired person, conducted a total of ten livestreams of his daily commute – to explore and experience vividly the obstacles and opportunities of ICT usage in a creative way. We argue that this experiential and experimental livestreaming demonstrates people with disabilities’ right to be seen and people without disabilities’ right to observe and recognize the diversity of our society.","PeriodicalId":48208,"journal":{"name":"Disability & Society","volume":"37 1","pages":"1391 - 1395"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2022-04-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42500083","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-04-11DOI: 10.1080/09687599.2022.2060805
J. Webb, Saul Albert
Abstract Recent UK policy changes enable claimants to record their Personal Independence Payment (PIP) assessments, presenting an opportunity to study how they are produced interactionally. Disabled people have often reported feeling disempowered by PIP assessments, and these assessments are notoriously inaccurate – the vast majority are overturned in the claimants’ favour upon appeal. Given the quality of claimants’ lives often depends on their outcome, it is urgent to learn how the assessment process yields so many successful appeals. Here we analyse a small sample of one PIP assessment recording, uploaded to YouTube by the claimant, to show the importance of understanding these high-stakes interactional situations. We intend for this to show the importance of looking at the interactional detail of PIP assessments, which have hitherto been hidden from scrutiny because of the difficulty of obtaining recordings of assessments.
{"title":"A call to collect and analyse recordings of personal independence payment assessments","authors":"J. Webb, Saul Albert","doi":"10.1080/09687599.2022.2060805","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09687599.2022.2060805","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Recent UK policy changes enable claimants to record their Personal Independence Payment (PIP) assessments, presenting an opportunity to study how they are produced interactionally. Disabled people have often reported feeling disempowered by PIP assessments, and these assessments are notoriously inaccurate – the vast majority are overturned in the claimants’ favour upon appeal. Given the quality of claimants’ lives often depends on their outcome, it is urgent to learn how the assessment process yields so many successful appeals. Here we analyse a small sample of one PIP assessment recording, uploaded to YouTube by the claimant, to show the importance of understanding these high-stakes interactional situations. We intend for this to show the importance of looking at the interactional detail of PIP assessments, which have hitherto been hidden from scrutiny because of the difficulty of obtaining recordings of assessments.","PeriodicalId":48208,"journal":{"name":"Disability & Society","volume":"37 1","pages":"881 - 887"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2022-04-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45234734","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-04-09DOI: 10.1080/09687599.2022.2034110
Tallulah Clark
Abstract By its very nature, the term Neurodiversity promotes the concept of biodiversity, the wonderful realm of neurocognitive functioning. Why is it that a paradigm that sets out to celebrate and give voice to those belonging to the neurodiverse community ostensibly silences those with rarer conditions? Having a rare neurological condition often intrinsically means living within the neurodiverse community alongside those with more prevalent ailments yet simultaneously living diametrically opposed. More uncommon and misunderstood manifestations are often demonised and condemned as they deviate from what society deems as normal. The neurodiverse community has been limited to those with more prevalent and understood illnesses due to a lack of awareness surrounding other neurological disorders such as ataxia. This article questions the presence of a hierarchy within the neurodiverse community highlighting how it can often exacerbate feelings of inadequacy and shame for those with rarer conditions.
{"title":"Ataxia and me – living within a neurological hierarchy","authors":"Tallulah Clark","doi":"10.1080/09687599.2022.2034110","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09687599.2022.2034110","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract By its very nature, the term Neurodiversity promotes the concept of biodiversity, the wonderful realm of neurocognitive functioning. Why is it that a paradigm that sets out to celebrate and give voice to those belonging to the neurodiverse community ostensibly silences those with rarer conditions? Having a rare neurological condition often intrinsically means living within the neurodiverse community alongside those with more prevalent ailments yet simultaneously living diametrically opposed. More uncommon and misunderstood manifestations are often demonised and condemned as they deviate from what society deems as normal. The neurodiverse community has been limited to those with more prevalent and understood illnesses due to a lack of awareness surrounding other neurological disorders such as ataxia. This article questions the presence of a hierarchy within the neurodiverse community highlighting how it can often exacerbate feelings of inadequacy and shame for those with rarer conditions.","PeriodicalId":48208,"journal":{"name":"Disability & Society","volume":"37 1","pages":"1054 - 1059"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2022-04-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44416515","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-03-05eCollection Date: 2022-01-01DOI: 10.1002/dad2.12295
Anna Dittrich, Nicholas J Ashton, Henrik Zetterberg, Kaj Blennow, Joel Simrén, Fiona Geiger, Anna Zettergren, Sara Shams, Alejandra Machado, Eric Westman, Michael Schöll, Ingmar Skoog, Silke Kern
Neurofilament light protein (NfL) in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and plasma (P) are suggested to be interchangeable markers of neurodegeneration. However, evidence is scarce from community-based samples. NfL was examined in a small-scale sample of 287 individuals from the Gothenburg H70 Birth cohort 1944 study, using linear models in relation to CSF and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) biomarker evidence of neurodegeneration. CSF-NfL and P-NfL present distinct associations with biomarker evidence of Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathology and neurodegeneration. P-NfL was associated with several markers that are characteristic of AD, including smaller hippocampal volumes, amyloid beta (Aβ)42, Aβ42/40, and Aβ42/t-tau (total tau). CSF-NfL demonstrated associations with measures of synaptic and neurodegeneration, including t-tau, phosphorylated tau (p-tau), and neurogranin. Our findings suggest that P-NfL and CSF-NfL may exert different effects on markers of neurodegeneration in a small-scale community-based sample of 70-year-olds.
{"title":"Plasma and CSF NfL are differentially associated with biomarker evidence of neurodegeneration in a community-based sample of 70-year-olds.","authors":"Anna Dittrich, Nicholas J Ashton, Henrik Zetterberg, Kaj Blennow, Joel Simrén, Fiona Geiger, Anna Zettergren, Sara Shams, Alejandra Machado, Eric Westman, Michael Schöll, Ingmar Skoog, Silke Kern","doi":"10.1002/dad2.12295","DOIUrl":"10.1002/dad2.12295","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Neurofilament light protein (NfL) in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and plasma (P) are suggested to be interchangeable markers of neurodegeneration. However, evidence is scarce from community-based samples. NfL was examined in a small-scale sample of 287 individuals from the Gothenburg H70 Birth cohort 1944 study, using linear models in relation to CSF and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) biomarker evidence of neurodegeneration. CSF-NfL and P-NfL present distinct associations with biomarker evidence of Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathology and neurodegeneration. P-NfL was associated with several markers that are characteristic of AD, including smaller hippocampal volumes, amyloid beta (Aβ)<sub>42</sub>, Aβ<sub>42/40</sub>, and Aβ<sub>42</sub>/t-tau (total tau). CSF-NfL demonstrated associations with measures of synaptic and neurodegeneration, including t-tau, phosphorylated tau (p-tau), and neurogranin. Our findings suggest that P-NfL and CSF-NfL may exert different effects on markers of neurodegeneration in a small-scale community-based sample of 70-year-olds.</p>","PeriodicalId":48208,"journal":{"name":"Disability & Society","volume":"28 1","pages":"e12295"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2022-03-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8897823/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81636445","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}