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Do disability pension awards have a causal impact on recipients’ marital stability? Evidence from the Danish Social Security Programme
Publication date: Available online 9 August 2018Source: AlterAuthor(s): Siddhartha Baviskar, Kirstine Bengtsson, Steen BengtssonAbstractWhat is the effect of a disability pension (DP) on the recipients’ marital stability if we keep the recipients’ health constant? Previous research shows that marital stability may be challenged when one partner acquires a disability. However, the effects of permanent benefits such as DP on recipients’ marital stability have not yet been examined. We contribute to the literature by investigating this question using data from Denmark and estimating the causal effect of DP using instrum...
Source: ALTER - European Journal of Disability Research - August 10, 2018 Category: Disability Source Type: research

Organisational environment and challenging behaviour in services for people with intellectual disabilities: A review of the literature
ConclusionsThe use of an ecological model for residents with ID and challenging behaviour helps to identify organisational environment aspects that influence challenging behaviour in residents with ID. Understanding organisational environments in terms of their ecology enhances evidence-based provision of quality supports to this population.RésuméContexteExploration bibliographique sur la question de la relation entre facteurs organisationnels et comportements-défis au sein des services pour personnes atteintes d’une déficience intellectuelle.MéthodeDes publications entre 2000 et 2016 ont été examinées à parti...
Source: ALTER - European Journal of Disability Research - July 22, 2018 Category: Disability Source Type: research

Role of the “differently-abled” researcher: Challenges and solutions in inclusive research
This article examines the role of the “differently-abled” researcher in facilitating inclusive research with adults (age 16 and older) with intellectual disabilities living in Sami areas of Norway. Topics discussed include challenges that may arise while conducting such research due to the nature of the project (externally-funded pre-existing project), methods applied (quantitative) and people involved (some being of Sami background and some with intellectual disabilities). In this study, for example, the research sponsors had pre-determined both the topic of investigation (i.e. living conditions) and the method (i.e. ...
Source: ALTER - European Journal of Disability Research - July 20, 2018 Category: Disability Source Type: research

Editorial Board
Publication date: August 2018Source: Alter, Volume 12, Issue 3Author(s): (Source: ALTER - European Journal of Disability Research)
Source: ALTER - European Journal of Disability Research - July 20, 2018 Category: Disability Source Type: research

“Machetear” : Surviving disability through mendicity in the North of Chile
Publication date: January–March 2018Source: Alter, Volume 12, Issue 1Author(s): Carolina FerranteAbstractIn Antofagasta, Chile's Second Region, located at the North of the country and possessing the highest salaries throughout the country, there are many people with physical disabilities that resort to mendicity, which is a survival strategy locally known as “machetear.” According to spontaneous sociology, this scene is explained through cultural and moral protagonism that creates “solidarity” towards people with disabilities in Chile. Even though this country has endorsed international human rights treaties, han...
Source: ALTER - European Journal of Disability Research - July 10, 2018 Category: Disability Source Type: research

Parcours d’inclusion en maternelle. Portrait de jeunes enfants en situation de handicap, D. Bedoin, M. Janner-Raimondi. Champ social éditions, Nîmes (2017)
Publication date: January–March 2018Source: Alter, Volume 12, Issue 1Author(s): Laidi Louisa (Source: ALTER - European Journal of Disability Research)
Source: ALTER - European Journal of Disability Research - July 10, 2018 Category: Disability Source Type: research

Le droit à l’inclusion. Droits et identité dans les récits de vie des personnes handicapées aux États-Unis, D.M. Engel, F.W. Munger. éditions EHESS (2017), 288 pp
Publication date: January–March 2018Source: Alter, Volume 12, Issue 1Author(s): Louis Bertrand (Source: ALTER - European Journal of Disability Research)
Source: ALTER - European Journal of Disability Research - July 10, 2018 Category: Disability Source Type: research

Autismes et socialisations alimentaires : particularités alimentaires des enfants avec un trouble du spectre de l’autisme et ajustements parentaux pour y faire face
Publication date: January–March 2018Source: Alter, Volume 12, Issue 1Author(s): Amandine RochedyRésuméCette thèse vise à apporter des éléments de compréhension sociologique des particularités alimentaires des enfants présentant des troubles autistiques. Ce sujet est encore peu étudié dans la littérature, alors même que les particularités alimentaires et les comportements problématiques à table associés aux troubles autistiques ont des conséquences sur la santé et la vie sociale de l’enfant ainsi que sur celles de l’entourage familial. À travers l’analyse d’entretiens avec des experts et des pa...
Source: ALTER - European Journal of Disability Research - July 10, 2018 Category: Disability Source Type: research

La posture de l’entre-deux des professionnels des secteurs médico-social et sanitaire et la coordination des parcours des jeunes en situation de handicap
Publication date: January–March 2018Source: Alter, Volume 12, Issue 1Author(s): Nicolas Guirimand, Laurence Thouroude, Alain LeplègeRésuméLa loi de 2002 rénovant l’action sociale et médico-sociale oblige les acteurs du secteur médico-social à placer les parents au centre du projet éducatif et de toutes les décisions concernant l’enfant en situation de handicap. Cette recherche porte un nouvel éclairage sur les transformations des postures et des représentations des professionnels, qui coopèrent dans ce contexte de manière plus ou moins forte à la construction des parcours de vie des jeunes. Elle inaugu...
Source: ALTER - European Journal of Disability Research - July 10, 2018 Category: Disability Source Type: research

Quelle expérience pour les élèves présentant des troubles du comportement et orientés vers une scolarité spécialisée ? Une comparaison France–Wallonie
This article proposes a comparison between the mainstream and specialised social and educational experiences, based on having observed and shared the daily routine of the latter group for an extended period of time. Given that this particular group is cared for differently, its members do not have the same experience of their alienation. If the French and Walloons strive to reach a set of norms in order to shed any labels or stigmata and to delegitimize their specialised education, Belgian youth seems to at least partially accept and interact, socially with its deviant peers, while the French fail to bring them into their ...
Source: ALTER - European Journal of Disability Research - July 10, 2018 Category: Disability Source Type: research

Editorial Board
Publication date: January–March 2018Source: Alter, Volume 12, Issue 1Author(s): (Source: ALTER - European Journal of Disability Research)
Source: ALTER - European Journal of Disability Research - July 10, 2018 Category: Disability Source Type: research

Special needs education and inclusion in Germany and Sweden
This article analyzes both the Swedish and the German school systems, focusing on the implementation of inclusive education. The structure of the two systems, the way the categorization processes work, the financing of inclusion as well as teaching models for the realization of inclusion within the classroom are explored. The analysis is built on steering documents and research articles. Although a systematic comparison is not possible, the analysis reveals a different understanding of how to support children with learning difficulties due to the traditions of the two school systems. The different ways of implementing incl...
Source: ALTER - European Journal of Disability Research - July 10, 2018 Category: Disability Source Type: research

Le concept de responsivité : l’accessibilité comme moyen, la participation comme fin
Publication date: Available online 27 April 2018Source: AlterAuthor(s): Charlotte LemoineRésuméEn dépit de l’obligation légale, nombreux sont les bâtiments et les services non adaptés aux besoins des personnes en situation de handicap. Cette publication présente l’analyse des difficultés rencontrées lors de l’adaptation d’un bâtiment neuf et d’un bâtiment ancien aux besoins des personnes en situation de handicap. En impliquant une association de personnes en situation de handicap, l’étude révèle que la notion d’accessibilité, qui se résume souvent à l’application de normes, ne permet pas, ...
Source: ALTER - European Journal of Disability Research - July 10, 2018 Category: Disability Source Type: research

Removing obstacles to equal recognition for persons with intellectual disability: Taking exception to the way things are
Publication date: Available online 1 May 2018Source: AlterAuthor(s): Anne-Marie CallusAbstractArticle 12 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities challenges the misconception that persons with intellectual disability, among others, are not capable to take decisions for themselves. This paper first considers the right to equal recognition before the law within the light of the General Comment on Article 12 issued by the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities which emphasises the need to move away completely from substitute decision-making and to promote supported decision-making. The import...
Source: ALTER - European Journal of Disability Research - July 10, 2018 Category: Disability Source Type: research

Disability–Culture–Society: Strengths and weaknesses of a cultural model of dis/ability
Publication date: June 2018Source: Alter, Volume 12, Issue 2Author(s): Anne WaldschmidtAbstractDrawing on the approach of disability studies this article claims the relevance of culture as an analytical category for the study of disability. It starts with differentiating several fields of research that focus on disability; then it explores the notion of culture. Next, it appreciates the social model of disability, sketches its history and resulting debates. It also provides an overview on earlier attempts of conceptualizing a cultural studies approach to disability. Further, it offers an analytical perspective that uses th...
Source: ALTER - European Journal of Disability Research - July 10, 2018 Category: Disability Source Type: research