Disability

Presents results for adults, youth and children. Under each there are sections dealing with demographics, indicators and predictors of personal health and wellness, health care, and community health and wellness. Version 2.0.

Reports results of a community consultation needs analysis with the conclusions being used to develop specific strategic responses to identified Aboriginal communities.

Focuses on the challenges and needs of off-reserve Aboriginal children by addressing implications of mobility and jurisdiction.

Describes the State Conference of the Aboriginal Disability Network, held in November 2002 which was convened to bring together Australian Aboriginal people with disabilities and families and health providers from across New South Wales, Australia.

Covers community profiles, best practice research, program overviews, and cross-Canada policy.

Chapter 6 of: Advancing the Inclusion of People With Disabilities (2008). Entire book on one pdf. To access this chapter, scroll to p. 91.

Presents the results of a two-year study which examined issues faced by urban individuals with disabilities.

Brief article states that these women face more barriers to services, both as recipients and caregivers.

Reports on findings from two surveys: Phase I was conducted in February 2017 and had 85 participants, mainly living off-reserve; Phase II was conducted from June-August 2017 and had 96 participants. Themes which emerged were regulations around mental health and addictions, training and education, creating safe spaces, and funding. Concludes with recommendations.

Distance Education Thesis (Ed.D)--Athabasca University, 2015.

Article reports on the findings of three case studies conducted in Australia, Mexico, and New Zealand; shows that health systems in these countries have not addressed barriers to health care arising from multiple factors (or aggravated forms) of discrimination, such as the intersection between disability and indigeneity. Makes recommendations for improvement.

Brief profile of two founding members of the First Nations Network on Disabilities.

Discusses a collaborative study to investigate the health and social service needs of the elderly, chronically ill and disabled.

Contends that alcohol related incidents destroy Aboriginal youth at an alarming rate.

Explores the psychological and physical effects of substance abuse and interrelationship with other mental health issues.

Educational Psychology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Alberta, 2007.

Discusses disability in terms of common definitions, diagnosis and prognosis by the medical community, and the consequences to and adaptation of families affected by the disability.

Describes programs that look at the need for a holistic approach to child development, including those programs for Aboriginal children and children with disabilities.

Briefly speaks about a deaf and mute Aboriginal man trying to get assistance in a hospital.

Brief general article.

Discusses current situation of Elders, their relationship with their families and communities and the supports needed to ensure their quality of life.

Study focused the status of children, paying particular attention to federal programs and services available to them. Reproduction is a copy of an official work that is published by the Government of Canada and it is reproduced in affiliation with, or with the endorsement of the Government of Canada.

Data from crowd-sourcing initiative with 600 participants conducted between June 23 to July 6, 2020.

Reports on the challenges of differing definitions of disability even within a single Indigenous community.

Information regarding Native American and Native Alaskan health service programs being developed for children with "serious emotional and behavioral disturbances."

Assessed disability type and incidence, limitations, employment and concerns and barriers. Paper presented at the Northeastern Educational Research Association Conference, Symposium on Special Education and Rehabilitation, 2009.

Outlines needs based on the 1991 Aboriginal Peoples Survey and assesses costs for provision of adequate services.

Uses the pandemic to provide a commentary on longstanding issues of access and quality of care for Māori with disabilities in New Zealand.

Explores arts-based research methods.

Chapter Four of Raising Adult Literacy Skills: The Need for A Pan-Canadian Response

Uses data from 2006 and 2011 Australian censuses to analyze geographic and demographic distribution of disability within Indigenous population and compare results to non-Indigenous population.

Comments on Aboriginal Canadians having a disproportionate rate of serious health problems including disabilities.

Study used a sample of 434,972 adults fifty or older and evaluated data from the 2003-2005 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, then compared results to those for the general population.

Analyzes Madonna Swan: A Lakota Woman's Story by Mark St. Pierre, the only book-length narrative of a tuberculosis survivor.

Reports on the importance of understanding the Native American view on disabilities.

Social Work Thesis (M.S.W.)--University of Regina, 2000.

Rehabilitation Therapy Thesis (M.Sc.)--Queen's University, 2003.

Discusses yearlong community-based project undertaken by Saskatchewan First Nations Family and Community Institute, QBOW Child and Family Services and Nechapanuk Centre Child and Family Services. Highlights the need for building a stronger continuum of care and core recommendation is that agencies focus on programming, partnerships, and building capacity before, during and after a child comes into care.

Report summarized research conducted on the gaps in disability and career program services provided to Indigenous Australians. Questionnaires were administered to each of 10 program managers, gaps were noted in transportation, housing, outreach services, residential respite, and career support, as well as for assessment, treatment, counseling, and case management.

Short article stresses the importance of rehabilitative medicine and provides definitions to some of the related terminology.

Discusses the increased rates of debilitating conditions and contributing factors among Native Americans, as well as the impact on society.

Public Administration, Political Studies Thesis (M.P.A.)--University of Manitoba / University of Winnipeg, 1998.