All My Relations: Understanding the Experiences of Native Americans with Disabilities

ISBN-13: 9780367028435 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 130 str.

Hilary N. Weaver; Francis K. Yuen

Opis

Containing case studies from the US, Canada, and Australia, and spanning a diverse range of settings from remote rural areas, to reservations, to college campuses, this book seeks to shed new light on the previously under-researched study of Native peoples with disabilities. This book was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Social Work in Disability & Rehabilitation.

Spis treści

Introduction – All My Relations: Understanding the Experiences of Native Americans with Disabilities  1. Disability Through a Native American Lens: Examining Influences of Culture and Colonization  2. Toward a Culturally Informed Rehabilitation Treatment Model for American Indian/Alaska Native Veterans  3. American Indians’ Response to Physical Pain: Functional Limitations and Help-Seeking Behaviors  4. Mental Disabilities in an Aboriginal Context  5. Impact of Disability and Other Physical Health Issues on Academic Outcomes Among American Indian and Alaskan Native College Students: An Exploratory Analysis  6. Understanding the Challenges to Providing Disabilities Services and Rehabilitation in Rural Alaska: Where Do We Go From Here?  7. Jordan’s Principle and Indigenous Children with Disabilities in Canada: Jurisdiction, Advocacy, and Research  8. Environmental Exposures to Metals in Native Communities and Implications for Child Development: Basis for the Navajo Birth Cohort Study