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Non-speaking autism, embodiment, neurodivergence and access to communication therapies and devices
Health, Sports & Psychology

Non-speaking autism, embodiment, neurodivergence and access to communication therapies and devices

...who are engaged in the multi-million-dollar Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA) industry, whose aim is to ‘correct’ autistic behaviours and ways of being. This current research project aims to give a platform to non-speaking autistic people, who may communicate independently over keyboard, to give insights into their lives within an overwhelmingly neurotypical world....
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World in transition: Managing Resources
Nature & Environment

World in transition: Managing Resources

...Practical Action) has helped people in a Peruvian valley. How sustainable was the ITDG intervention? An analysis of the Peruvian project, and an examination of its potential to be progressed and sustained by the Peruvians involved. Studying international development Dr Helen Yanacopulos talks about The Open University course and some of the case studies on this album....
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Audio 1 hr 35 mins
Participatory development in action
Society, Politics & Law

Participatory development in action

...Practical Action) has helped people in a Peruvian valley. How sustainable was the ITDG intervention? An analysis of the Peruvian project, and an examination of its potential to be progressed and sustained by the Peruvians involved. Studying international development Dr Helen Yanacopulos talks about The Open University course and some of the case studies on this album....
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The GOP tries to focus: A guide to the third debate
Society, Politics & Law

The GOP tries to focus: A guide to the third debate

...analysis from three scholars. [Chris Christie] Chris Christie Candidates and media spar, but Americans get their moment Thomas Kochan, MIT Sloan School of Management We were promised a debate over economic issues, but what we got for the first hour was protracted sparring between TV interviewers posing gotcha questions hoping to egg on candidates to attack each other and...
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Embedding mental wellbeing in higher education through inclusive curricula and pedagogy
Education & Development

Embedding mental wellbeing in higher education through inclusive curricula and pedagogy

...data and evaluation criteria A survey sent to a larger cohort of students and staff to invite input into the barriers and solutions identified, as well as ideas for evaluation criteria and measures. My study aims to facilitate students and practitioners to critically examine their institution, to identify barriers to wellbeing and solutions that the institution can adopt....
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What do we mean by digital health and social care?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What do we mean by digital health and social care?

...data about a specified condition), Calculate (a calculator that impacts on treatment, diagnosis or care) Diagnose (diagnoses a specified condition, guides diagnoses). The third section illustrates Evidence tier 2, which is Inform (provides information, resources or activities to the public, patients or clinicians. Includes information about a condition or general health...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Swapping between languages: Bilingual people expressing emotions
Languages

Swapping between languages: Bilingual people expressing emotions

...data, there is not much of a difference between the functional role of Arabic and English. Having said that, there seems to be a general pattern that is emerging in the data that English – or rather switches from Arabic into English – is used to take up ‘expressive’ stances, particularly positive ones. This pattern is particularly marked when it comes to...
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Methods in Motion: Research Modes, Moves, Methods
Society, Politics & Law

Methods in Motion: Research Modes, Moves, Methods

...data sets challenge the limits of ‘humanly generated’ data. We need experimental, multiple methods for knowing the social; and we need to reflect about the consequences of how we know the social. [Painting of bodies by Elizabeth Silva] This blog series 'Methods in Motion', which I have edited since September 2016, has aimed to gather experiences in creating knowledge...
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