... and beliefs of injured migrant workers in Singapore, towards disability and vocational rehabilitation. Design/methodology/approach Fifteen male migrant workers, from Bangladesh, China and India, who had acquired disabling injuries in their workplaces in Singapore, were identified through purposive...

...Vanesa Beka; Vera Caine; D. Jean Clandinin; Pam Steeves Purpose Children who are refugees and who live with disabilities are among the most at-risk groups for marginalization due to compounded disadvantages from the intersection of risk factors such as refugee status and disability status. Despite...

...Alix Malloy; Corinne Marie Rogers; Vera Caine; D. Jean Clandinin Purpose Refugees living with disabilities are among the most vulnerable, isolated and marginalized populations, and, of this group, children are particularly vulnerable. The purpose of this study is to identify current knowledge...

...Melissa Fellin; Gillian King; Victoria Esses; Sally Lindsay; Anne Klassen Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the barriers and facilitators to health and social service access and utilization for immigrant parents raising a child with a physical disability, in order to understand...

...Norma Montesino Purpose The aim of this paper is to discuss the importance of the disability category in Swedish welfare policies. The paper seeks to focus on two cases that illustrate how the social dimension in the understanding of disability permitted the inclusion of individuals, previously...