Health Sciences 3400A/B Lecture 16: Lecture 16

• School: Western University
• Department: Health Sciences
• Course: Health Sciences 3400A/B
• Professor: Melanie Mc Phail

Document Summary

Lecture 16 - participatory action research with children with disabilities. Working towards promoting the occupational participation of children with disabilities through participatory action research. Occupation refers to the range of things people need and want to do within the context of their daily lives: occupational participation is a key contributor to individual, family, and community well-being and societal inclusion. When participation in occupations has been barred, confined, restricted, segregated, prohibited, underdeveloped, disrupted, alienated, marginalized, exploited, excluded or otherwise restricted it is seen as an occupational injustice. Children with disabilities experienced occupational injustice o: denied their right and opportunities for participation. Situated within a critical epistemological framework o o o o. Dominant status quo with children with disabilities in india was that they are not able and not involved. Conceptualize injustices as a consequence of unequal power structures. In regards to this research - stigma, poverty. Change systems that perpetuate injustices for marginalized groups.