DISABILITY STUDIES DISSERTATION ABSTRACTS Disability Studies Dissertation Abstracts Editor’s Note: The information for this section of RDS is provided by Jonathon Erlen of the University of Pittsburgh. A full list of disability-related dissertation abstracts may be found at http://www.hsls.pitt.edu/guides/histmed/dissertations/ Reframing narratives and reevaluating bodies: Incorporating disability into narratives. Johnson, Katyna. Proquest Dissertations And Theses 2009. Section 0142, Part 0316 226 pages; [Ph.D. dissertation].United States – New Mexico: The University of New Mexico; 2009. Publication Number: AAT 3368070. Homebound instruction: The legal segregation of students with disabilities under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. Lustig, Benjamin Craig. Proquest Dissertations And Theses 2009. Section 0096, Part 0514 193 pages; [Ph.D. dissertation].United States -- Iowa: The University of Iowa; 2009. Publication Number: AAT 3373920. Teachers' willingness to provide accommodations for students with bipolar disorder. Tarbox, Jennifer Anne. Proquest Dissertations And Theses 2009. Section 0010, Part 0525 146 pages; [Ph.D. dissertation].United States -- Arizona: Arizona State University; 2009. Publication Number: AAT 3371240. Influences during student teaching on preservice teachers' attitudes toward the inclusion of students with disabilities in the general education classroom. Huber, Jennifer J. Proquest Dissertations And Theses 2009. Section 0050, Part 0529 294 pages; [Ph.D. dissertation].United States -- South Carolina: Clemson University; 2009. Publication Number: AAT 3369259. Improving the writing performance of high school students with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and writing difficulties. Jacobson, Laura Thompson. Proquest Dissertations And Theses 2009. Section 0138, Part 0529 127 pages; [Ed.D. dissertation].United States -- Nebraska: The University of Nebraska - Lincoln; 2009. Publication Number: AAT 3369352. Effects of two intervention approaches on Korean general and special education teachers' goals, attitudes, factors affecting willingness to teach, and knowledge regarding sexuality education for students with intellectual disabilities. Kim, Hye-Jin. Proquest Dissertations And Theses 2009. Section 0054, Part 0529 204 pages; [Ph.D. dissertation].United States -- New York: Columbia University; 2009. Publication Number: AAT 3373772. A chaotic companion: Writers and writing with bipolar disorder. DiPaula, Lauren Teresa. Proquest Dissertations And Theses 2009. Section 0318, Part 0681 290 pages; [Ph.D. dissertation].United States -- Pennsylvania: Indiana University of Pennsylvania; 2009. Publication Number: AAT 3369972. Confronting "the stare": Women with dis/abilities, negative cultural representations, and resistance. Schaller, Janet Ellen. Proquest Dissertations And Theses 2004. Section 0231, Part 0319 274 pages; [Ph.D. dissertation].United States -- California: Claremont School of Theology; 2004. Publication Number: AAT 3373838. The prevalence of ADHD symptoms in a culturally diverse and developing country, Lebanon. Bathiche, Marie. Proquest Dissertations And Theses 2008. Section 0781, Part 0622 225 pages; [Ph.D. dissertation].Canada: McGill University (Canada); 2008. Publication Number: AAT NR50775. Antecedents and outcomes of workplace discrimination as perceived by employees with disabilities. Bradley, Jessica Lynn. Proquest Dissertations And Theses 2009. Section 0050, Part 0624 138 pages; [Ph.D. dissertation].United States -- South Carolina: Clemson University; 2009. Publication Number: AAT 3369243. Organizational decision making relative to employees with disabilities: Evidence of shifting standards. Lynch, Joel Edward. Proquest Dissertations And Theses 2009. Section 0162, Part 0624 259 pages; [Ph.D. dissertation].United States -- Illinois: Northern Illinois University; 2009. Publication Number: AAT 3369793. The new American grotesque: Freaks and other monstrous and extraordinary bodies. Raphael, Raphael. Proquest Dissertations And Theses 2009. Section 0171, Part 0900 280 pages; [Ph.D. dissertation].United States -- Oregon: University of Oregon; 2009. Publication Number: AAT 3377393. Narrating lives and raising consciousness through dance: The performance of (dis)ability at Dancing Wheels. Quinlan, Margaret M.. Proquest Dissertations And Theses 2009. Section 0167, Part 0378 486 pages; [Ph.D. dissertation].United States -- Ohio: Ohio University; 2009. Publication Number: AAT 3371581. Teachers' perspectives and attitudes towards integrating students with learning disabilities in regular Saudi public schools. Al-Ahmadi, Nsreen A.. Proquest Dissertations And Theses 2009. Section 0167, Part 0529 367 pages; [Ph.D. dissertation].United States -- Ohio: Ohio University; 2009. Publication Number: AAT 3371476. A qualitative investigation of ASL/English bilingual instruction of deaf students in secondary science classrooms. Lane-Outlaw, Susan L.. Proquest Dissertations And Theses 2009. Section 0505, Part 0529 208 pages; [Ph.D. dissertation].United States -- District of Columbia: Gallaudet University; 2009. Publication Number: AAT 3376998. Making way through the borderlands: Latino youth with disabilities in transition from school to adult life. Povenmire-Kirk, Tiana Cadye. Proquest Dissertations And Theses 2009. Section 0171, Part 0529 141 pages; [Ph.D. dissertation].United States -- Oregon: University of Oregon; 2009. Publication Number: AAT 3377392. Characteristics of highly effective teachers: A perspective from students with disabilities. Smith, David J.. Proquest Dissertations And Theses 2009. Section 0743, Part 0529 131 pages; [Ed.D. dissertation].United States -- Iowa: University of Northern Iowa; 2009. Publication Number: AAT 3375239. Attitudes of older adults toward their peers with mental disabilities. Goatcher, Sandra Margaret. Proquest Dissertations And Theses 2000. Section 0303, Part 0351 200 pages; [M.Sc. dissertation].Canada: The University of Manitoba (Canada); 2000. Publication Number: AAT MQ53160. The influence of empowerment on recovery in psychiatric treatment: An exploratory study of therapeutic relationships. Saruwatari, Toshiaki Donald. Proquest Dissertations And Theses 2009. Section 1351, Part 0347 121 pages; [Ph.D. dissertation].United States -- Minnesota: Capella University; 2009. Publication Number: AAT 3371726. Contentment in "Songs of the Gorilla Nation: My Journey through Autism": A humanbecoming hermeneutic study. Bonis, Susan A.. Proquest Dissertations And Theses 2009. Section 0118, Part 0569 174 pages; [Ph.D. dissertation].United States -- Massachusetts: University of Massachusetts Amherst; 2009. Publication Number: AAT 3372255. The lived experience of feeling misunderstood for persons living with vitiligo. Condon, Barbara Backer. Proquest Dissertations And Theses 2008. Section 0205, Part 0569 197 pages; [Ph.D. dissertation].United States -- South Dakota: South Dakota State University; 2008. Publication Number: AAT 3371540. Exploring attitudes toward people who stutter: A mixed model approach. Hughes, Stephanie. Proquest Dissertations And Theses 2008. Section 0018, Part 0460 328 pages; [Ph.D. dissertation].United States -- Ohio: Bowling Green State University; 2008. Publication Number: AAT 3375050. Cultural differences in the experience of the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of ADHD in a son: Interviews with three Mexican and three Caucasian American mothers. Chavarela, Susan. Proquest Dissertations And Theses 2009. Section 1434, Part 0622 195 pages; [Psy.D. dissertation].United States -- California: Alliant International University, San Francisco Bay; 2009. Publication Number: AAT 3377439. Career development experiences of Asian Americans with chronic mental health disabilities. Ng, Vicky Yik-Yi. Proquest Dissertations And Theses 2009. Section 0072, Part 0603 157 pages; [Ph.D. dissertation].United States -- New York: Fordham University; 2009. Publication Number: AAT 3373830.