Disability Studies Dissertation Abstracts ** EditorŐs Note: This is a new section of RDS courtesy of Jonathan Erlen of the University of Pittsburgh. Abstracts listed below are selected from a full list of disability-related dissertation abstracts updated quarterly. The full list is available at: http://www.hsls.pitt.edu/guides/histmed/researchresources/dissertations/index_html. A narrative inquiry into the experience of women seeking professional help with severe chronic migraines Taylor, Sharon Diane. Proquest Dissertations And Theses 2007. Section 0351, Part 0569 331 pages; [Ph.D. dissertation]. Canada: University of Alberta (Canada); 2007. Publication Number: AAT NR33077. Attitudes of Portuguese students towards behavioral disabilities: Preferences and attributions Ribas, Ana Cristina Lopes. Proquest Dissertations And Theses 2007. Section 0091, Part 0451 105 pages; [Ph.D. dissertation]. United States -- Illinois: Illinois Institute of Technology; 2007. Publication Number: AAT 3279457. College students' attitudes toward individuals with autism Mahoney, David. Proquest Dissertations And Theses 2007. Section 0153, Part 0451 96 pages; [Ph.D. dissertation]. United States -- North Carolina: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; 2007. Publication Number: AAT 3289131. Meanings underlying parent narratives of living with and caring for their preadolescent child with cerebral palsy Rodrigues, Nicola Dominique. Proquest Dissertations And Theses 2007. Section 0130, Part 0529 181 pages; [Ph.D. dissertation]. United States - - Minnesota: University of Minnesota; 2007. Publication Number: AAT 3287829. Overcoming the obstacles: Life stories of scientists with learning disabilities Force, Crista Marie. Proquest Dissertations And Theses 2007. Section 0803, Part 0529 159 pages; [Ph.D. dissertation]. United States -- Texas: Texas A&M University; 2007. Publication Number: AAT 3281058. Pre-service teachers' beliefs about teaching reading to students with and without specific learning disabilities Narkon, Willa Drue. Proquest Dissertations And Theses 2007. Section 0085, Part 0524 244 pages; [Ph.D. dissertation].United States -- Hawaii: University of Hawai'i at Manoa; 2007. Publication Number: AAT 3288123. Psychosocial and disability identity development among college students with disabilities Buggie-Hunt, Tabitha. Proquest Dissertations And Theses 2007. Section 0656, Part 0529 157 pages; [Ph.D. dissertation]. United States -- New York: State University of New York at Buffalo; 2007. Publication Number: AAT 3282934. Psychosocial challenges of college students with a learning disability or attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder Kettmann, Julie Jenks. Proquest Dissertations And Theses 2007. Section 0096, Part 0525 114 pages; [Ph.D. dissertation]. United States -- Iowa: The University of Iowa; 2007. Publication Number: AAT 3281373. Secondary level special education teachers' perspectives and self-reported practices related to the self-determination skills of high school students with disabilities Malone, Beverly E.. Proquest Dissertations And Theses 2007. Section 0092, Part 0529 128 pages; [Ed.D. dissertation]. United States -- Illinois: Illinois State University; 2007. Publication Number: AAT 3280906. Sibling relationships and family dynamics in families with a child with Tourette Syndrome Maleki-Tehrani, Marjan. Proquest Dissertations And Theses 2007. Section 1141, Part 0451 178 pages; [Ph.D. dissertation]. Canada: University of Waterloo (Canada); 2007. Publication Number: AAT NR34525. Talking about infertility: A conceptual model Bute, Jennifer J.. Proquest Dissertations And Theses 2007. Section 0090, Part 0347 205 pages; [Ph.D. dissertation]. United States -- Illinois: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; 2007. Publication Number: AAT 3290188. The blind heroine in cinema history: Film and the not-visual Salerno, Abigail Lauren. Proquest Dissertations And Theses 2007. Section 0066, Part 0295 225 pages; [Ph.D. dissertation]. United States -- North Carolina: Duke University; 2007. Publication Number: AAT 3284297. The experience of parents self-directing the care of their children with developmental disabilities: A hermeneutic phenomenological study Nebeker, Gerald J.. Proquest Dissertations And Theses 2007. Section 1351, Part 0620 169 pages; [Ph.D. dissertation]. United States -- Minnesota: Capella University; 2007. Publication Number: AAT 3277661. The influence of psychosocial factors on the disablement process in women with multiple sclerosis and women with fibromyalgia syndrome Phillips, Lorraine June. Proquest Dissertations And Theses 2007. Section 0227, Part 0453 243 pages; [Ph.D. dissertation].United States -- Texas: The University of Texas at Austin; 2007. Publication Number: AAT 3277616. The relationship among spirituality, self-efficacy, and quality of life in adults with sickle cell disease Adegbola, Maxine A.. Proquest Dissertations And Theses 2007. Section 2502, Part 0569 169 pages; [Ph.D. dissertation]. United States -- Texas: The University of Texas at Arlington; 2007. Publication Number: AAT 3289109. The same and different: A grounded theory of the experiences of college students who have a sibling with a developmental disability Weisman, Jennifer Lynn. Proquest Dissertations And Theses 2007. Section 0117, Part 0745 298 pages; [Ph.D. dissertation]. United States -- Maryland: University of Maryland, College Park; 2007. Publication Number: AAT 3283428. Traversing the tracks: Students with learning disabilities speak up Unger, Mary Ann. Proquest Dissertations And Theses 2007. Section 0250, Part 0514 124 pages; [Ed.D. dissertation]. United States -- Washington: University of Washington; 2007. Publication Number: AAT 3290609. Unmade in America: The cultural construction of the alcohol abuser in the industrializing United States Yates, Timothy Archibald. Proquest Dissertations And Theses 2007. Section 0029, Part 0323 506 pages; [Ph.D. dissertation].United States -- California: University of California, Davis; 2007. Publication Number: AAT 3283059. Untold stories: Women, in the helping professions, as sufferers of chronic pain (re)storying (dis)Ability MacDonald, Judy E.. Proquest Dissertations And Theses 2006. Section 0306, Part 0452 349 pages; [Ph.D. dissertation]. Canada: Memorial University of Newfoundland (Canada); 2006. Publication Number: AAT NR30433. Voiced values: Communicating a local organizational identity for disability Lellis, Julie C.. Proquest Dissertations And Theses 2007. Section 0153, Part 0703 203 pages; [Ph.D. dissertation]. United States -- North Carolina: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; 2007. Publication Number: AAT 3288991. Why adults with learning disabilities dropped out of college: Support services and accommodations Carson-Knight, Vonna N. Proquest Dissertations And Theses 2007. Section 1351, Part 0275 171 pages; [Ph.D. dissertation].United States -- Minnesota: Capella University; 2007. Publication Number: AAT 3278019.