Disability Studies Dissertation Abstracts

1. Ethnic minority healthcare utilization: Associations between patient-provider   interaction, acculturation, chronic illness, and treatment delay among self-identified Chinese in California Hsu, Y. ProQuest Dissertations & Theses 2011. [PhD Dissertation] United States: Michigan: Alliant International University, Los Angeles, 2011. Publication Number: 3444358. 

2. The Impact of Inclusion on the Achievement of Middle School Students with Mild to Moderate Learning Disabilities Hawkins, R. ProQuest Dissertations & Theses 2011. United States-Minnesota: Walden University, 2011. Publication Number: 3444883.

3.  Factors within the post-secondary education environment that positively impact the academic success of college students with ADHD Heiney, E. ProQuest Dissertations & Theses 2011. United States-Kentucky: Spalding University, 2011. Publication Number: 3444116.
 
4. The Vocational Success of Adults who had been Formerly Labeled as having Behavioral/Emotional Disabilities in High School Paolotto, F. ProQuest Dissertations & Theses 2011. United States-District of Columbia: The George Washington University, 2011. Publication Number: 3444278. 

5. University education and students' perceptions of physical disabilities at Kuwait University Alrashidi, A. ProQuest Dissertations & Theses 2010. United States-Indiana: Purdue University, 2010. Publication Number: 3444468.  

6. Passing as Literate: Gender, Dyslexia, and the Shaping of Identities Hurst, E. ProQuest Dissertations & Theses 2010. United States-Georgia: Georgia State University, 2010. Publication Number: 3447904.  

7. Living for two: Family caregivers' stories of life with adults who have intellectual disabilities Morgan, S. ProQuest Dissertations & Theses 2010. United States-Pennsylvania: University of Pennsylvania, 2010. Publication Number: 3447158.  

8. 	Student as active agent: A grounded theory of the postsecondary transition experiences for students with psychiatric disabilities Liparini, C. ProQuest Dissertations & Theses 2008. United States-New Jersey: Seton Hall University, 2008. Publication Number: 3448169.

9. Pastoral attitudes toward individuals with developmental disabilities Howard, B. ProQuest Dissertations & Theses 2010. United States-Kentucky: The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2010. Publication Number: 3445605.  

10. An exploration of the effectiveness of a surf camp curriculum on social competence,  social skills, and self-concept changes of children with autism spectrum disorder Cavanaugh, L. ProQuest Dissertations & Theses 2010. United States-Texas: Texas Woman's University, 2010. Publication Number: 3446384.   

11. The discourse of embodiment in the nineteenth century British and North American sign language debates Esmail, J. ProQuest Dissertations & Theses 2008. United States-Michigan: Queen's University (Canada), 2008. Publication Number: NR69936.  


12. The lived experience of mothers caring for an adolescent or young adult with severe Cerebral Palsy Burkhard, A. ProQuest Dissertations & Theses 2011. [PhD Dissertation] United States: District of Columbia: The Catholic University of America, 2011. Publication Number: 3454686.

13. Authorable virtual peers: Technology as an intervention for difficulties with peer social interaction in Autism Spectrum and related disorders Tartaro, A. ProQuest Dissertations & Theses 2011. [PhD Dissertation] United States: Illinois: Northwestern University, 2011. Publication Number: 3456616.

14. Influences of personal culture on the writing of a deaf refugee high school student from Somalia Reimers, R. ProQuest Dissertations & Theses 2011. [PhD Dissertation] United States: Minnesota: Walden University, 2011. Publication Number: 3456598.

15. Facilitating self-disclosure among students with disabilities in institutions of higher education Smith, M. ProQuest Dissertations & Theses 2011. [PhD Dissertation] United States: Florida: Nova Southeastern University, 2011. Publication Number: 3458777.

16. Positioned as bystanders: Deaf students' experiences and perceptions of informal learning phenomena  Hopper, M. ProQuest Dissertations & Theses 2011. [PhD Dissertation] United States: New York: University of Rochester, 2011. Publication Number: 3458642.

17. Journeys of identity construction after traumatic brain injury: Elite athletes perform their stories of healing  Smith, C. ProQuest Dissertations & Theses 2010. [PhD Dissertation] Canada: Ottawa: University of Ottawa, 2010. Publication Number: NR74229.

18.  Living with Alzheimer's disease: Daughter caregivers and their contemporary families Montano, R. ProQuest Dissertations & Theses 2011. [PhD Dissertation] United States: Minnesota: Minneapolis: Capella University, 2011. Publication Number: 3454482.

19. Exploration of attitudes toward individuals with intellectual disabilities Chopko, S. ProQuest Dissertations & Theses 2011. [PhD Dissertation] United States: Alabama: Birmingham: University of Alabama, 2011. Publication Number: 3457140. 

20. "True types of the London poor": Adolphe Smith and John Thomson's "Street Life in London"  Morgan, E. ProQuest Dissertations & Theses 2012. [PhD Dissertation] United States: Arizona: The University of Arizona, 2012. Publication Number: 3546726.

21. The sanitized city and other urban myths: Fantasies of risk and illness in the twentieth century metropolis Youssef, D. ProQuest Dissertations & Theses 2012. [PhD Dissertation] United States: California: University of California, Los Angeles, 2012. Publication Number: 3546897. 

22. A gendered history of pain in England, circa 1620-1740  Walker, K. ProQuest Dissertations & Theses 2011. [PhD Dissertation] Canada: Ontario: McMaster University, 2011. Publication Number: NR91079.

23. Producing knowledge: Civil War bodies and the development of scientific medicine in nineteenth century America Devine, S. ProQuest Dissertations & Theses 2010. [PhD Dissertation] Canada: Ontario: University of Western Ontario, 2010. Publication Number: NR89528.
 
24. Disability: A normative evaluation  Brown, J. ProQuest Dissertations & Theses 2011. [PhD Dissertation] United States: Missouri: Washington University at St. Louis, 2011. Publication Number: 3450807.

25. The special education of Black boys: An ecological examination Makepeace, N. ProQuest Dissertations & Theses 2011. [PhD Dissertation] United States: Michigan: Michigan State University, 2011. Publication Number: 3450840.

26. The effect of two disability-awareness training models on stigmatizing attitudes among future healthcare professionals Barney, K. ProQuest Dissertations & Theses 2011. [PhD Dissertation] United States: Utah: University of Utah, 2011. Publication Number: 3450956.

27. Historical implications of the Black Civil Rights Movement prior to the Brown decision on legislation for the disabled Thomas, R. ProQuest Dissertations & Theses 2011. [PhD Dissertation] United States: Wisconsin: Marquette University, 2011. Publication Number: 3453087.

28. Cripples all! or, the mark of slavery: Disability and race in antebellum America, 1820-1860 Barclay, J. ProQuest Dissertations & Theses 2011. [PhD Dissertation] United States: Michigan: Michigan State University, 2011. Publication Number: 3453277.

29. The overrepresentation of African American males in special education labeled as emotionally disturbed  Roberson, G. ProQuest Dissertations & Theses 2011. [PhD Dissertation] United States: California: Alliant International University, 2011. Publication Number: 3453549.

30.  At the intersection of class and disability: The impact of forms of capital on college access and success for students with learning disabilities  Haeger, H. ProQuest Dissertations & Theses 2011. [PhD Dissertation] United States: Arizona: University of Arizona, 2011. Publication Number: 3455013.

31. All kinds of minds: A phenomenological study of adult learners living with learning disabilities  Winn, J. ProQuest Dissertations & Theses 2010. [PhD Dissertation] United States: Idaho: University of Idaho, 2010. Publication Number: 3455206.

32. Write of passage: Understanding disability and illness narratives through the bodies of Nancy Mairs, May Sarton, and Muriel Rukeyser Gregory, S. ProQuest Dissertations & Theses 2011. [PhD Dissertation] United States: Oklahoma: University of Tulsa, 2011. Publication Number: 3455417.

33. The oddity as commodity: Television and the modern day freak show Cecala, R. ProQuest Dissertations & Theses 2011. [PhD Dissertation] United States: Mississippi: University of Southern Mississippi, 2011. Publication Number: 3455448.