We have agreed to provide within the journal a list of completed theses in the field of Disability Studies. This will be an important resource for readers to follow through as well as provide the names of colleagues who are new entrants to the discipline.
This is an open invitation for theses completed from 2015 which fit with the Aims and Scope of Disability & Society.
Please provide the following information:
Name of the author
Thesis title
University awarding degree
Degree awarded and year
A 100 word synopsis of the thesis
Email address
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Name of the author: Dimitrios Skempes
Thesis title: Health related rehabilitation and human rights: Turning fine aspirations into measurable progress
University awarding degree: University of Lucerne, Switzerland
Degree awarded and year: PhD, 2019
This research explored the normative content of the right to access rehabilitation under the CRPD and developed a monitoring framework to assess progress with its implementation. The framework consists of 107 indicators grouped in 11 clusters: Legal Commitments and Strategic Priorities; Evidence informed and rights based programming; Workforce Development; Monitoring and Accountability; Service Financing and Quality Control; Access Barriers; Service Coverage, Utilization and Outcomes; Disability Statistics; Social Mobilization and Research; Workforce Planning and Performance; Higher Education. These constitute essential components of a rights based strategy towards improving health and participation of people with disability. Recommendations include strengthening rehabilitation through rights based governance, integrating rehabilitation in health systems, improving the collection of data and establishing effective accountability mechanisms.
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