Elder Law In Context Book
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Rebecca C. Morgan et al., Elder Law In Context (Wolters Kluwer, 2017)Clicking on the button will copy the full recommended citation.
2017
Family Attitudes and Reactions toward Pregnancy among Women with Physical Disabilities Article
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Robyn Powell et al., Family Attitudes and Reactions toward Pregnancy among Women with Physical Disabilities, 27 Women's Health Issues 345 (2017)Clicking on the button will copy the full recommended citation.
Background
Historically, people with disabilities who become parents have confronted discriminatory societal attitudes and public policies. Today, although more women with disabilities are bearing children, little is known about the perceptions of their pregnancies, even among their family members. In addition, little is understood about how family members’ attitudes and reactions affect women with physical disabilities around the time of pregnancy.
Method
This qualitative study involved interviews with 25 women with physical disabilities from across the United States who had a baby within the past 10 years. Semistructured telephone interviews were conducted. Interviews were audio-recorded, professionally transcribed, and analyzed using an iterative, interpretive process.
Findings
Women reported a wide range of physical disabilities. Before, during, and after pregnancy, participants reported experiencing wide-ranging attitudes and reactions from family members concerning their pregnancies. These responses fell into six categories: 1) initial negative reactions, 2) concern about mother's well-being, 3) questioning of parenting capability, 4) negative perceptions of disability, 5) genetic concerns, and 6) excited and supportive.
Conclusions
This study sheds light on the attitudes and reactions toward pregnancy that women with physical disabilities experience from family members. Our findings suggest the need for increased social support and family education. Greater availability of peer supports as well as information for women with disabilities considering pregnancy is also needed.
The Health and Economic Well-Being of US Mothers with Intellectual Impairments Article
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Robyn Powell et al., The Health and Economic Well-Being of US Mothers with Intellectual Impairments, 30 Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities 456 (2017)Clicking on the button will copy the full recommended citation.
Background
While the United States has seen increased attention by policymakers on the rights of parents with disabilities, there is limited understanding of the health and economic well-being of parents with intellectual impairments. This study compares the health and economic well-being of mothers with and without intellectual impairments.
Methods
This descriptive, exploratory study is a secondary analysis of the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study. This study includes a subsample of mothers of three-year-old children (n = 1561), including mothers with intellectual impairments (n = 263) and without intellectual impairments (n = 1298).
Results
US Mothers with intellectual impairments are more likely to report serious health conditions, have less instrumental support, live in poverty, receive public benefits and experience certain material hardships.
Conclusion
Findings from this study indicate the need for policies and programmes to support parents with intellectual impairments by addressing their health and economic needs.
Can I/Should I Sell Law-Related Financial Services to Clients? Article
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Roberta Flowers, Can I/Should I Sell Law-Related Financial Services to Clients?, 13 NAELA Journal 15 (2017)Clicking on the button will copy the full recommended citation.
Unlocking the Housing-Related Benefits of Telework: A Case for Government Intervention Article
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Will Bunting, Unlocking the Housing-Related Benefits of Telework: A Case for Government Intervention, 46 Real Estate Law Journal 285 (2017)Clicking on the button will copy the full recommended citation.
The central claim of the present article is that some form of government intervention is necessary to make telework arrangements sufficiently binding in the long-run for employees living in, or near, city centers to feel comfortable incurring the costs of relocating to more remote, lower-priced areas, and to ensure the long-run financial self-sufficiency of private telework centers, which provide important benefits, not just to employers and employees, but to society generally. The public benefit considered here is the capacity for telework, and telework centers specifically, to provide lower-priced housing alternatives for middle- and high-income earners who choose to live in, or near, the city center to reduce the time spent commuting, but who would otherwise choose to live in more remote, lower-priced areas if commuting costs were lower. As explained, a minimal amount of government intervention is necessary, however, to overcome several key economic challenges that preclude employees from relocating to remote, lower-priced exurban or rural communities, as well as the formation of a new and exciting private-sector enterprise: the privately-operated telework center.
Health Care Changes for Children with Special Health Care Needs, 2005–2011 Article
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Thomas Sannicandro et al., Health Care Changes for Children with Special Health Care Needs, 2005–2011, 21 Maternal and Child Health Journal 524 (2017)Clicking on the button will copy the full recommended citation.
This study compared health care utilization of children with special health care needs in 2005/06 and 2009/10. Methods Using data from the National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs, this study compared the health care utilization of children with special health care needs in 2005/06 (n = 40,723) and 2009/10 (n = 40,242). Descriptive statistics characterize the sample during the 2005/06 and 2009/10 surveys. Logistic regression models examined the unmet needs for specific health care and support services, delayed care, coordinated care, and medical home. Results Compared to 2005/06, in 2009/10 children with special health care needs had greater unmet dental and therapy needs and less care coordination of health services as well as access to medical home services. Conclusions These findings indicate that additional measures are needed to improve the health care access of children with special health care needs.
Behavioural and Cognitive Outcomes in Young Children of Mothers with Intellectual Impairments Article
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Robyn Powell and Susan L. Parish, Behavioural and Cognitive Outcomes in Young Children of Mothers with Intellectual Impairments, 61 Journal of Intellectual Disability Research 50 (2017)Clicking on the button will copy the full recommended citation.
Background
Despite an increase in international studies examining the experiences of parents with intellectual impairments and their children, few have utilised population-based data. This study investigated the behavioural and cognitive outcomes of 3-year-old US children of mothers with intellectual impairments compared with children of mothers without intellectual impairments.
Methods
This study employed a secondary analysis of the Fragile Families Child and Wellbeing Study, a longitudinal birth cohort study in the US. Our analytic sample included mothers with intellectual impairments (n = 263) and a comparison group of mothers without intellectual impairments (n = 1298), as well as each sampled mother's focal child. When weighted, Fragile Families is representative of all births in US cities with populations over 200 000.
Results
Children of mothers with intellectual impairments had poorer behavioural and cognitive outcomes in comparison to same-age children of mothers without intellectual impairments. Notably, however, children of mothers with intellectual impairments were not at increased risk of being aggressive unless their family income was below 200% of the federal poverty level. Further, families headed by mothers with intellectual impairments experienced multiple hardships related to socioeconomic factors, limited social supports and poor self-reported health.
Conclusion
Appropriate policies and programmes must be developed and implemented to effectively support these families, such as increased financial benefits.
Addison v. Peyton: Case File and Teaching Guide Miscellaneous
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Elizabeth Ippolito Boals, Addison v. Peyton: Case File and Teaching Guide (2nd ed., NITA, 2017)Clicking on the button will copy the full recommended citation.
Effective Advocacy in a Territorial Jurisdiction Symposium: Symposium Introduction Article
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Kristen David Adams, Effective Advocacy in a Territorial Jurisdiction Symposium: Symposium Introduction, 46 Stetson L. Rev. 227 (2017)Clicking on the button will copy the full recommended citation.
ALWD Guide to Legal Citation Online Companion Book (Online)
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Brooke J. Bowman, ALWD Guide to Legal Citation Online Companion (6th ed., 2017)Clicking on the button will copy the full recommended citation.