Demands of People with Disabilities and Empowerment of Resilient Strategies

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Resilience is a phenomenon that can be studied in catastrophic situations but also in everyday matters such as disability, this being an alternative way of working in the environment that requires the adaptation of the social networks that contain and support people with this condition. The research was conducted at the Technical University of Manabí applied to the population of students with disabilities. The paper presents an analysis of support networks and their relationship with student resilience. The results related to the application of the Saavedra-Villalta test are shown, which allowed correlating the level of resilience of the sample studied with the support networks. An analysis linked to the interpretation of the Pearson correlation coefficient is presented. The result obtained is presented by applying semi-structured interviews to a sample of 48 disabled students.

Section: Results and Analysismentioning

confidence: 99%

Resilience and Support Networks for University Students with Disabilities

Cedeño

Meza

Mejía

2018

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“…Students experience in relation to access, permanence and prosecution 139 within the education system; Likewise, it serves as a means to eliminate barriers that limit learning and participatory integration in equal opportunities to the curriculum, physical facilities and educational life [9]. In Ecuador, there have been several studies associated with student exclusivity and resilience among which are: [5], [6], [10].…”

Section: Results and Analysis 31 Attention To The Disabledmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…However, there is still a situation of inequality when it comes to training or entering the labor market [11], [12]. However, a social investigation aimed at analyzing the degree of inclusion of people with disabilities in the Spanish university system.…”

Section: Results and Analysis 31 Attention To The Disabledmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…However, during the last months in the Technical University of Manabí, several investigations have been carried out related to the subject [5], [6]. When talking about resilience, the ability of the individual to face adversity is generalized as a definition; but, one thing is to suffer a disability, giving way to develop resilience and another to face this phenomenon from the role of the father of a family.…”

Section: Macías E Vaca F and Gavilánez V (2018) Resilience Of mentioning

confidence: 99%

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Resilience of Parents of Young University Students with Disabilities

Macías

Vaca

Gavilánez

2018

The resilience of parents can play a decisive role as a resource that favors the inclusion and development of students with disabilities, representing a decisive contribution in school-family co-responsibility. This work showed a conceptual analysis related to resilience from a family dimension and especially the role played by parents. The research was carried out in the context of the Technical University of Manabí, a representative sample of students with disabilities and their families was selected, two instruments were applied to obtain the data: Family Functioning Scale [1] and the Mother Resilience Scale [2]. The attention to the young person with a disability was analyzed, and it is particularized in the related to the family of these. The results are shown in tables that allow the final results to be identified.

“…Resilience is emerging as a research line with great possibilities for future development for its application to the social field, in general, and in social work in particular [12], [13].…”

Section: The Concept Of Resiliencementioning

confidence: 99%

Resilience and Personal Improvement of Students with Motor Disabilities

Zambrano

Villamil

Cantos

2018

The condition of disability causes multiple changes in the life of a person, putting into play different mechanisms that allow him to adapt to the new situation and learn to live with important restrictions that require an effort to realize a normalized life, in a society where there is no shortage discriminatory and differentiating attitudes, which make the process of adaptation to society more difficult, all this influences the efforts to achieve the personal improvement of the disabled and the strengthening of their resilient posture. The objective of the research is to establish the resilience and personal improvement of students with disabilities in the Universidad Técnica de Manabí. The research shows an analysis of the functional and conceptual background of the phenomenon related to motor disability and the rights of people who suffer from it to develop their social skills to obtain a profession. It addresses the concept of resilience and what is related to the ability of people with disabilities to overcome. The results obtained in the application of the SV-RES test prepared by the researchers (Saavedra & Villalta, 2008a), to the students who suffer motor disability and who are enrolled in different careers of the technical university of Manabí, are offered. Offer in tables and an analysis related to the resilience and personal improvement of said students is presented.