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Enhancing occupation through use of substances: A critical interpretative synthesis
Kiepek, Niki; Beagan, Brenda; Phelan, Shanon (2019-11)Introduction. Substance use, as an occupation, is typically portrayed as problematic and the target of occupational therapy intervention and remediation. At the same time, psychoactive substances may be used to enhance ... -
Equitable access to inclusive early learning and childcare for children with disabilities: The family experience
Phelan, Shanon; Diggins, Colleen; Ausman, Christine; Vardy, Leah; McConnell, David; Moore, Sarah (2022-10-31)Families of children with disabilities have endured a long history of inequitable access to inclusive early learning and childcare programs due to financial, institutional, sociocultural, and discriminatory barriers. When ... -
The exclusionary effects of inclusion today: (Re)production of disability in inclusive education settings
Reeves, Paige; Ng, Stella; Harris, Meghan; Phelan, Shanon (Taylor & Francis Online, 2020-10-14)Current inclusive education practices remain entrenched in deficit-oriented discourses. An interrogation of these discourses is necessary to enact inclusion driven by diversity and collective belonging. This collective ... -
Promoting equitable access to disability inclusive early learning & childcare in Nova Scotia: The family experience (Summary Report)
Phelan, Shanon; Diggins, Colleen; Ausman, Christine; Vardy, Leah; McConnell, David; Moore, Sarah (2024-06)Introduction: In this research, we asked: How do families in Nova Scotia navigate access to inclusive early learning and childcare programs for preschool-aged children experiencing disability? We wanted to know: 1) What ... -
(Re)Imagining inclusion in ways that foster belonging in the lives of disabled children and youth
Phelan, Shanon; Reeves, Paige (The Lancet, 2021-12-01)For the greater part of the twentieth century, thanks in part to disability rights movements around the world, disableda children and youth have increasingly been afforded access to community spaces, such as schools and ... -
Silences around occupations framed as unhealthy, illegal, and deviant
Kiepek, Niki; Beagan, Brenda; Laliberte Rudman, Debbie; Phelan, Shanon (2019-07)Occupational science has made tremendous strides in establishing a theoretical and empirical knowledge base grounded in the study of occupation. Yet given its origins in occupational therapy, a health profession aimed at ...