The Canadian Disability Policy Alliiance in collaboration with the Mobility Team, has conducted a scan of legislation, regulations and programs governing funding for wheelchairs and scooters for...
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Quality of Participation Measure and Guide
CDPP researchers have developed a measure to evaluate the quality of participation for people with disabilities across employment, mobility, and sport and exercise life domains.
The...
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Recreational Leisure Activities: Understanding the benefits of participating in Adaptive Leisure Activities
This knowledge translation bulletin shares the findings from a qualitative study which assessed the impact of adapted recreational activities on the wellbeing, health, and social participation of...
Rethinking the meaning of "Participation" for people with disabilities
The purpose of this document is to encourage community programmers, rehabilitation specialists, policy makers and researchers to better understand the nature of participation by people with...
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What Constitutes 'Quality' Participation?
CDPP’s focus is on improving not just the number of people with disabilities participating, but also the quality of participation. It is important that we have a clear
What factors influence adult wheelchair users' participation in social and community activities?
Purpose: To systematically identify factors presented in existing literature that are associated with adult wheelchair users' (WCUs) participation in social and community activities.
What rehabilitation interventions improve social participation after stroke?
Purpose: To review the existing evidence of randomized controlled trials (RTCs) to determine whether rehabilitation interventions have a beneficial effect on social participation after stroke.
What is the recent published research about mobility scooters?
Purpose: To identify and categorize recent published research about mobility scooters in both white (peer-reviewed journals) and grey literature (outside of academic publishing channels such as...