Notations are fundamental in mathematics and related fields, but their design has overlooked the diverse needs of different users. Recent insights into neurodiversity highlight how certain design choices can either hinder or facilitate comprehension for neurodiverse students.
This article focuses on whether handwriting and typing contribute differentially to lexical acquisition within the alphabetic system, providing distinct sensorimotor experiences for words through different motor actions and consequent attentional and time constraints in producing letters. We examined a sample of middle school students with reading and spelling disabilities alongside age-matched peers with typical development.
This chapter explores ethical challenges in the research, development, and commercialization of neural interfaces, aligning with SDG 3 (Good Health and Well-being) by ensuring safe and responsible innovation in neurotechnology, SDG 9 (Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure) through fostering ethical advancement in cutting-edge technologies, and SDG 10 (Reduced Inequalities) by addressing issues of distributive justice and equitable access to emerging neurotechnologies.
The paper critically examines the assumption that access to electricity (SDG 7) inherently promotes gender equality (SDG 5). It finds that the gendered impacts of electricity access vary widelysometimes empowering women, but other times reinforcing existing inequalities. To better understand these dynamics, the authors develop a new theoretical framework that merges:
Gender Studies insights on gender as performative, intersectional, and shaped by power relations.
Social Practice Theory, which explores how electricity gains meaning through its role in everyday practices.
This framework is applied to case studies in rural Guatemala (patriarchal) and rural Colombia (matrilineal), revealing how cultural context shapes outcomes. The paper also introduces an 8-step methodology for applying this framework in practice.
Ultimately, the study offers tools for designing context-sensitive energy policies that are more likely to advance gender equality.
Diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB) have implications for transplant access and outcomes.
Textbooks can play a formative role in shaping young students' perceptions of societal norms, including gender roles, as they serve as a primary source of knowledge and cultural values.
The study examines health insurance coverage and its association with healthcare use and financial protection among people with disabilities in Indonesia.
This study explores the development and refinement of a technology-enhanced embodied learning environment at Camp Expression, a reverse-inclusion camp for children with moderate-to-severe communication disabilities.
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Multiple-season farming is linked to greater crop diversity, higher food consumption, and improved food security—especially for better-off and male-headed households—though it shows no significant effect on child nutrition. This approach also suggests potential benefits for household resilience, highlighting the need to support poorer and female-headed households in accessing resources for multiple-season cultivation.
