International Journal of Rehabilitation & Disability Studies

International Journal of Rehabilitation & Disability Studies

Open Access Peer-Reviewed

Published by Emirates Scholar Center for Research & Studies · Quarterly

The International Journal of Rehabilitation and Disability Studies (IJRDS) is an international, peer-reviewed, and interdisciplinary journal that advances scientific inquiry and evidence-based discourse on rehabilitation, disability... Read aims & scope →

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Screen Time and Attentional Deficits: A Correlational Study in Early Childhood Down Syndrome

Yassine Janati

Background: The ubiquity of digital media has fundamentally altered the developmental landscape of childhood. While the effects of excessive screen time on neur…

Vol 1, No 2 (2025)

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Inclusive Education for Learners with Disabilities in the MENA Region: A Policy Analysis of Persistent Challenges and Emerging Practices

Tariq Al-Fayed, Laura Bianchi, Kenji Nakamura, Zoe Campbell

Across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), the right of learners with disabilities to an inclusive education is widely affirmed in law and national vision …

Vol 2, No 1 (2026)

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A Case Study on the We Read” (نقرأ) Literacy Lab– Using Assistive Technology as a Transitional Tool for Inclusive Education

Sabrin Shaikh, Yusra Sayed, Ernest Sahakyan, Tatevik Muradyan, Jose Rubinger

This case study examines the transformative impact of the “We Read” (نقرأ) Literacy Lab in promoting inclusive education through the utilization of Assistive Te…

Vol 1, No 1 (2025)

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Community-Based Rehabilitation in Developing Regions: Access, Effectiveness, and a Capability-Centred Agenda for Inclusive Practice

Fatou Diallo, Ana L. Pérez, Kevin O’Reilly

Community-based rehabilitation (CBR) remains the principal strategy through which low- and middle-income countries attempt to close the gap between the scale of…

Vol 2, No 1 (2026)

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Bridging the Assistive Technology Divide: Access, Barriers, and Pathways to Equity for Persons with Disabilities in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Amina Diallo, Ricardo Silva

Assistive technology, from wheelchairs and hearing aids to spectacles and communication devices, is a precondition for the participation, health, education, and…

Vol 2, No 1 (2026)

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The Effect of Learning Technologies on Behavioral Development among People of Determination in UAE

Abdulla Abdulalee Alhumaidan, Fawaz Mohd Habbal

This study looks into the nuanced impact of learning technologies on the behavioural development of People of Determination (people with disabilities) in the UA…

Vol 1, No 1 (2025)

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Chronic Pain and Gender: Biological Mechanisms and Clinical Implications for Personalized Pain Medicine

Salvatore Caramma, Simona Stimolo, Stefano Zappalà, Francesca Rubulotta

The 2020 definition by the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) characterizes pain as “an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associat…

Vol 1, No 1 (2025)

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Long COVID as a Mass Disability Event: Biological Mechanisms, Economic Consequences, and the Rehabilitation Imperative

Tinashe Chikanda, Jordan A. Miller

The COVID-19 pandemic left behind a chronic condition whose scale qualifies it as one of the largest disability events in modern history. Long COVID, or post-CO…

Vol 2, No 1 (2026)

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القيم الدينية ورعاية األسر لألطفال في وضعية إعاقة:دراسة سوسيولوجية ميدانية

ياسين بوشوار, حسن أشرواو

تبتغي هذه الدراسة مقاربة عالقة القيم الدينية بتدخل األسرة فيتربية األطفال في وضعية إعاقة، من خالل معطيات ميدانية تمتحصيلها من عينة مؤلفة من 50 أسرة بمنطقة طاطا …

Vol 1, No 1 (2025)

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