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Denise Marie Nepveux

Associate Professor in Orthopaedic Surgery
Orthopaedic Surgery, Occupational Therapy

Selected Publications


A Content Analysis of Youth Sexual Health Websites: Exploring their Relevance and Accessibility for Youth with Disabilities

Journal Article Health Tomorrow: Interdisciplinarity and Internationality · September 18, 2013 Because web-based campaigns are an important part of health promotion campaigns for youth, this research examines sexual health websites aimed at youth and explores the messages on HIV/AIDS for their relevance and accessibility for youth with disab ... Full text Cite

Navigating risks and professional roles: research with lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, and queer young people with intellectual disabilities.

Journal Article J Empir Res Hum Res Ethics · October 2012 We examine ethical issues that emerged during a community-based participatory research (CBPR) study in Toronto, Canada, exploring sexual health attitudes and practices among lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer, and questioning (LGBTQ) young people (ages 1 ... Full text Link to item Cite

Seeking safer sexual spaces: queer and trans young people labeled with intellectual disabilities and the paradoxical risks of restriction.

Journal Article J Homosex · 2012 Young lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people labeled with intellectual disabilities have unique sexual health needs that are not being met. Denial by others of their right to pleasure and the exercise of heightened external control over thei ... Full text Link to item Cite

Producing African Disability through Documentary Film: Emmanuel's Gift and Moja Moja

Journal Article Journal of Literary & Cultural Disability Studies · January 2010 Full text Cite

Reclaiming Agency, Ensuring Survival: Disabled Urban Ghanaian Women's Negotiations of Church and Family Belonging

Journal Article Disability Studies Quarterly · September 15, 2006 This paper draws from a narrative ethnography of women members of disabled people's organizations (DPOs) in Accra, Ghana. Through recounting their autobiographical stories, elicited in multiple interviews, it explores how they navigate tensions amo ... Full text Cite