Enhancing public sectors’ capacity for inclusive economic participation of disabled youth in rural communities

Ned, Lieketseng; Lorenzo, Theresa

doi:10.4102/ajod.v5i1.189

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“…Her participants identified policy, support structures, education and training, individual and societal attitude shifts, self-determination and enabling environments as crucial factors in the transitioning of people with disabilities into the South African labour market. Ned and Lorenzo ( 2016 ) contributed by highlighting the need for capacity development of community-based service providers in rural South Africa, to enhance economic inclusion of youth with disabilities.…”

Section: Evidence Of Work Transitioning Efforts In the Developing Wormentioning

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A literature review on work transitioning of youth with disabilities into competitive employment

Engelbrecht¹,

Shaw²,

Niekerk³

2017

Afr. j. disabil.

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BackgroundThe marginalisation of youth with disabilities from employment opportunities is evident from literature in as far as they form part of the larger groups ‘people with disabilities’ and ‘youth’. A focused view of programmes that assist youth with disabilities into employment has not been presented, despite the worldwide crisis of youth unemployment.AimThis review aimed to identify evidence on work transition programmes that are effective in assisting people with disabilities into open labour market (competitive) employment, as well as to highlight gaps in knowledge to inform future research on this topic.MethodsLiterature and policy on programmes that support such transitions were considered, firstly from a global perspective and then with a view from developing countries. The SALSA (Search, Appraisal, Synthesis and Analysis) framework was used to source and analyse information from a diverse set of documents. Various online databases were searched for research papers published between 1990 and 2016, and websites were searched for reports pertaining to this topic.ResultsNinety-nine documents were selected to inform the review, out of an identified 259 scientific journal articles, policy documents, acts, organisational reports and book chapters.ConclusionA synthesis of findings was presented in a narrative that reflects the themes of youth with disabilities and employment in the world, work transition endeavours in the developing world and a specific focus on this group in South Africa. The review revealed a gap in knowledge and evidence pertaining to youth with disabilities and employment, highlighting these as research foci, and emphasising the need for youth-focused research that generates knowledge about disability and transitions into the labour force.

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Section: Evidence Of Work Transitioning Efforts In the Developing Wormentioning

confidence: 99%

A literature review on work transitioning of youth with disabilities into competitive employment

Engelbrecht¹,

Shaw²,

Niekerk³

2017

Afr. j. disabil.

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“…Such spaces afford people an opportunity to become agents of their own change (Duncan et al 2012). This journey suggests that this approach of capacitating practitioners in policy processes translates to a space where practitioners aim to facilitate the same empowering engagement in their places of work as indicated by the students' narrative regarding how this journey has helped them (Ned and Lorenzo 2016). As Hess-April (2013) puts it, policy literacy enables engagement in policy processes by practitioners in order for them to share this expertise with persons with disabilities and community members in their countries so that together they can advocate for effective policies to be implemented.…”

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Tracking the policy literacy journey of students in a postgraduate diploma course in disability and rehabilitation studies

Ned

Ohajunwa

Luger

et al. 2020

SAJHE

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Health and/or rehabilitation practitioners have to interact with policy decisions. Ideally, they need to be able to understand policies and to engage with them, however, practitioners are often not aware of policies and of how to engage with them. As a post graduate unit with a mandate to develop programmes that respond to practice needs, this article reports on the development of a policy analysis module as part of the Post Graduate Diploma in Disability and Rehabilitation Studies. In this article we report on the development of the module, the approach taken, and on student responses to the module. The course journey of enrolled students is narrated, highlighting the encouragement of student engagement and peer feedback as key to improved learning and understandings in higher education. Facilitators' use of didactic approaches that centre students and participatory learning seem equally important for meaningful learning.

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“…As such, even PWDs need to go an extra mile even in cases where they get social security grants from governments. These grants are usually insufficient to meet all their basic needs (Ned & Lorenzo 2016 ).…”

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“…This means there is a need to give undivided attention to the place of REPMS in the empowerment debate in order to get an understanding of how they have led to the creation of obstructions for PWDs. This is because outside the social security grants they sometimes receive from government, there is still limited economic empowerment for PWDs (Ned & Lorenzo 2016 ).…”

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“…The best method, envisioned herein, is to engage PWDs, their kith and kin, and organisations working with them. There is a need to establish networking platforms and sector-based collaborations to ensure successful disability awareness and inclusion (Ned & Lorenzo 2016 ). These will take policy makers and researchers through their lived experiences giving a more comprehensive understanding of the problem beyond what this article can achieve.…”

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Looking under the veil: Challenges faced by people with disabilities in cross-border entrepreneurship

Matsaure¹,

Chindimba

Zimano

et al. 2020

African Journal of Disability

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Background: Cross-border entrepreneurship is one source of livelihood that is transforming people’s lives, especially those with limited resources and educational qualifications and those in need of supplementary earnings to complement meagre formal earnings. However, despite strides made to make this avenue worthwhile, this Zimbabwean study shows that hidden hindrances still persist from procedural and structural barriers from road entry point management systems. To people with disabilities (PWDs), the impact of these hidden barriers is severe to the extent of obstructing their optimum progression into cross-border entrepreneurship.Objectives: This article sought to interrogate some veiled challenges in border management systems affecting PWDs’ quest to venture into cross-border entrepreneurship. This angle has, to this end, been timidly addressed as most organisations and legislation have concentrated on making things work for the majority of the populace.Method: Qualitative phenomenological method in which researchers’ lived experiences, review of literature, ideas and opinions is complemented by secondary survey data from a road entry point management system study in the Zimbabwean setting.Results: Cross-border entrepreneurship has potential to transform people’s lives: 1) road and border management systems’ procedural and structural complications present hidden challenges impeding PWDs’ entry and optimum participation in cross border entrepreneurship, 2) people with disabilities are not automatically dependents; in fact, most have dependents looking up to the, 30 social construction of disability persists and must be curbed and 4) there is a need to institute a ‘stakeholders triad approach’.Conclusion: The existing road entry points’ management systems are not informed by considerations from PWDs, hence the existence of hidden challenges. Cross-border entrepreneurship can open significant livelihood avenues to PWDs. A stakeholders ‘triad-approach’, proposed herein, can solve some of the policy discrepancies as it recommends utilising inputs from PWDs, research and policy-makers.

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Enhancing public sectors’ capacity for inclusive economic participation of disabled youth in rural communities

Cited by 18 publications

References 22 publications

A literature review on work transitioning of youth with disabilities into competitive employment

A literature review on work transitioning of youth with disabilities into competitive employment

Tracking the policy literacy journey of students in a postgraduate diploma course in disability and rehabilitation studies

Looking under the veil: Challenges faced by people with disabilities in cross-border entrepreneurship

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