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Evaluating the awareness and knowledge of dyslexia among primary school teachers in Tshwane District, South Africa. 评估南非Tshwane区小学教师对阅读障碍的认知和知识。
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African Journal of Disability Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI: 10.4102/ajod.v11i0.807
Mary M Makgato, Monicca Leseyane-Kgari, Madoda Cekiso, Itani P Mandende, Rose Masha
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Literature profiling on tourism, impairment and disability issues: A future directional guide. 旅游、损伤和残疾问题的文献综述:未来方向指南。
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African Journal of Disability Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI: 10.4102/ajod.v11i0.862
Tawanda Makuyana, Engelina du Plessis, Oliver Chikuta
{"title":"Literature profiling on tourism, impairment and disability issues: A future directional guide.","authors":"Tawanda Makuyana,&nbsp;Engelina du Plessis,&nbsp;Oliver Chikuta","doi":"10.4102/ajod.v11i0.862","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4102/ajod.v11i0.862","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>South African tourism is evolving towards accommodating disabled people. Within the same standpoint, the country receives ageing tourists as a major international tourism market from the Global North, whose access needs are similar to disabled people. The present article explored 'blind and blank spots' in the extant literature on tourism-impairment disability as a synchronised field within academic research to provide theoretical insights and gaps for the disability-tourism research community to consider the composite concept instead of individualistic concepts.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>The objectives were: (1) to track knowledge development from 1990 to 2018 using a narrative literature review approach and (2) to justify future research areas previously overlooked and understudied within a tourism-impairments-disability perspective in South Africa and beyond.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>A narrative literature review search strategy was used. Keywords and synonymous terms were used in electronic searches of Scopus, ScienceDirect, Sabinet Online, Emerald Insights Journals, African Journals and Google Scholar. The literature screening process used predetermined inclusion and exclusion criteria for the data source. Content thematic analysis was adopted for the present study.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The findings reflect a dearth of tourism-impairments-disability research in South Africa. Nonetheless, there is an observable pattern of slow growth in research after the 2000s. The extant literature is skewed towards the tourism supply side and sporadic on tourism demand (tourist experiences), education and skills development.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>It is clear that the absence of scientifically developed knowledge on disability-impairments-tourism affects inclusive tourism growth. Therefore, the research community should consider disability-inclusive (accessible) tourism management, human resources and marketing practices and knowledge for teaching material in future research.</p><p><strong>Contribution: </strong>The article mapped and provided insights that sets a research agenda for tourism research community to see the gaps in literature and/or knowledge for accessible tourism (disability-inclusive) tourism to be a game changer as found by UNWTO (2020) with low-resources setting. Thereby setting a tone towards call for more research that can uncover an economic narrative that shows a relationship between skills development, labour and consumer markets for the participation of diverse disabled persons as such is shown as understudied in Low-to-Middle income earning countries like South Africa.</p>","PeriodicalId":45606,"journal":{"name":"African Journal of Disability","volume":"11 ","pages":"862"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9772782/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10435809","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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The consequence of head-loading on the neuro-musculoskeletal health of the ILembe District youth of KwaZulu-Natal. 头部负荷对夸祖鲁-纳塔尔省伊伦贝区青年神经-肌肉-骨骼健康的影响。
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African Journal of Disability Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI: 10.4102/ajod.v11i0.1039
Tebogo G Motaung, Terry J Ellapen, Yvonne Paul
{"title":"The consequence of head-loading on the neuro-musculoskeletal health of the ILembe District youth of KwaZulu-Natal.","authors":"Tebogo G Motaung,&nbsp;Terry J Ellapen,&nbsp;Yvonne Paul","doi":"10.4102/ajod.v11i0.1039","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4102/ajod.v11i0.1039","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Head-loading, as a mode of transporting food, water and firewood, is a longstanding tradition assigned to female South African youth and has been associated with adverse health consequences.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>This study determined the impact of head-loading on the neuromusculoskeletal health and proprioception of female South African youth.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>This study comprised a counterbalanced, within-subject, single-factor experimental design which compared the changes that occurred when the same independent variable (head-loading) within two homogenous groups was measured in terms of the dependent variables (outcomes: neuromusculoskeletal pain and proprioception) at two time periods, before and after the introduction of the independent variable. A cohort of South African female youth (<i>n</i> = 100), aged 9-17 years, voluntarily partook in the study. The participants were randomly distributed into an experimental (<i>n</i> = 50) and a control (<i>n</i> = 50) group. The experimental group stood in a head-loaded state with their respective habitual head-load mass. Their proprioception measurements were compared during their unloaded versus loaded states, with the proprioceptive measurements including the total proprioception index, the anterior-posterior (front-back) index and the medial-lateral (side-to-side) index. Participants furthermore completed a head-loading health-related questionnaire.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Participants had a mean age of 12.3 ± 2.5 years, body mass of 44.4 ± 13.7 kg, stature of 145 ± 10 cm and a head-load mass of 8.0 ± 2.5 kg. Participants had poorer medial-lateral proprioception during head-loading as compared to their unloaded state (1.4 ± 0.8 as compared to 1.6 ± 0.9) (<i>p</i> < 0.05). Most youth (96%) experienced neuromusculoskeletal pain in their cervical vertebrae (40.9%), shoulders (27.3%), lumbar vertebrae (10.7%), arms (8.3%), legs (8.3%), knees (1.9%), fingers (1.5%), toes (0.5%) and thoracic vertebrae (0.5%) (χ<sup>2</sup>: <i>p</i> < 0.05).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Head-loading adversely affects the medial-lateral proprioception and neuromusculoskeletal health of participants.</p><p><strong>Contribution: </strong>The findings of this study confirms that head-loading produces musculoskeletal pain.</p>","PeriodicalId":45606,"journal":{"name":"African Journal of Disability","volume":"11 ","pages":"1039"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9772769/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10442863","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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The development of a policy brief on physical activity and health in Africa for children and adolescents with disabilities: COVID-19 and beyond. 编写关于非洲残疾儿童和青少年身体活动与健康的政策简报:2019冠状病毒病及其他疾病。
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African Journal of Disability Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI: 10.4102/ajod.v11i0.1100
Rowena Naidoo, Verusia Chetty, Marie E M Young, Phindile E Mahlalela, Philippe J Gradidge, Soraya Maart, Dané Coetzee, Brett Smith, Estelle Lambert
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The status and use of prosthetic devices by persons with lower limb amputation in Rwanda. 卢旺达下肢截肢者假肢装置的现状和使用情况。
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African Journal of Disability Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI: 10.4102/ajod.v11i0.1081
Robert Ngarambe, Jean Baptiste Sagahutu, Assuman Nuhu, David K Tumusiime
{"title":"The status and use of prosthetic devices by persons with lower limb amputation in Rwanda.","authors":"Robert Ngarambe,&nbsp;Jean Baptiste Sagahutu,&nbsp;Assuman Nuhu,&nbsp;David K Tumusiime","doi":"10.4102/ajod.v11i0.1081","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4102/ajod.v11i0.1081","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Amputation is one of the leading causes of disabilities because of reduced mobility. Without assistive devices specifically prostheses, the quality of life of persons with lower limb amputation (PLLA) further deteriorates. Therefore, prostheses are fundamental to improving their quality of life.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>This study aimed to establish the number of PLLA with or without prosthesis and to determine their socio-economic profile in Rwanda.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>A descriptive, cross-sectional study was conducted in all sectors of Rwanda. As a result of coronavirus disease 2019 movement restrictions, data collection was carried out through telephone calls with participants to complete the questionnaires. Descriptive, inferential statistics and chi-square test were performed to analyse data using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) 21.0.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Of the 3026 participants identified countrywide, 68.8% were males and 60.3% of them did not have any prosthesis (<i>p</i> = 0.003). The majority (62.4%) of those who had prosthetic devices needed repair of their prostheses while 14.8% of participants reported that their prosthetic devices were completely broken and/or damaged (<i>p</i> = 0.604). Among the participants, 63.7% had no source of income and 66.7% had dependents (<i>p ≤</i> 0.001).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The majority of the PLLA in Rwanda did not have prosthetic devices and even those with prostheses did not fully function and thus required repair. Therefore, it adversely affects their livelihood.</p><p><strong>Contribution: </strong>The government should collaborate with stakeholders working with persons with disabilities and implement mechanisms and/or strategies to make prosthetic devices accessible and affordable.</p>","PeriodicalId":45606,"journal":{"name":"African Journal of Disability","volume":"11 ","pages":"1081"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9772723/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10435812","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Key considerations for an inclusive framework for youth with disabilities in post-apartheid South Africa. 为后种族隔离时期的南非残疾青年建立包容性框架的关键考虑因素。
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African Journal of Disability Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI: 10.4102/ajod.v11i0.954
Marlene F le Roux
{"title":"Key considerations for an inclusive framework for youth with disabilities in post-apartheid South Africa.","authors":"Marlene F le Roux","doi":"10.4102/ajod.v11i0.954","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4102/ajod.v11i0.954","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The South African Constitution asserts that persons with disabilities must have equal access to opportunities in society; however, the realisation of this mandate has remained a challenge. There is a need to create contextually relevant, inclusive structures that support equal access to opportunities for persons with disabilities in society.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>This article reflects on and highlights key considerations for an inclusive framework that facilitates access to opportunities for youth with disabilities in South Africa, which emanated from a study that explored how ongoing interaction with the performing arts can facilitate social and economic inclusion of youths with disabilities.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>The study adopted a qualitative research approach, using critical ethnography. Primary data were obtained from three focus groups with a total of 20 youth with disabilities who have attended performance events, as well as an in-depth interview with a disabled performer.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The facilitation of access to equal opportunities for youth with disabilities must occur at a multidimensional level, involving both personal and systemic changes and levels of support. Complex barriers linked to the apartheid legacy also exist, some of which include access to resources and reduced self-determination, whilst positive factors such as internal resilience and skills development function as promising predictors of inclusion.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Contextually relevant, disability-inclusive structures in South Africa must confront and address how youths with disabilities are uniquely impacted in present times by South Africa's history.</p><p><strong>Contribution: </strong>The voices of youths with disabilities make a key contribution as their experiences must inform these inclusive structures which have the potential to enhance access to equal opportunities for them at both personal and systemic levels.</p>","PeriodicalId":45606,"journal":{"name":"African Journal of Disability","volume":"11 ","pages":"954"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9724090/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10365047","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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A case study of interventions to facilitate learning for pupils with hearing impairment in Tanzania. 促进坦桑尼亚听障学生学习的干预措施案例研究。
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African Journal of Disability Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI: 10.4102/ajod.v11i0.974
Tron V Tronstad, Bjørn Gjessing, Ingvild Ørland, Tone Øderud, Cosmas Mnyanyi, Isaack Myovela, Jon Øygarden
{"title":"A case study of interventions to facilitate learning for pupils with hearing impairment in Tanzania.","authors":"Tron V Tronstad,&nbsp;Bjørn Gjessing,&nbsp;Ingvild Ørland,&nbsp;Tone Øderud,&nbsp;Cosmas Mnyanyi,&nbsp;Isaack Myovela,&nbsp;Jon Øygarden","doi":"10.4102/ajod.v11i0.974","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4102/ajod.v11i0.974","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Hearing is essential for learning in school, and untreated hearing loss may hinder quality education and equal opportunities. Detection of children with hearing loss is the first step in improving the learning situation, but effective interventions must also be provided. Hearing aids can provide great benefit for children with hearing impairment, but this may not be a realistic alternative in many low- and middle-income countries because of the shortage of hearing aids and hearing care service providers.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>In this study, alternative solutions were tested to investigate the potential to improve the learning situation for children with hearing impairment.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Two technical solutions (a personal amplifier with and without remote microphone) were tested, in addition to an approach where the children with hearing impairment were moved closer to the teacher. A Swahili speech-in-noise test was developed and used to assess the effect of the interventions.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The personal sound amplifier with wireless transmission of sound from the teacher to the child gave the best results in the speech-in-noise test. The amplifier with directive microphone had limited effect and was outperformed by the intervention where the child was moved closer to the teacher.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This study, although small in sample size, showed that personal amplification with directive microphones did little to assist children with hearing impairment. It also indicated that simple actions can be used to improve the learning situation for children with hearing impairment but that the context (e.g. room acoustical parameters) must be taken into account when implementing interventions.</p><p><strong>Contribution: </strong>The study gives insight into how to improve the learning situation for school children with hearing impairment and raises concerns about some of the known technical solutions currently being used.</p>","PeriodicalId":45606,"journal":{"name":"African Journal of Disability","volume":"11 ","pages":"974"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9724067/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10373407","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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The development of a suitable training model for students with disabilities at a training institution in South Africa. 在南非的一个培训机构为残疾学生制定合适的培训模式。
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African Journal of Disability Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI: 10.4102/ajod.v11i0.949
Johanna C Janse van Rensburg-Welling, Jean E Mitchell
{"title":"The development of a suitable training model for students with disabilities at a training institution in South Africa.","authors":"Johanna C Janse van Rensburg-Welling,&nbsp;Jean E Mitchell","doi":"10.4102/ajod.v11i0.949","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4102/ajod.v11i0.949","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The large South African population of people with disabilities presents unique challenges for training organisations because there is no training model that accommodates the demands of all disabilities. The site of the research was a private, nonprofit training institution with disability-friendly infrastructure which did not adequately prepare students for employment.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>The intention was to interrogate training models used at the institution, from the perspectives of students, facilitators and prospective employers. As there was no suitable assessment instrument, one that was fit for purpose was developed. The Adaptable Component-based Assessment Model (ACA Model) was the result.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>A case study using mixed methods was employed. The interpretive research paradigm allowed for purposive sampling. This article reports on the qualitative first phase of the study. The ACA Model was developed, and iterative applications provided information about areas that needed improvement before the second phase was initiated.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The results all indicated that the existing programmes needed to be evaluated with the view for improvement. Various training models can be used to train students with disabilities, but they need to be assessed to ensure that they are integrated, holistic and student centred. Because different accommodations need to be taken into account for various disabilities, the ideal assessment model needs to be adaptable.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The ACA Model is an appropriate assessment model as it is based on individual learner affordances, workplace affordances, the holistic development of students and workplace absorption.</p><p><strong>Contribution: </strong>The research contributes to knowledge and practice as the resultant ACA Model can be used to the benefit of students and education institutions. The model can be tailored to the needs of all groups of students, especially those with disabilities.</p>","PeriodicalId":45606,"journal":{"name":"African Journal of Disability","volume":"11 ","pages":"949"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9772742/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10442862","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Promoting regional coherence and cohesion amidst multiple assistive technology initiatives in Africa. 促进非洲多项辅助技术倡议的区域一致性和凝聚力。
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African Journal of Disability Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI: 10.4102/ajod.v11i0.937
Surona J Visagie, Malcolm MacLachlan, Elsje Scheffler, Nikola Seymour
{"title":"Promoting regional coherence and cohesion amidst multiple assistive technology initiatives in Africa.","authors":"Surona J Visagie,&nbsp;Malcolm MacLachlan,&nbsp;Elsje Scheffler,&nbsp;Nikola Seymour","doi":"10.4102/ajod.v11i0.937","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4102/ajod.v11i0.937","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Appropriate provision of assistive technology services (ATS) and products are a global health issue and essential for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The Sixth African Network for Evidence-to-Action on Disability (AfriNEAD) conference included a workshop on collaboration, cohesion and coherence in ATS delivery in Africa.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>This article aimed to summarise the workshop proceedings and to provide some recommendations on how coherence and cohesion can be facilitated in assistive technology services in Africa.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>A round table and small group discussions on assistive technology were facilitated in the virtual space of the AfriNEAD conference. Organisations and role players in ATS and products in Africa participated as keynote speakers, round table members and in small group discussions.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>There was consensus amongst participants that cohesive collaboration must be facilitated. They further agreed that users must be central to future action. There are local, national and regional initiatives, but none of these have grown into an African assistive technology platform. World Health Organization (WHO) Africa can bring partners together and facilitate creation, officialisation and operationalising of a continental assistive technology platform, through building on the existing initiatives. The AfriNEAD disability research country working groups can act as in-country coordinating bodies for ATS and afford a possibility of a structured approach to assistive technology research.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>It is time to break away from Western institutionalised biomedical ways of providing ATS in Africa. Africans must develop coherent, cohesive ATS driven by empowered users who build on Africa's strengths and addresses the continents' unique needs.</p>","PeriodicalId":45606,"journal":{"name":"African Journal of Disability","volume":"11 ","pages":"937"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8905435/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10631569","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Perspectives of key stakeholders on educational experiences of children with autism spectrum disorders at the Kenyan Coast. 主要利益相关者对肯尼亚海岸自闭症谱系障碍儿童教育经验的看法。
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African Journal of Disability Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI: 10.4102/ajod.v11i0.847
Amina Abubakar, Joseph K Gona, Patricia Kipkemoi, Kenneth Rimba, Dennis Amukambwa, Charles R J C Newton
{"title":"Perspectives of key stakeholders on educational experiences of children with autism spectrum disorders at the Kenyan Coast.","authors":"Amina Abubakar,&nbsp;Joseph K Gona,&nbsp;Patricia Kipkemoi,&nbsp;Kenneth Rimba,&nbsp;Dennis Amukambwa,&nbsp;Charles R J C Newton","doi":"10.4102/ajod.v11i0.847","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4102/ajod.v11i0.847","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Little is known about the educational experiences of children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) in the Kenyan Coastal context.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>We examined the diagnostic and placement procedures used in education on the Kenyan coastal region. In addition, we investigated the education-related challenges faced by children with ASD.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We conducted focus group discussions and in-depth interviews with 21 participants, including teachers, clinicians and educational administrators. Data were analysed using an inductive thematic framework on qualitative data analysis software, NVIVO 10.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The findings from this study indicate that there were no systematic approaches to diagnosing children as having ASD. Teachers reported experiencing many challenges, including a lack of specialised training, inadequate resources and difficulty in managing children with different functional abilities in one class.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>There is an urgent need for contextually relevant evidence-based identification, placement and management services to be put in place to meet the educational needs of children with ASD.</p>","PeriodicalId":45606,"journal":{"name":"African Journal of Disability","volume":"11 ","pages":"847"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8905404/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9562682","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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