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The voice of a group of teachers in full-service schools in South Africa. 南非全面服务学校教师群体的心声。

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African Journal of Disability Pub Date : 2024-02-28 eCollection Date: 2024-01-01 DOI: 10.4102/ajod.v13i0.1134

Anna J Hugo, Nafiza Mobara

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Empowering marginalised groups through co-operative inquiry: Illustrated by a practical example. 通过合作探究增强边缘群体的能力：实例说明

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African Journal of Disability Pub Date : 2024-02-26 eCollection Date: 2024-01-01 DOI: 10.4102/ajod.v13i0.1205

Jerome P Fredericks, Surona Visagie, Lana van Niekerk, Hamilton G Pharaoh

{"title":"Empowering marginalised groups through co-operative inquiry: Illustrated by a practical example.","authors":"Jerome P Fredericks, Surona Visagie, Lana van Niekerk, Hamilton G Pharaoh","doi":"10.4102/ajod.v13i0.1205","DOIUrl":"10.4102/ajod.v13i0.1205","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Cooperative inquiry gives a voice to marginalised groups and breaks down power imbalances which makes it suitable for researching practical issues at community level.Objectives: The objective of this article is to illustrate how cooperative inquiry can be utilised to empower members of marginalised communities in facilitating social change.Method: The study setting is in Paarl, Western Cape, South Africa. A cooperative inquiry methodology was used. The inquiry group consisted of wheelchair users (9), their care givers (8), taxi drivers (7) and stakeholders (4). Data collection comprised 16 sessions, alternating between action and reflection. Inductive thematic analysis of data of all the phases was done to ensure that cooperative inquiry gives voice to marginalised communities.Results: The four themes that is, practical arrangements, understanding process, purpose, bonding and a cohesive group were identified. The themes showed progress from logistics, through individual understanding, to the group becoming one, and working together. Each of these phases is important in the development of a cooperative inquiry.Conclusion: Cooperative inquiry methodology can bring people together in a positive way to facilitate social change, and developing practical solutions to challenges.Contribution: Making use of a cooperative inquiry methodology to bring social change, minibus taxi services can be made accessible for wheelchair users. Concepts of social justice and decolonisation were imbued in the methodology.","PeriodicalId":45606,"journal":{"name":"African Journal of Disability","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-02-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10912884/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140040631","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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Competence of teachers towards managing trauma among children with disabilities in Ghana. 加纳教师处理残疾儿童心理创伤的能力。

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African Journal of Disability Pub Date : 2024-02-23 eCollection Date: 2024-01-01 DOI: 10.4102/ajod.v13i0.1282

Maxwell P Opoku, Negmeldin Alsheikh, Daniel Miezah, Haseena Shah, Hala Elhoweris, Ashraf Moustafa

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Motor proficiency of learners with moderate to severe intellectual disabilities. 中重度智障学习者的运动能力。

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African Journal of Disability Pub Date : 2024-02-21 eCollection Date: 2024-01-01 DOI: 10.4102/ajod.v13i0.1262

Jose M Fernandes, Monique de Milander, Elna van der Merwe

{"title":"Motor proficiency of learners with moderate to severe intellectual disabilities.","authors":"Jose M Fernandes, Monique de Milander, Elna van der Merwe","doi":"10.4102/ajod.v13i0.1262","DOIUrl":"10.4102/ajod.v13i0.1262","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Intellectual disabilities refer to a permanent brain condition that interferes with a learner's ability to perform basic living tasks, academic tasks and social interactions. By observing the motor proficiency levels of these learners, one can determine the extent of a learner's possible physical motor proficiency barriers.Objective: To determine the motor proficiency levels of learners with moderate to severe intellectual disabilities using the Bruininks-Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency, second edition (BOT-2) Brief Form.Method: This quantitative descriptive study included 46 learners (17 girls and 29 boys) from a Mangaung school for learners with special needs between the ages of 15 and 17 years.Results: Indicated that 31 learners (67.4%) out of 46 learners identified with moderate to severe intellectual disabilities had a well-below average; 11 learners (23.9%) had a below average and only 4 learners (8.7%) had average motor proficiency levels.Conclusion: Alarmingly, this indicates that the majority of learners have severe motor difficulties that may reduce these learners' abilities to perform tasks using gross and fine motor skills. Reported motor proficiency levels can be used as a guide to direct future motor intervention programmes.Contribution: Timely interventions are central to improving learners' motor difficulties. This study focused on providing information regarding the motor proficiency levels of South African learners with ID that was not previously explored. This was an attempt to bridge the gap in knowledge pertaining to the use of standardised motor proficiency tests for South African learners with ID.","PeriodicalId":45606,"journal":{"name":"African Journal of Disability","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-02-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10912881/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140040632","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 qualitative exploration of community mobility experiences of wheelchair users. 对轮椅使用者社区移动体验的定性研究。

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African Journal of Disability Pub Date : 2024-02-16 eCollection Date: 2024-01-01 DOI: 10.4102/ajod.v13i0.1253

Jerome P Fredericks, Surona Visagie, Lana van Niekerk

{"title":"A qualitative exploration of community mobility experiences of wheelchair users.","authors":"Jerome P Fredericks, Surona Visagie, Lana van Niekerk","doi":"10.4102/ajod.v13i0.1253","DOIUrl":"10.4102/ajod.v13i0.1253","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Freedom of movement, which is dependent on community mobility, is a key contributor to good quality of life and important in the establishment of a person's community identity.Objective: To describe the community mobility experiences of wheelchair users who lived in a socio-economically challenged setting.Method: The study setting was Paarl, a peri-urban area of the Western Cape province of South Africa. This article reports findings from phase 1 (a reflection on past community mobility and minibus taxi use experiences) of cycle 1 of a co-operative inquiry. Nine adult wheelchair users, eight caregivers, six minibus taxi drivers, and four community stakeholders participated. Data were collected during a focus group discussion and analysed using inductive thematic analysis.Results: Four themes, 'Knowledge, attitudes, and actions', 'Natural, manmade and mechanical environmental barriers', 'Health and safety concerns' and 'Poor community participation and quality of life' were identified. The themes showed how difficult an everyday activity like moving around in the community were for wheelchair users, and how that limited their community involvement.Conclusions: Wheelchair users living in a low-income peri-urban area struggled to participate in community activities meaningful to them because various barriers hampered community wheelchair mobility and minibus taxi use.Contribution: The findings regarding community mobility struggles and specifically minibus taxi access guided specific recommendations and the further phases and cycles of the co-operative inquiry. The purpose of the co-operative inquiry was to allow co-researchers to find their voice and develop solutions to minibus taxi access for wheelchair users.","PeriodicalId":45606,"journal":{"name":"African Journal of Disability","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-02-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10912954/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140040629","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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Challenges of competency-based curriculum in teaching learners with learning disabilities 在教授有学习障碍的学生时采用能力本位课程所面临的挑战

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African Journal of Disability Pub Date : 2024-02-16 DOI: 10.4102/ajod.v13i0.1268

Jabulani Mpofu, M. Sefotho

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Challenges of competency-based curriculum in teaching learners with learning disabilities 在教授有学习障碍的学生时采用能力本位课程所面临的挑战

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African Journal of Disability Pub Date : 2024-02-16 DOI: 10.4102/ajod.v13i0.1268

Jabulani Mpofu, M. Sefotho

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Delays in Education and Leadership for Youth with Disabilities: Lessons from the TamTam Project 残疾青年教育和领导能力的延迟：TamTam 项目的经验教训

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African Journal of Disability Pub Date : 2024-01-24 DOI: 10.4102/ajod.v13i0.1323

Nfotoh P. Kesah, Wanka’a R. Che, A. A. Agbor Junior, Lynn Cockburn

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The profile of people undergoing lower limb amputations at Groote Schuur Hospital 格罗特舒尔医院接受下肢截肢手术者的概况

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African Journal of Disability Pub Date : 2024-01-19 DOI: 10.4102/ajod.v13i0.1152

K. Limakatso, Jenna Tucker, Lennie Banda, Cheyne Robertson, Romy Parker

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Prevalence and levels of disability post road traffic orthopaedic injuries in Rwanda 卢旺达道路交通骨科伤后致残率和致残程度

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African Journal of Disability Pub Date : 2024-01-18 DOI: 10.4102/ajod.v13i0.1251

JC Allen Ingabire, Aimee V Stewart, J. Sagahutu, Gerard Urimubenshi, Georges Bucyibaruta, S. Pilusa, Carine Uwakunda, Didace Mugisha, Leontine Ingabire, David K Tumusiime

{"title":"Prevalence and levels of disability post road traffic orthopaedic injuries in Rwanda","authors":"JC Allen Ingabire, Aimee V Stewart, J. Sagahutu, Gerard Urimubenshi, Georges Bucyibaruta, S. Pilusa, Carine Uwakunda, Didace Mugisha, Leontine Ingabire, David K Tumusiime","doi":"10.4102/ajod.v13i0.1251","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4102/ajod.v13i0.1251","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Prolonged disability resulting from road traffic injuries (RTIs) contributes significantly to morbidity and disease burden. A good understanding of the prevalence and the level of disability of orthopaedic injuries in developing countries is crucial for improvement; however, such data are currently lacking in Rwanda.Objectives: To determine the prevalence and levels of disability of 2 years post-road traffic orthopaedic injuries in Rwanda.Method: A multicentre, cross-sectional study from five Rwandan referral hospitals of 368 adult RTI victims’ sustained from accidents in 2019. Between 02 June 2022, and 31 August 2022, two years after the injury, participants completed the World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule (WHODAS 2.0) Questionnaire for the degree of impairment and the Upper Extremity Functional Scale and Lower-Extremity Functional Scale forms for limb functional evaluation. Descriptive, inferential statistics Chi-square and multinomial regression models were analysed using R Studio.Results: The study’s mean age of the RTOI victims was 37.5 (±11.26) years, with a sex ratio M: F:3: 1. The prevalence of disability following road traffic orthopedic injury (RTOI) after 2 years was 36.14%, with victims having WHODAS score 25.0% and 36.31% were still unable to return to their usual activities. Age group, Severe Kampala Trauma Score and lack of rehabilitation contributed to disability. The most affected WHODAS domains were participation in society (33%) and life activities (28%).Conclusion: The prevalence and levels of disability because of RTOI in Rwanda are high, with mobility and participation in life being more affected than other WHODAS domains. Middle-aged and socio-economically underprivileged persons are the most affected.Contribution: This study showed that a good rehabilitation approach and economic support for the RTI victims would decrease their disabilities in Rwanda. ","PeriodicalId":45606,"journal":{"name":"African Journal of Disability","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-01-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139615908","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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