ABOUT THE JOURNAL
The African Journal of Disability is published for the purpose of advancing scholarship in disability studies and rehabilitation sciences in a uniquely African context. Widely read by scholars, professionals and students, it encourages scholarly exchange between all disciplines and academics from low, middle and high-income countries to work towards the improvement of human development and its practices across the continent. View our Editorial Team.
The African Journal of Disability is published for the purpose of advancing scholarship in disability studies and rehabilitation sciences in a uniquely African context. Widely read by scholars, professionals and students, it encourages scholarly exchange between all disciplines and academics from low, middle and high-income countries to work towards the improvement of human development and its practices across the continent. View our Editorial Team.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
Call for Papers: Submit your latest research for consideration in 2022 |
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| We call on authors to participate in this year's volume; contributors should consider all aspects of disability particularity in the developing African context. This includes, but are not limited to: rehabilitation, including vocational and community-based rehabilitation; community development and medical issues related to disability and poverty; disability-related stigma and inclusive education. Read more on the AOSIS News Centre. | |
| Posted: 2022-01-27 | |
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| Posted: 2022-01-27 | |
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LATEST ARTICLES
Original Research - Special Collection: Disability Unplugged |
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| Post stroke health-related quality of life, stroke severity and function: A longitudinal cohort study | |
| Tasneem Hartley, Marlette Burger, Gakeemah Inglis-Jasiem | |
| 26 January 2022 | |
Original Research - Special Collection: Disability Unplugged |
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| Introducing the Including Disability in Education in Africa Research Unit at the University of Cape Town | |
| Richard Vergunst, Judith McKenzie | |
| 24 January 2022 | |
Original Research |
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| Disability-inclusive community development: A case of a community garden in Limpopo province in South Africa | |
| Brian Tigere, Theresa Moyo | |
| 06 January 2022 | |
Reviewer Acknowledgement |
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| Acknowledgements to reviewers | |
| Editorial Office | |
| 21 December 2021 | |
Original Research |
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| Community-based workers’ capacity to develop inclusive livelihoods for youth with disabilities in Botswana | |
| Ermien van Pletzen, Bryson Kabaso, Theresa Lorenzo | |
| 09 December 2021 | |
Original Research |
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| The black hole of dealing with a disability diagnosis: Views of South African rural parents | |
| Vuyelwa V. Duma, Ntombekhaya Tshabalala, Gubela Mji | |
| 29 November 2021 | |
Original Research |
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| Family functioning and stroke: Family members’ perspectives | |
| Sibulelo Gawulayo, Charlene J. Erasmus, Anthea J. Rhoda | |
| 25 October 2021 | |
Original Research |
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| Education of students with intellectual disabilities at Technical Vocational Education and Training institutions in Botswana: Inclusion or exclusion? | |
| Macdelyn Mosalagae, Tanya L. Bekker | |
| 22 October 2021 | |
Original Research |
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| Impact of prostheses on quality of life and functional status of transfemoral amputees in Tanzania | |
| Ericka P. von Kaeppler, Alexander Hetherington, Claire A. Donnelley, Syed H. Ali, Corin Shirley, Sravya T. Challa, Emily Lutyens, Billy T. Haonga, Saam Morshed, Jan Andrysek, David W. Shearer | |
| 07 September 2021 | |
Correction |
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| Erratum: The life stories and experiences of the children admitted to the Institute for Imbecile Children from 1895 to 1913 | |
| Rory du Plessis | |
| 02 August 2021 |
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