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Adolescents: typically developing siblings and siblings with severe disability
- Author:
- ALANT E.
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work Maatskaplike Werk, 38(1), 2002, pp.62-70.
The aim of this study was to establish adolescents' perceptions of their siblings with a severe disability as well as the degree and type of social support they utilise. Seventeen adolescents with siblings with a severe disability were interviewed. Results showed that guilt feelings were more frequently experienced amongst the adolescents with siblings with a severe disability and these subjects tended not to freely express their feelings about their sibling with a disability. Amongst the control group the majority of the adolescents had a positive cognitive appraisal of their normal functioning siblings, although these adolescents did express ambivalent emotions towards the sibling relationship.
Notes from practice
- Author:
- PRAKTYK Uit Die
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work: A journal of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW), 38(3), August 2002, pp.289-295.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Looks at the benefits of using peer counselling to change the attitudes of persons with disabilities. Many rehabilitation professionals use former patients with great success to discuss and share their experiences with new patients. It can be an important component of the rehabilitation process in which a severely disabled person who has made a successful transition from institutional to independent community living provides resource information, support understanding and direction to another disabled person who desires to make a similar transition. Presents a number of case studies from a spinal unit in South Africa.
Development assistance: disability and education in Southern Africa
- Authors:
- KABZEMS Venta, CHIMEDZA Robert
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 17(2), March 2002, pp.147-157.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This paper discusses development assistance on disability and education in southern Africa. Development assistance for people with disabilities has for a long time been based on the charity and medical models. It has not been perceived in the context of national development. Many development agencies and charitable organisations tend to emphasises their own agenda, which may not necessarily be that of the local people with disabilities. As a result, the anticipated impact of development assistance in the region for people with disabilities has not been realised. This paper challenges this position and advocates for a more participatory approach by the locals. Using Lesotho as an example, the paper shows how development assistance can be made to be more successful through community participation and change of attitudes across all sectors of the community.