Hearing Their Voices: Self Advocacy Strategies for People with Intellectual Disabilities in South Africa

Employing people with disabilities in South Africa

South African Journal of Occupational Therapy — Volume 41, Number 1, March 2011 ❒ 20. Barbalet JM. Boredom and social meaning. British Journal of Sociology, 1999; 50: 631-646. 21. Pavis S & Cunningham-Burley S. Male youth street culture: understanding the context of health-related behaviours. Health Education Research, 1999; 14, 583-596. 22. Scitovsky T. Boredom – an overlooked disease? Challen...

Leisure time and recretional activities for people with intellectual disabilities: literature review of its nature, barriers, strategies and effects

Abstract: Background and Aim: In the contemporary world, investigation about how to spend leisure time and participating in recreational activities along with the researches concerning work and its effects has been paid attention to by many authors. The aim of the present paper is to investigate the quality of leisure time and the role of recreational activities in the life of people with inte...

Mortality in People with Intellectual Disabilities.

This paper reviews why an understanding of mortality data in general, and in relation to people with intellectual disabilities in particular, is an important area of concern, and introduces the papers in this Special Edition.

Self Advocacy by Persons with Disabilities

Self-concept in Children with Intellectual Disabilities

Self-concept, or feelings about oneself, encompasses various areas including social and academic domains and has been suggested to be a predictor and mediator of other outcomes (Bryne, 1996). In this study, the relationships between achievement, intelligence scores, and self-concept in children with mild intellectual disabilities were examined. Self-concept and WISC verbal intelligence scores e...