South Africa is faced with a huge challenge of disability discrimination and inequality. Disabled people are not enjoying equal treatment as compared to others. Those who are on the working sector are not reasonable accommodated. The study examines challenges faced by people with disabilities. The study further submit that people with disabilities should be reasonably accommodated and be retained in the working sector as they have a positive role to play in the economy. The study also looks at the various legislations and argues that they are ineffective as they fail to address the imbalances of the past. The study further suggest that there is a need for all people to understand disabled people and not to isolate them as such stigma cause people with disabilities to be unfairly discriminated against in society and in employment / College of Law / LL. M. (Commercial Law)

The works of Vladimir Nabokov have traditionally functioned in a way that challenges its reader to question existing notions of normality. In his works, Nabokov has frequently utilized representations of disability as a means to comment or critique the human condition. Throughout this project I intend to demonstrate how the narratives in both Lolita and Laughter in the Dark function as a normative force which embodies the cultural attitudes regarding disability. This is accomplished through the enforcement of a normative reading by the narrative. It is clear then that Nabakov is attempting to subvert literary conventions by using nontraditional narrators to demonstrate the relativity of normality. Throughout this project, I will be focusing on Nabakov’s use of narrator to distort the cultural line between disability and ability. Ultimately, the goal of this project is to demonstrate that current societal notions of normality and disability are outdated and arbitrary. / Includes bibliography. / Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2013.

by Leung, Bing-Kwong Edward, Tung, Mang-To, Yang, Renwill = 梁秉綱, 董萬韜, 楊人偉. / Thesis (M.B.A.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1996. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 160-161). / by Leung, Bing-Kwong Edward, Tung, Mang-To, Yang, Renwill = Liang Binggang, Dong Wantao, Yang Renwei. / EXECUTIVE SUMMARY --- p.ii / TABLE OF CONTENTS --- p.iv / LIST OF FIGURES --- p.vii / LIST OF TABLES --- p.viii / ACKNOWLEDGEMENT --- p.ix / Chapter CHAPTER 1 --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- Background --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2 --- Company Brief / Chapter 1.3 --- Use of Multimedia in Hong Kong --- p.4 / Chapter 1.4 --- Speech Therapy as Target Market Segment --- p.6 / Chapter 1.5 --- Speech Therapy Service in Hong Kong --- p.7 / Chapter 1.6 --- Opportunities for Multimedia --- p.8 / Chapter 1.7 --- Project Objectives --- p.8 / Chapter 1.8 --- Structure of the Report --- p.11 / Chapter CHAPTER 2 --- RESEARCH METHODOLOGY --- p.12 / Chapter 2.1 --- Statement of Problem --- p.12 / Chapter 2.2 --- Exploratory Study --- p.12 / Chapter 2.3 --- Mail Questionnaire Survey --- p.13 / Chapter 2.4 --- Statistical Analysis --- p.16 / Chapter CHAPTER 3 --- DATA ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATIONS --- p.17 / Chapter 3.1 --- Interview Findings --- p.17 / Chapter 3. 1. --- 1 Hong Kong Association of Speech Therapists --- p.17 / Chapter 3.1.2 --- An Anonymous Speech Therapist --- p.20 / Chapter 3.2 --- Statistics from Secondary Sources --- p.21 / Chapter 3.3 --- Findings From Questionnaires --- p.21 / Chapter 3.3.1 --- Response Rate --- p.21 / Chapter 3.3.2 --- Respondents' Organizations (Figure II-1 in Appendix II) --- p.22 / Chapter 3.3.3 --- Characteristics of the Respondents --- p.24 / Chapter 3.3.4 --- Some Estimations Provided by the Speech Therapists --- p.25 / Chapter 3.3.5 --- End Users' Characteristics --- p.28 / Chapter 3.3.6 --- Product Characteristics --- p.29 / Chapter 3.3.7 --- Potential Distribution Channels --- p.34 / Chapter 3.3.8 --- Interpretations --- p.35 / Chapter CHAPTER 4 --- LIMITATIONS --- p.37 / Chapter 4.1 --- Sample Size --- p.37 / Chapter 4.2 --- Representativeness --- p.37 / Chapter 4.3 --- Exploratory Nature of the Questionnaire --- p.38 / Chapter 4.4 --- Non-respondents --- p.39 / Chapter 4.5 --- Ambiguities in Some Questions of the Questionnaire --- p.39 / Chapter 4.6 --- Assumptions --- p.39 / Chapter 4.7 --- Reliability --- p.40 / Chapter CHAPTER 5 --- MARKET OPPORTUNITY ANALYSIS --- p.41 / Chapter 5.1 --- Market Profile --- p.41 / Chapter 5.2 --- Company Profile --- p.43 / Chapter 5.2.1 --- Financial Situation --- p.44 / Chapter 5.2.2 --- Human Resource --- p.46 / Chapter 5.2.3 --- Strength and Weakness Analysis --- p.47 / Chapter 5.2.4 --- Threats and Opportunities --- p.48 / Chapter 5.3 --- Customer Profile --- p.49 / Chapter 5.3.1 --- Practicing Speech Therapists as the Target Customers --- p.49 / Chapter 5.3.2 --- Major Organizations Related to Target Customers --- p.50 / Chapter 5.3.3 --- Background of Individual Speech Therapist --- p.50 / Chapter 5.3.4 --- Attitude of Speech Therapists towards Using Multimedia in Therapy --- p.51 / Chapter 5.3.5 --- Role of Individual Therapists in Buying Process --- p.52 / Chapter 5.3.6 --- Purchase Capability --- p.53 / Chapter 5.3.7 --- Degree of Computer Sophistication --- p.54 / Chapter 5.3.8 --- Needs of the End Users --- p.54 / Chapter 5.3.9 --- Perceived Urgency of Using Aids to Speed Up the Recovery --- p.55 / Chapter 5.3.10 --- Channels for Promotion --- p.55 / Chapter 5.4 --- Product Profile --- p.56 / Chapter 5.4.1 --- Problem Solving Capability of Some Product Concepts --- p.56 / Chapter 5.4.2 --- The Needs of Patients as Perceived by Speech Therapists --- p.57 / Chapter 5.4.3 --- Operational Features --- p.58 / Chapter 5.4.4 --- Customer Characteristics --- p.60 / Chapter 5.4.5 --- End-user Characteristics --- p.60 / Chapter 5.4.6 --- Features of Similar Products Available for English-speaking Patients --- p.60 / Chapter CHAPTER 6 --- OBJECTIVES FOR A MARKETING PROGRAM --- p.64 / Chapter 6.1 --- The Market Objective --- p.64 / Chapter 6.2 --- Product Objectives --- p.65 / Chapter 6.2.1 --- Essential Purposes of Proposed Product --- p.65 / Chapter 6.2.2 --- Assessing Importance of Various Attributes --- p.66 / Chapter 6.2.3 --- Determinant Attributes --- p.68 / Chapter 6.2.4 --- Main Features of the Proposed Product Forms --- p.69 / Chapter 6.3 --- Pricing Objectives --- p.71 / Chapter 6.4 --- Promotional Objectives --- p.72 / Chapter 6.5 --- Distribution Objectives --- p.73 / Chapter CHAPTER 7 --- STRATEGIES FOR A MARKETING PROGRAM --- p.75 / Chapter 7.1 --- Product Development Strategy --- p.75 / Chapter 7.1.1 --- Strategic Direction --- p.76 / Chapter 7.1.2 --- Concept Generation --- p.77 / Chapter 7.1.3 --- Concept Testing --- p.77 / Chapter 7.1.4 --- Screening --- p.78 / Chapter 7.1.5 --- Prototype Development --- p.78 / Chapter 7.1.6 --- Product-use Testing --- p.79 / Chapter 7.2 --- Pricing Strategies --- p.79 / Chapter 7.3 --- Promotional Strategies --- p.81 / Chapter 7.3.1 --- Planning --- p.82 / Chapter 7.3.2 --- Implementation --- p.86 / Chapter 7.3.3 --- Other Avenues --- p.98 / Chapter 7.4 --- Distribution Strategy --- p.98 / Chapter 7.4.1 --- Use of Existing Suppliers as Agents --- p.98 / Chapter 7.4.2 --- Training the Technical Staff on Selling and Distribution --- p.98 / Chapter 7.4.3 --- Acquire the Endorsement of the Hong Kong Association of Speech Therapists --- p.99 / Chapter CHAPTER 8 --- CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS --- p.100 / APPENDICES --- p.106 / BIBLIOGRAPHY --- p.160

Submitted by Filipe dos Santos (fsantos@pucsp.br) on 2017-04-29T19:33:43Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Fábio Alexandre Gomes.pdf: 1280614 bytes, checksum: edb793abb4c3e4bf3e4efe2eb2a4751b (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-04-29T19:33:43Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Fábio Alexandre Gomes.pdf: 1280614 bytes, checksum: edb793abb4c3e4bf3e4efe2eb2a4751b (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-03-17 / Conselho Nacional de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico - CNPq / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES / The present study deals with the professional performance of social workers who work in care institutions for people with disabilities in the municipality of São José dos Campos in the metropolitan region of Vale do Paraiba. The research was carried out with the Social Service professionals and that they are organized in a collective way through the Group of Entities of Attendance to Person with Disability the GRUPO PcD. The Organization of the research occurred through the choice of research methodology that had one of the objectives to establish contact with subjects who act and reflect the professional practice in their entities, but also organize themselves collectively in a discussion group regarding the service network. The research was divided into two phases: the first, by sending a questionnaire containing closed and open questions about professional training and the professional practice of social workers. The second phase, through the collection of testimony recorded and filmed using the methodology of the focal group and transcribed with subjects of the group. In the realization of the research, I found subjects with different characteristics and positions regarding professional practice, in this way I valued the content of the narratives, maintaining the focus of professional practice and guaranteeing and defending the rights of the disabled person. I used the qualitative approach to analyze the data and it is possible to identify and analyze that the construction of the dialogue of practice with the professional doing and the construction of positioning that try to carry out the construction of a society that fights for the consolidation of the rights of people with disabilities. The individual or collective professional practice of reveals as a constant space of resistance and struggle the subjects reveal that the complexity of social relations is present daily in the professional doing. Recognizing the professional practice of the social worker as a space for the production of resistance and the struggle for the rights of persons with disabilities reveals and strengthens possibilities for professional practice in the face of the demands of contemporary capitalist society / O trabalho apresentado trata da atuação profissional dos assistentes sociais que atuam em instituições de atendimento a pessoas com deficiência no município de São José dos Campos na região metropolitana do Vale do Paraíba. A pesquisa foi realizada com os profissionais do Serviço Social e que se organizam de forma coletiva através do Grupo de Entidades de Atendimento à Pessoa com Deficiência, o GRUPO PcD. A organização da pesquisa ocorreu através da escolha da metodologia que teve como um dos objetivos estabelecer contato com sujeitos que atuam e refletem a prática profissional em suas entidades, mas também que se organizam de forma coletiva em um grupo de discussão referente à rede de atendimento.A pesquisa dividiu-se em duas fases: a primeira, por meio do envio de um questionário contendo perguntas fechadas e abertas acerca da formação profissional e do exercício profissional dos assistentes sociais; e a segunda fase, por intermédio da coleta de depoimento gravado e filmado, utilizando a metodologia do grupo focal e transcrito com sujeitos do grupo. Na realização da pesquisa, foram encontrados sujeitos com diversas características e posicionamentos referentes à prática profissional; dessa forma, o conteúdo das narrativas foi valorizado, mantendo o foco da prática profissional e a garantia e defesa dos direitos da pessoa com deficiência. Abordagem qualitativa foi utilizada para analisar os dados, sendo possível identificar e avaliar a construção da interlocução da prática com o fazer profissional, bem como a construção de um posicionamento que efetive uma sociedade de luta pela consolidação dos direitos das pessoas com deficiências. A prática profissional individual ou coletiva se revela como um espaço constante de resistência e luta, em que os sujeitos revelam que a complexidade das relações sociais está presente cotidianamente no fazer profissional. Reconhecer o exercício profissional do assistente social como um espaço de produção da resistência e da luta por direitos da pessoa com deficiência desvela e fortalece possibilidades do exercício profissional frente às demandas da sociedade capitalista contemporânea

by Leung Kwok-fai. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1997. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 104-108). / Chapter 1. --- TITLE --- p.1 / Chapter 2. --- INTRODUCTION & LITERATURE REVIEW --- p.2 / Chapter 2.1 --- Definition of occupational injury victims in Hong Kong --- p.2 / Chapter 2.2 --- Size of the problem in Hong Kong --- p.3 / Chapter 2.3 --- Usual Events After Occupational Injuries --- p.4 / Chapter 2.4 --- Assessment of Loss of Earning Capacity / Permanent Incapacity --- p.6 / Chapter 2.5 --- Vocational outcomes of occupational accident victims --- p.8 / Chapter 2.6 --- Factors affecting vocational outcomes of occupational injury victims --- p.11 / Chapter 3. --- "SCOPE, OBJECTIVES AND HYPOTHESES" --- p.24 / Chapter 3.1 --- Scope of the present study --- p.24 / Chapter 3.2 --- Objectives of the present study --- p.25 / Chapter 3.3 --- Hypotheses to be tested --- p.26 / Chapter 4. --- METHODS --- p.27 / Chapter 4.1 --- Study design --- p.27 / Chapter 4.2 --- Subjects --- p.27 / Chapter 4.3 --- Sampling --- p.29 / Chapter 4.4 --- Operational Definitions and Assumptions of Data to be collected --- p.33 / Chapter 4.5 --- Data collection Instruments --- p.39 / Chapter 4.6 --- Statistical Analysis --- p.41 / Chapter 5. --- RESULTS --- p.48 / Chapter 5.1 --- Descriptive statistics of the study sample --- p.48 / Chapter 5.2 --- Descriptive statistics of unemployed workers --- p.57 / Chapter 5.3 --- Descriptive statistics of lost of contact cases --- p.59 / Chapter 5.4 --- Factors affecting post-injury employment status --- p.61 / Chapter 5.5 --- Factors affecting loss of earning --- p.70 / Chapter 5.6 --- Summary of statistical analysis --- p.84 / Chapter 6. --- DISCUSSION --- p.87 / Chapter 6.1 --- Vocational outcomes of Occupational Accident victims --- p.87 / Chapter 6.2 --- Hierarchical relationship of unemployment and loss of earning --- p.87 / Chapter 6.3 --- Motor co-ordination and strength factors affecting vocational outcomes --- p.88 / Chapter 6.4 --- The risk factors for adverse vocational outcomes --- p.89 / Chapter 6.5 --- Limitations of the study --- p.95 / Chapter 7. --- RECOMMENDATIONS --- p.100 / Chapter 7.1 --- Application to rehabilitation service --- p.100 / Chapter 7.2 --- Application to employee compensation system --- p.101 / Chapter 8. --- CONCLUSION --- p.103 / REFERENCE LIST / Appendices --- p.1-10

Made available in DSpace on 2017-07-10T16:17:11Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 ENIO.pdf: 1159072 bytes, checksum: 9b7b4cb3f1e9366e69daf5f83d1ae0ef (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008-12-13 / The objective of this investigation is to analyze the relation between work and people with disabilities in Brazil, examining the quota policy which establishes the reservation of vacancies for people with disabilities in the formal work market and in the public service the direct or indirect administration, in the three spheres of government. In its legal and institutional aspects, the mentioned policy is anchored in the 1988´s Federal Constitution of Brazil and in other norms which constitute the guidelines, the programs, the objectives, the principles and the goals that compound the social policies which are implemented by the capitalist State. Starting from the presumption that work was and still is the originating and founding base of the social being, the present study intends to demonstrate that in any historical period of mankind primitive community, mode of production slave-based, feudal and capitalist the argument which better explains the exclusion of people with disabilities from the production processes relays on the following central idea: in the primitive communities, the fact that they could not produce their own material existence, through their own labor, and in the other modes of production, besides that, the fact that they could not produce the surplus. This gets more evident when made clear that the logics of the capitalist s production organization, directed to the maxim extraction of work, productivity and profit, does not sustain and does not need the workforce of those people. Even the small number of people who are working in the formal work market is employed only because of the pressure made by the disabled-rights movement and the existence of the legal regulation, which, despite its limits, in this case, plays an important role. The conclusion is that the law ends up producing an effect more ideological than practical, as it transmits to the society in general, and specifically to people with disabilities, an ideological argument by which the simple legal prescription grants the right to work as a concrete reality. This is revealed when, after more than 20 years from the promulgation of the 1988 s Federal Constitution, which granted the reservation of vacancies, the unemployment rate among people with disabilities in work age is still superior to 91%, while among people without disabilities the number floats around 10%. The right-to-work guaranty for people with disabilities represents the result of a process of fights marked by uncountable social-economical, political and cultural relations and mediations which express contradictories class interests, a fact that gets evident as the corporations and the capitalist State resist following the law statement. In spite of this conclusion, the disrespect for the law may be used by disabled-rights movement as an important political instrument with two objectives: to denounce the capital s system and the State, not only demanding the respect for the law, but also pointing the contradiction between what the law states and the concrete reality; and, through this political fight, to create a class conscience among people with disabilities engaged with the social mobilizations committed to the working class interests. / O objetivo desta investigação é analisar a relação trabalho e a pessoa com deficiência no Brasil, examinando a política de cotas que estabelece a reserva de vagas para as pessoas com deficiência no mercado de trabalho formal e no serviço público da administração direta ou indireta, nas três esferas de governo. Nos seus aspectos legais e institucionais, esta política está amparada na Constituição Federal brasileira de 1988 e em outras normas que constituem as diretrizes, os programas, os objetivos, os princípios e as metas que compõem as políticas sociais que são implementadas pelo Estado capitalista. Partindo do pressuposto de que o trabalho foi e continua sendo a base fundante e originária do ser social, o estudo pretende demonstrar que, em qualquer período histórico da humanidade comunidade primitiva, modo de produção escravista, feudal e capitalista, a justificativa que melhor dá conta de explicar a exclusão das pessoas com deficiência dos processos produtivos reside, justamente, na seguinte idéia central: nas comunidades primitivas, o fato de elas não conseguirem produzir a sua própria existência material por meio do seu próprio trabalho, e nos dos demais modos de produção, além do fato de não conseguirem produzir a sua própria existência, ocorre o fato de elas não conseguirem produzir o excedente. Isso fica mais evidente quando se constata que a lógica da organização da produção capitalista, voltada para a extração do máximo de trabalho, de produtividade e de lucro, não comporta e não necessita da força de trabalho dessas pessoas. Mesmo no caso do pequeno número das pessoas que estão trabalhando no mercado de trabalho formal, essas pessoas só são contratadas pela pressão do movimento das pessoas com deficiência e da existência da legislação que, apesar dos limites, neste caso, cumpre uma finalidade importante. A conclusão é a de que a legislação acaba produzindo mais um efeito ideológico do que propriamente prático, na medida em que transmite, para a sociedade em geral e para as próprias pessoas com deficiência, um argumento ideológico de que basta estar previsto em lei que o direito ao trabalho é uma realidade concreta. Isso acaba se revelando quando, após mais de 20 anos da promulgação da Constituição Federal de 1988, que garantiu a reserva de vagas, o índice de desemprego entre as pessoas com deficiência em idade de trabalhar ainda ultrapassa os 91%, enquanto que, para as pessoas sem deficiência, gira em torno de 10%. A garantia do direito ao trabalho para as pessoas com deficiência representa o resultado de um processo de lutas marcado por inúmeras relações e mediações socioeconômicas, políticas e culturais que expressam interesses de classes contraditórios, fato que fica evidente na própria resistência dos empresários e do Estado capitalista no cumprimento da legislação. Não obstante esta constatação, o não-cumprimento da legislação pode ser utilizado pelo movimento das pessoas com deficiência como um importante instrumento político com dois objetivos: denunciar o sistema do capital e o Estado, não só exigindo o cumprimento da lei, como também apontando a contradição entre o que a lei preconiza e a realidade concreta; e, por meio desta luta política, formar consciência de classe nas pessoas com deficiência engajadas nas mobilizações sociais comprometidas com os interesses da classe trabalhadora.

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Magistro darbo santrauka Darbe atlikta teorinė taikomosios fizinės ir sportinės veiklos poveikio neįgaliųjų gyvenimo kokybės gerinimo sampratos ir regėjimo negali�� turinčių asmenų taikomosios fizinės ir sportinės veiklos ypatumų analizė. Iškelta hipotezė, kad, taikant taikomąją fizinę ir sportinę veiklą, galima pagerinti regėjimo negalią turinčių asmenų psichosocialinę sveikatą, biosocialinių įgūdžių, fizinio pajėgumo rodiklius. Hipotezė iškelta remiantis konceptualiu teiginiu: aktyvi fizinė veikla ir sportas turi teigiamą poveikį visapusiškam asmens vystymuisi. Anketinės apklausos metodu buvo atliktas tyrimas, kurio tikslas – identifikuoti taikomosios fizinės ir sportinės veiklos poveikio ypatumus regėjimo negalią turinčių asmenų gyvenimo kokybės aspektu. Atlikta statistinė (aprašomoji dažnių, vidurkių) duomenų analizė. Tyrime dalyvavo 101 regėjimo negalią turintis respondentas, iš jų 55 aktyviai sportuojantys ir 46 neaktyviai. Empirinėje dalyje nagrinėjami sportuojančiųjų regėjimo negalią turinčių asmenų sveikata, fizinis aktyvumas, psichosocialinė sveikata, socializacijos agentai, požiūris į negalią, taikomosios fizinės ir sportinės veiklų poveikio priemonių veiksmingumas. Svarbiausios empirinio tyrimo išvados: 1. Sportuojantys regėjimo negalią turintys asmenys sportine veikla tenkina vieną iš svarbiausių socialinių poreikių – bendravimo poreikį; tai savo ruožtu gerina jų gyvenimo kokybę. 2. Neaktyviai sportuojantys neįgalieji sveikatą, fizinį aktyvumą ir fizinį... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / The Master’s Degree Thesis Summary In the present thesis, there is performed the theoretical analysis of the concept of the effect of applied physical and sports activities on improvement of the life quality for the disabled and of the peculiarities of the applied physical and sports activities of people with vision disabilities. There is raised a hypothesis, that applying physical and sports activities, it is possible to improve the psychosocial health and rates of biosocial skills and physical fitness of people with vision disabilities. The hypothesis is raised with reference to the conceptual statement: active physical activities and sports have positive effect on comprehensive development of the person. Using the method of questionnaire survey, the research was performed. Its objective was to identify the peculiarities of the effect of the applied physical and sports activities in the aspect of life quality improvement for people with vision disabilities. The statistical (descriptive of frequencies, averages) analysis of data was performed. 101 respondents with vision disabilities participated in the research. 55 of them went in for sports actively and 46 – inactively. In the empiric part of the thesis, there are considered the health, physical activeness, psychosocial health, agents of socialisation, approach to the disability people with vision disabilities, who go in for sports, as well as the efficiency of the measures of the applied physical and sports... [to full text]

Bakalauro darbe analizuojamos neįgaliųjų įsidarbinimo galimybės socialinių pedagogų ir neįgaliųjų požiūriu. Darbas žmogui yra viena svarbiausių ir prasmingiausių veiklų, kuri suteikia ne tik finansinį saugumą, bet ir padeda užmegzti kontaktus su kitais žmonėmis, palaikyti santykius, taip pat didina savigarbą. Socialiniai pedagogai ir patys neįgalieji yra tie asmenys, kurie mato neįgaliųjų integracijos situaciją iš arti ir jų požiūris gana plačiai parodo esamą situaciją. Pagrindinis šio darbo tikslas – atskleisti neįgaliųjų įsidarbinimo galimybes socialinių pedagogų ir neįgaliųjų požiūriu. Siekiant įgyvendinti šį tikslą buvo pasitelktas kokybinis tyrimas, taikant turinio (content) analizės metodą. Tyrime dalyvavo dvi informantų grupės. Pirmąją grupę sudarė 6 socialiniai pedagogai dirbantys su neįgaliaisiais ir padedantys jiems profesijos įgijimo situacijoje. Antrąją grupę sudarė 6 asmenys turintys negalią. Informantai pasirinkti naudojant patogiąją tikslinę atranką. / Employment opportunities for people with disabilities from the point of view of social educators and people with disabilities are analysed in the present Bachelor’s Thesis. Employment is one the most important and meaningful activities for a human being providing with not only financial security but serving as means for making contacts with other people, establishment of relations, and increasing self-esteem as well. Social educators and people with disabilities themselves are the people who see the situation in respect of the situation in the field of integration of people with disabilities from a close range and their point of view reflects the current situation quite extensively. The key aim of this Paper is to reveal employment opportunities for people with disabilities from the point of view of social educators and people with disabilities. A qualitative study was used by applying a content analysis method in order to achieve this aim. Two groups of informants have participated in the study. The first group consisted of 6 social educators working with the disabled people and providing assistance to them in situations related to acquisition of an occupation. The second group consisted of 6 people with disabilities. The informants have been chosen using a convenient target selection method.

Sexual and reproductive health are integral parts of the health and well-being of every human being, however they remain sensitive and controversial issues, particularly when they concern persons with disabilities. Within the legal framework, sexual and reproductive health is recognized as basic human rights. They are also essential components of good health and personal development. Making sure that persons with disabilities have access to sexual and reproductive health services contributes to the fulfillment of their sexual and reproductive rights by providing them with more choices that potentially best suit their reproductive health needs. South Africa has one of the most progressive and liberal sexual and reproductive health laws and policies in the world, yet persons with disabilities still face major barriers in accessing these services. In fact, their sexuality has been largely overlooked or actively suppressed and in turn, their reproductive rights denied. With this background information, the study aims to shed more insights into the experiences and perspectives of persons with disabilities in accessing sexual and reproductive health in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal. Following the rights-based approach it assesses their awareness of sexual and reproductive health services and determines the factors that hinder their access to sexual and reproductive health services. The findings from the sample of 16 persons with different types of disabilities suggest that access to sexual and reproductive health services is complex and involve a variety of factors. The majority of respondents revealed that sexual and reproductive health services are a big part of their lives. However, there seemed to be a huge gap between their needs for services and their right to access these services. The general consensus was that persons with disabilities face challenges and multiple barriers to access services. Significantly these barriers are not raised by the disability itself but are related to specific contexts or instances of persons with disabilities trying to access services. From the discussions it was apparent that respondents‟ rights to be treated with dignity and to access sexual and reproductive health services is often overshadowed by social isolation, discrimination and other stereotypical assumptions that the society holds about the sexuality of persons with disabilities. Often, persons with disabilities are percieved as not sexually active hence information on sexual and reproductive health matters is not widely available in formats accessible to them. Health providers appeared surprised that person with disabilities will require assistant with family planning services and they are not given choices about suitable birth control methods rather often the nurses suggested that they terminate their pregnancies or to be sterilized. This reveals a need to address access to sexual and reproductive health services for persons with disabilities especially, through public health facilities in South Africa. / Thesis (M.Dev.Studies)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, 2013.