Understanding how disability is perceived from a cultural perspective, helps create knowledge about the issues related to disability in a particular culture. It helps to understand how much cultural beliefs impact the social status of a person with a disability in a society. In addition to culture, religion also plays a significant role in most South Asian people’s lives. This thesis explores the lives of South Asian Muslim immigrant women in Winnipeg with various disabilities in order to obtain a specific cultural as well as religious perspective on disability in the form of personal stories. A descriptive thematic analysis was performed on the data collected directly from participants. The thematic analysis attempts to understand the meaning of disability from the participants’ and community’s perspective. / October 2016
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:MANITOBA/oai:mspace.lib.umanitoba.ca:1993/31758 |
| Date | 14 September 2016 |
| Creators | Khan, Zahra, Khan, Zahra |
| Contributors | Hansen, Nancy (Disability Studies), Driedger, Diane (Disability Studies) Taylor, Laura (Social Work) |
| Source Sets | University of Manitoba Canada |
| Detected Language | English |
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