We don't see ourselves as different : a web of possibilities for disabled women : how black disabled women in poor communities equalise opportunities for human development and social change

This thesis plots a participatory action research (PAR) study that was done in collaboration with disabled women in Khayelitsha and Brown's Farm on the outskirts of Cape Town, South Africa, over a two and a half year period. The aim of the study was to explore how disabled women living in poor communities equalise opportunities for human development and social change. The PAR approach was used to encourage the participation of disabled women to produce new knowledge and consciousness-raising related to the barriers faced and strategies used for their development since acquiring their impairments. The research partners were the SACLA Health Project, the Disabled Women's Development Project of Disabled People South Africa and the Division of Occupational Therapy, University of Cape Town.

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

Department of Public Health and Family Medicine

Year dc:date.issued

2005

Author dc:creator

• Lorenzo, Theresa

Advisors dc:contributor.advisor

• Cooper, Di
• Kathard, Harsha

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9982

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/9982