scholarly journals Digital inclusion of people with disabilities: a qualitative study of intra-disability diversity in the digital realm

2019 ◽  
Vol 39 (9) ◽  
pp. 995-1010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Panayiota Tsatsou
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Digital Inclusion

Telework and People with Disabilities

2021 ◽  
pp. 1119-1137
Author(s):  
Rachelle Bosua ◽  
Marianne Gloet
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Social Isolation ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Work Culture ◽  
Digital Inclusion ◽  
Supportive Environment ◽  
Management Knowledge ◽  
Barriers To Access ◽  
It Support ◽  
Management Issues

People with disabilities face unique challenges to access work and participate in a work culture and environment. The increasing uptake of telework is promising from a digital inclusion perspective for people with disabilities. This qualitative study explored barriers and problems of including people with disabilities through telework in Australia. The study focused on management and worker perspectives and findings indicate that both parties face unique challenges to accommodate and include people with disabilities in telework arrangements. Worker barriers to access telework relate to management attitudes, physical and infrastructure problems, social isolation misconceptions, lack of management trust, insufficient telework opportunities and inadequate management knowledge of IT support and reasonable adjustment for people with disabilities. Management issues involve cultural intolerance towards diversity and disability in general, as well as a lack of policies and processes that create a supportive environment for people with disabilities who wish to telework.

Telework and People with Disabilities

2017 ◽  
pp. 145-169
Author(s):  
Rachelle Bosua ◽  
Marianne Gloet
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Social Isolation ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Work Culture ◽  
Digital Inclusion ◽  
Supportive Environment ◽  
Management Knowledge ◽  
Barriers To Access ◽  
It Support ◽  
Management Issues

People with disabilities face unique challenges to access work and participate in a work culture and environment. The increasing uptake of telework is promising from a digital inclusion perspective for people with disabilities. This qualitative study explored barriers and problems of including people with disabilities through telework in Australia. The study focused on management and worker perspectives and findings indicate that both parties face unique challenges to accommodate and include people with disabilities in telework arrangements. Worker barriers to access telework relate to management attitudes, physical and infrastructure problems, social isolation misconceptions, lack of management trust, insufficient telework opportunities and inadequate management knowledge of IT support and reasonable adjustment for people with disabilities. Management issues involve cultural intolerance towards diversity and disability in general, as well as a lack of policies and processes that create a supportive environment for people with disabilities who wish to telework.

Access to Flexible Work Arrangements for People With Disabilities

2021 ◽  
pp. 134-161
Author(s):  
Rachelle Bosua ◽  
Marianne Gloet
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Social Isolation ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Digital Inclusion ◽  
Flexible Work ◽  
Work Arrangements ◽  
Supportive Environment ◽  
Flexible Working ◽  
It Support ◽  
Disabled Workers

People with disabilities face unique challenges accessing and participating in work. From a digital inclusion perspective, an uptake of anywhere working arrangements may hold significant promise for people with disabilities. This qualitative study explored barriers of flexible work for people with disabilities in Australia. The study focused on manager and worker perspectives and findings indicate that both parties face unique challenges to accommodate people with disabilities in flexible work. Barriers encountered by disabled workers seeking access to flexible working arrangements include management attitudes, physical and infrastructure problems, social isolation misconceptions, insufficient flexible work opportunities, and inadequate management knowledge of IT support and reasonable adjustment for people with disabilities. Management issues involve cultural intolerance towards diversity and disability in general, as well as lack of policies and processes that create a supportive environment for people with disabilities who wish to engage in flexible working arrangements.

scholarly journals “This Pandemic Brought a Lot of Sadness”: People with Disabilities’ Experiences of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Nigeria

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen Thompson ◽  
Shadrach Chuba-Uzo ◽  
Brigitte Rohwerder ◽  
Jackie Shaw ◽  
Mary Wickenden
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Development Studies ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Narrative Interview ◽  
Over Time

This qualitative study was undertaken as part of the work of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) funded Inclusion Works programme which aims to improve inclusive employment for people with disabilities in four countries: Uganda, Kenya, Nigeria, Bangladesh. When the COVID-19 pandemic emerged early in 2020 the work of this consortium programme was adapted to focus on pandemic relief and research activities, while some other planned work was not possible. The Institute of Development Studies (IDS) led a piece of qualitative research to explore the experiences and perceptions of the pandemic and related lockdowns in each country, using a narrative interview approach, which asks people to tell their stories, following up with some further questions once they have identified their priorities to talk about. 10 people with disabilities who were involved in Inclusion Works in each country were purposively selected to take part, each being invited to have two interviews with an interval of one or two months in between, in order to capture changes in their situation over time. The 10 interviewees had a range of impairments, were gender balanced and were various ages, as well as having differing living and working situations.

scholarly journals The Accessibility of People with Disabilities to the Tourism Activities in Batu City

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 47
Author(s):  
Ucca Arawindha ◽  
Titi Fitrianita
Keyword(s):  
Urban Planning ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Local Regulation ◽  
Depth Interview ◽  
The Disabled ◽  
City District

This study aims at identifying the accessibility of people with disabilities to the tourism activities in Batu City. Batu is a city whose tourism industry develops so rapidly that it is called A Tourism City. Despite its multiple artificial and natural tourist sites, Batu City does not provide the accessible infrastructure for people with disabilities. According to the Local Regulation Number 7 Year 2011 about The Urban Planning of Batu City Year 2010-2030, the regulation about the disabled-friendly infrastructure is still minimum. It is only stated in Chapter 10 Section (4) m, explaining that the pedestrian lane is equipped with the walking lane for people with disabilities. However, if we refer to the Local Regulation of East Java Province Number 3 Year 2013 about Security and Service for People with Disabilities, every city/district is obliged to provide the accessible infrastructure for people with disabilities, including the accessible infrastructure in the tourist site. The accessibility is not limited to the walking lane for people with disabilities included in the Local Regulation of Batu City, but it also covers the toilet, parking area, hotel/inn, transportation, and etcetera. Consequently, this study is necessarily carried out due to the fact that the number of people with disabilities in Indonesia is quite many, as many as 37.5 million people (Wirawan, 2015). This study employs the Mix Methods. It is a survey method strengthened by the descriptive qualitative study. The data are obtained by using questionnaire, in-depth interview, observation, and document study. The finding of this study is expected to be able to give an overview about the readiness of Batu City as a Tourism City that is disabled-friendly, thus, it can be used as a basis of fair policy making for all citizens as well as to eradicate the discrimination, particularly in the tourism activities.

Working for Yourself: How People with Disabilities Choose Self-employment

2000 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 30-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles Palmer ◽  
Kay Schriner ◽  
Yvette Getch ◽  
Douglas Main
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Contextual Factors ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Individuals With Disabilities ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Self Employment

Self-employment is an increasingly popular choice among all Americans, including individuals with disabilities. In this article, we report the results of a qualitative study of four persons with disabilities who are self-employed. We describe the characteristics of successful self-employment as these individuals define it, conditions that led to their choosing self-employment, and contextual factors that were associated with their decision making.

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