scholarly journals Effects of Social Safety Nets on the Empowerment of Disabled Person in Pakistan

2021 ◽  
Vol VI (I) ◽  
pp. 133-139
Author(s):  
Muhammad Zaheer Khan ◽  
Nazia Malik ◽  
Zahira Batool
Keyword(s):  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Disabled Persons ◽  
Safety Nets ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Emerging Nations ◽  
Specific Safety ◽  
Mainstream Society ◽  
Social Safety Nets ◽  
The Relationship

This article focuses on the means through which emerging nations' social safety nets reach the poor with impairments. A framework is presented for evaluating the integration of people with disabilities (PWDs) in social safety nets (SNNs). The article begins by reviewing the data on the relationship between disability and poverty, followed by a discussion of the possible roles that safety nets may play in the context of disability. Disability-specific safety nets may be provided to people with disabilities via both inclusive mainstream programs and disability-specific programs. The main objective of the study is to check the effects of social safety nets on the lives of persons with disabilities. For the purpose of information gathering, 500 disabled persons were selected randomly from the list provided by the Benazir Income Support Program (BISP), Pakistan. Data was collected with the help of a well-structured interview schedule, and collected data were processed through a statistical package for social sciences. Findings illustrate that social safety nets are helpful for the persons with disability and bring them mainstream society by eliminating poverty.

Support for the Americans With Disabilities Act Among Nondisabled People

2021 ◽  
pp. 104420732110231
Author(s):  
Carli Friedman ◽  
Laura VanPuymbrouck
Keyword(s):  
Civil Rights ◽  
Americans With Disabilities Act ◽  
A Priori ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
The United States ◽  
Limited Participation ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
The Relationship

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) opened the doors to access and enhanced the civil rights of people with disabilities. However, a lack of accessibility to all segments of society continues throughout the United States and is frequently described by people with disabilities as a leading cause for limited participation. Beliefs and attitudes regarding disability can affect critical decisions regarding inclusion and people with disabilities’ civil rights. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to explore support and opposition to the ADA among nondisabled people. We had the following research questions: (a) What is the relationship between disability prejudice and support for the ADA? and (b) When controlling for disability prejudice, what other factors lead people to support the ADA? To do so, we examined secondary data from approximately 13,000 participants from all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Findings from this study revealed that people who oppose the ADA are significantly more prejudiced toward people with disabilities than people who support the ADA. Understanding and becoming aware of attitudes and prejudice toward persons with disabilities can be a first step toward dispelling such beliefs and possibly a priori step to achieving the intent and spirit of the ADA.

scholarly journals Human Trafficking and Displacement in South Asia: An Econometric Analysis

2017 ◽  
Vol 65 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-76
Author(s):  
Tanjina Rahman ◽  
Md Israt Rayhan ◽  
Nayeem Sultana
Keyword(s):  
Regression Model ◽  
South Asia ◽  
Human Trafficking ◽  
Internal Displacement ◽  
Probit Regression ◽  
Safety Nets ◽  
Internally Displaced ◽  
Internally Displaced Person ◽  
Social Safety Nets ◽  
The Relationship

Human trafficking has received increased media and national attention. Despite concerted efforts to combat human trafficking, the trade in persons persists and in fact continues to grow. This paper describes the relationship and distinction between trafficking and ethnic fragmentation, conflict, internally displaced person by different measures of control. To explain the relationship between these factors, this study uses a Probit regression model. It appears that ethnic conflict leads the internal displacement of individuals from networks of family and community, and their access to economic and social safety nets. Dhaka Univ. J. Sci. 65(1): 73-76, 2017 (January)

scholarly journals An assessment of gender differences in the operational efficiency of businesses run by persons with disabilities

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 43-59
Author(s):  
Madan Mohan G. ◽  
Anushree Baruah
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Prevalence Rate ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Disabled Persons ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Snowball Sampling ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Women Disabled

Purpose Progress accomplished by the disabled entrepreneurs on the fronts of profits, turnover, return on investment (ROI), employees engaged, capital employed and diversification shall be studied and prevalence of gender differences in such progress shall be assessed. Design/methodology/approach The proposed research is descriptive in nature, based on primary data, collected by personally administering a well-structured interview schedule to 201 disabled entrepreneurs in Puducherry selected using a snowball sampling technique. Data collected has been analyzed using SPSS 21, using the tools of mean, one-way ANOVA, factorial ANOVA and chi-square (χ2) analysis. Findings The prevalence rate of entrepreneurship among female disabled is very low. Female disabled entrepreneurs manage higher turnover than their male counterparts and manage insignificantly higher progress in terms of capital employed, while male disabled entrepreneurs have managed insignificantly higher progress in terms of profits, diversification and ROI. Illiterate disabled, both men and women, struggle to manage decent turnover while the better educated manage better turnover. Research limitations/implications This paper has highlighted the low prevalence rate of entrepreneurship among women disabled though the fewer women disabled entrepreneurs are performing better than their male counterparts in operating their business. Originality/value The findings of this paper may be taken as base for formulation of effective government policies in empowering disabled persons in general and women disabled in particular.

scholarly journals People with Disabilities, Self-Determination and Very Personal Acts

Teisė ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 114 ◽  
pp. 122-131
Author(s):  
Gaetano Di Martino
Keyword(s):  
Social Protection ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
Active Part ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Way Of Thinking ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The Way

The evolution of medical, social and economic sciences and, more generally, the way of thinking has profoundly changed the relationship between Society and people with disabilities: these persons, from the recipients of social protection and care, have become an active part of Society. Therefore, this publication analyzes the basis and limits of the powers of persons with disabilities in the context of ethical, political, religious and legal values.

Inklusion und Exklusion von Menschen mit Behinderung. Anwendungsoptionen der Theorie sozialer Schließung

2019 ◽  
Vol 68 (12) ◽  
pp. 927-945
Author(s):  
Stefan Zapfel ◽  
Bartholomäus Zielinski
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
Social Life ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
State Intervention ◽  
Disabled Persons ◽  
Anglo Saxon ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Social Closure ◽  
People With Disability ◽  
Menschen Mit Behinderung

Zusammenfassung Zentrales Ziel der von der Bundesrepublik ratifizierten UN-Behindertenrechtskonvention ist die Herstellung und Gewährleistung von Inklusion und Teilhabe behinderter Menschen. Dennoch lassen sich nach wie vor vielfältige Exklusionen beobachten, die behinderten Menschen die gesellschaftliche Teilhabe erschweren. Dieser Artikel zieht die Theorie sozialer Schließung heran, um der Untersuchung der Inklusionschancen behinderter Menschen ein weiteres Element hinzuzufügen. Dabei wird zunächst die Webersche Ursprungskonzeption dargestellt, danach werden Theorieerweiterungen aus dem angelsächsischen Raum ergänzt, bevor wir auf Genese und Variabilität von Exklusionen eingehen. Behandelt werden daraufhin staatliche Interventions- und Stabilisierungsmöglichkeiten sozialer Ausschlüsse sowie Anwendungsoptionen und -grenzen der Theorie für die Teilhabe behinderter Menschen. Abstract: Inclusion and Exclusion of People with Disability. Application Options in Terms of the Theory of Social Closure One aim of the Convention of the United Nations on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is guaranteeing inclusion of people with disabilities. Nevertheless exclusion still impedes participation of persons with disabilities in social life. This article deals with the theory of social closure to enrich research of inclusion of disabled persons. Therefore, we discuss the Weberian conception and Anglo-Saxon amplifications of the theory. After that, we focus on the emergence and variability of exclusion, options of state intervention, and application options and limits of the theory concerning inclusion of persons with disabilities.

Attitudes of undergraduate students towards persons with disabilities; the role of the need for social approval

2013 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
pp. 40-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joanna Kowalska ◽  
Justyna Winnicka
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Social Approval ◽  
Social Desirability Scale ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Explicit Attitudes ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract The purpose of this study was a diagnosis of the attitudes of students of Warsaw universities towards people with disabilities and the variables which impacted on these attitudes. Additionally, we examined the relationship between the need for social approval and explicit attitudes towards people with disabilities. The study focused on two components of attitudes: behavioural (measured by preferable social distance - SDSB) and cognitive (tested with a semantic differential scale - SDSO). 318 students completed a survey including a demographic sheet, a social desirability scale, the SDSB and SDSO. The results indicate that students expressed positive attitudes towards people with disabilities. The impact of such variables as gender, the type of disability and the need for social approval was registered and were differentiated in regard to components of attitudes. The results are discussed with reference to earlier research and cues for further studies are suggested.

scholarly journals Social Inclusion of Disabled Persons: Role of a Professional Social Worker in Pakistan

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 643-649
Author(s):  
Syeda Mahnaz Hassan ◽  
Aliya Khalid ◽  
Muhammad Arshad ◽  
Shajiah Qursam
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Work Practice ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Social Work Practice ◽  
Disabled Persons ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
The Social

This paper aims to explore the role of professional social workers in the social inclusion of disabled persons in Pakistan. This paper highlights the present scenario of social work practice with the disabled community and how professional social workers are bringing social inclusion of disabled persons by working effectively in the field. The data for this study was collected through qualitative approach. The semi-structured interview guide was used to collect data through in-depth interviews from thirteen professional social workers who are working for the social inclusion of persons with disabilities in Pakistani community. Thematic analysis was used to analyze the data. The data revealed that social workers have enough abilities to create a bridge between disabled persons with their community. There are different sources present in the community which can be utilized by professional social workers to enable disabled persons to live a normal life. Unawareness of common people and government towards the roles of social workers has been observed in this study. Enhancement and encouragement of social work practice in the field of disability is particularly needed.

The history of the Paralympic Movement creation

2021 ◽  
pp. 50-55
Author(s):  
Georgiy Rubenovich Petrosyan
Keyword(s):  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Disabled Persons ◽  
The Body ◽  
General Assembly ◽  
Action Program ◽  
Disabled People ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Active Life ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Russian Federation

Worldwide, December 3 is the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. Back in 1982, a 10-year Action Program for Persons with Disabilities, called the «Decade of Disabled Persons», was adopted, and at its end in 1992, the General Assembly proclaimed December 3 the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. The task of this day was to promote the rights of persons with disabilities in all spheres of public life, as well as to draw the attention of the general public to the problems of disabled people. Every year there are more and more people with disabilities, for instance, in the Russian Federation alone, the total number of disabled people is 9 % of the population. Some people resign themselves to their fate and close themselves within the walls of their home, while others continue to lead an active life, unwilling to change anything in their usual way in connection with their new status. Such strong-minded people master new professions, acquire previously unknown skills, and try to expand their horizons in various available ways. What is more, some unique personalities in a desire to prove to others, and first of all to themselves, that disability is not destiny even take part in sports competitions organized specifically for people with disabilities. While participation in the Olympics, and even more so victory in it, is a matter of prestige and world recognition for any famous athlete, participation in the Paralympic Games for a disabled person primarily means the victory of the spirit over the body, victory over their own helplessness and weakness, recognition of the fact of beauty and the value of life.

scholarly journals Associations of people with disabilities in Italy: a short history

Modern Italy ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 121-133 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matteo Schianchi
Keyword(s):  
Political Parties ◽  
Welfare State ◽  
Voluntary Associations ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Disabled Persons ◽  
The Political ◽  
Short History ◽  
Comprehensive Understanding ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
National Agenda

Voluntary associations of persons with disabilities have played an important role in bringing issues related to disability onto the national agenda in Italy in the absence of effective provision by the state or representation by other bodies, such as the political parties and trades unions. At the same time, the nature of Italy's welfare state – weak, clientelistic, particularistic – and its way of conceiving disability as a set of bodily deficits has also shaped the character of disabled persons' organisations in Italy and the ways in which they have framed their demands and policies. These organisations have tended either to represent fragmented subsets of people with disabilities or, more recently, to form large federations that, while they reflect a more comprehensive understanding of disability, have left some categories of people with disabilities feeling excluded or under-represented

scholarly journals Community Advantage and Individual Self-Efficacy Promote Disaster Preparedness: A Multilevel Model among Persons with Disabilities

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (15) ◽  
pp. 2779 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachel M. Adams ◽  
David P. Eisenman ◽  
Deborah Glik
Keyword(s):  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Disaster Preparedness ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Community Resilience ◽  
Community Level ◽  
Public Health Response ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Community Factors ◽  
Self Rated Health ◽  
The Relationship

Disaster preparedness initiatives are increasingly focused on building community resilience. Preparedness research has correspondingly shifted its attention to community-level attributes that can support a community’s capacity to respond to and recover from disasters. While research at the community level is integral to building resilience, it may not address the specific barriers and motivators to getting individuals prepared. In particular, people with disabilities are vulnerable to disasters, yet research suggests that they are less likely to engage in preparedness behaviors. Limited research has examined what factors influence their ability to prepare, with no studies examining both the individual and community characteristics that impact these behaviors. Multilevel modeling thus offers a novel contribution that can assess both levels of influence. Using Los Angeles County community survey data from the Public Health Response to Emergent Threats Survey and the Healthy Places Index, we examined how social cognitive and community factors influence the relationship between disability and preparedness. Results from hierarchical linear regression models found that participants with poor health and who possessed activity limitations engaged in fewer preparedness behaviors. Self-efficacy significantly mediated the relationship between self-rated health and disaster preparedness. Living in a community with greater advantages, particularly with more advantaged social and housing attributes, reduced the negative association between poor self-rated health and preparedness. This study highlights the importance of both individual and community factors in influencing people with disabilities to prepare. Policy and programming should therefore be two-fold, both targeting self-efficacy as a proximal influence on preparedness behaviors and also addressing upstream factors related to community advantage that can create opportunities to support behavioral change while bolstering overall community resilience.

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