The State of Education and Employment of People With Visual Impairment in Malaysia

2022 ◽  
pp. 1708-1725
Author(s):  
Ismail Hussein Amzat ◽  
Chen Ann Li
Keyword(s):  
Visual Impairment ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Phenomenological Approach ◽  
The State ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Employment Sector ◽  
Klang Valley ◽  
Mode Of Transportation ◽  
Personal Skills ◽  
Education And Employment

This chapter is an in-depth qualitative study using a phenomenological approach in understanding the state of education and employment of people with visual impairment in the Klang Valley, Malaysia to identify the challenges they encounter and to discover the strategies they use in the employment sector. The results showed that people with visual impairment had a positive self-concept towards themselves, family, and friends; perceived that there was still a lot for the society to improve in terms of their awareness; acceptance and daily predicament faced by people with visual impairment. They faced challenges such as insufficiency of facilities provided in schools and employers, personal skills, limited mode of transportation in rural areas, job choice, and too many expectations are required from them. Therefore, proactive recommendations are also made to the respective parties in order to be fully knowledgeable concerning what further supportive and accommodative actions need to be taken to aid those who are visually impaired for better employability and education.

The State of Education and Employment of People With Visual Impairment in Malaysia

2019 ◽  
pp. 137-155
Author(s):  
Ismail Hussein Amzat ◽  
Chen Ann Li
Keyword(s):  
Visual Impairment ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Phenomenological Approach ◽  
The State ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Employment Sector ◽  
Klang Valley ◽  
Mode Of Transportation ◽  
Personal Skills ◽  
Education And Employment

This chapter is an in-depth qualitative study using a phenomenological approach in understanding the state of education and employment of people with visual impairment in the Klang Valley, Malaysia to identify the challenges they encounter and to discover the strategies they use in the employment sector. The results showed that people with visual impairment had a positive self-concept towards themselves, family, and friends; perceived that there was still a lot for the society to improve in terms of their awareness; acceptance and daily predicament faced by people with visual impairment. They faced challenges such as insufficiency of facilities provided in schools and employers, personal skills, limited mode of transportation in rural areas, job choice, and too many expectations are required from them. Therefore, proactive recommendations are also made to the respective parties in order to be fully knowledgeable concerning what further supportive and accommodative actions need to be taken to aid those who are visually impaired for better employability and education.

Portable Braille Reader

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pranay Jain ◽  
Anshul Singhal ◽  
P. V. M. Rao
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Visual Impairment ◽  
Visually Impaired ◽  
Visual Stimuli ◽  
The State ◽  
Regular Paper ◽  
Braille Reader ◽  
Education And Employment ◽  
Printed Materials

Partial or complete visual impairment, congenital or adventitious, hampers an individual’s visual stimuli perception ability. For reading, the visually impaired primarily rely on Braille, a script read through touch. Its 6-dot and 8-dot configurations have been adapted for use with different languages, making it popular around the globe. However, regular paper, embossed with Braille using manual Braille slates or electronic Braille embossers, loses readability due to damage with each tactile reading. Braille books and other printed materials, usually bulky and expensive, hence go waste after three to five readings. This degrades the state of education and employment and the quality of life in general because reading, a primary necessity, turns expensive, and in some cases, unaffordable.

“Kids like me, we go lightly on the head”: Experiences of children with a visual impairment on the physical self-concept

2017 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tessa de Schipper ◽  
Lauren J Lieberman ◽  
Brigitte Moody
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Visual Impairment ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Phenomenological Approach ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Thematic Content Analysis ◽  
Thematic Content ◽  
Hermeneutic Phenomenological

There has been limited research published investigating the experiences of the children with a visual impairment in physical activity and sports. The aim of the study was to explore the experiences of children with a visual impairment on their physical self-concept (PSC). A hermeneutic phenomenological approach was employed to investigate the experiences of children with a visual impairment. Qualitative interviews were conducted with six children between 10 and 12 years, followed by a thematic content analysis. Within the framework of the PSC, four themes emerged: (1) adaptations, (2) friends, (3) bullying, and (4) eyes and glasses. Findings suggest that children with a visual impairment despite the occurrence of bullying or lack of adaptations in sports of physical activity are satisfied with their physical self and global self-esteem.

A PROPOSED EVALUATION PLAN TO ASSESS THE IMPACT OF A YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME FACILITATED BY THE STATE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AGENCY (SITA) IN RURAL SOUTH AFRICA

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 174-181
Author(s):  
Maura Mbunyuza-deHeer Menlah
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Youth Development ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
The State ◽  
State Information ◽  
Evaluation Plan ◽  
Lessons Learnt ◽  
Slow Development ◽  
The Impact

This article reports on a proposed evaluation plan that has been developed to assess the work done by the State Information Technology Agency (SITA). The SITA programme was implemented in response to the South African government’s call to improve the lives of the populations in some rural areas through technology. The programme was meant to address slow development in  rural  areas  that  lack  technological  innovations  and  advances.  In  the proposed evaluation plan a review is made of secondary data, deciding how strategic priorities are to be determined, as well as analysis of the rural context environment. The researcher gives an account of how the evaluation strategies are to be piloted and rolled out thereafter. Lessons learnt are recorded and reported upon. A proposed evaluation plan will be developed, based on the lessons learnt in line with the objectives of the project.

Traditional and Customary Law: Adat

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon Butt ◽  
Tim Lindsey
Keyword(s):  
Judicial Review ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Small Proportion ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
The State ◽  
Customary Law ◽  
Constitutional Court ◽  
The Past ◽  
Statutory Protection ◽  
Traditional Communities

Many Indonesians—primarily those living in rural areas—still follow customary law (adat). The precise rules and processes of that adat differ significantly from place to place, even within short distances. This chapter shows that for many decades, adat has been subservient to national law. State-made law overrode it, leaving it applicable only in a very small proportion of cases where no national law applied, where judges could apply it as ‘living law’. Even in these cases, many judges ignored adat or distorted it when deciding cases. The 1945 Constitution was amended in 2000 to require the state to formally recognize and respect customary law, as practised in traditional communities. The Constitutional Court has given effect to this in various judicial review cases, as have some statutes enacted in the past decade or so. However, this constitutional and statutory ‘protection’ has been impeded in practice by requirements for traditional communities to be formally ‘recognized’ by their local governments, many of whom have been unresponsive to calls for recognition.

scholarly journals Qualitative perspectives of the North Carolina healthy food small retailer program among customers in participating stores located in food deserts

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lindsey Haynes-Maslow ◽  
Stephanie B. Jilcott Pitts ◽  
Kathryn A. Boys ◽  
Jared T. McGuirt ◽  
Sheila Fleischhacker ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Food Access ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Food Deserts ◽  
State Legislature ◽  
Healthy Food ◽  
The State ◽  
The North

Abstract Background The North Carolina Healthy Food Small Retailer Program (NC HFSRP) was established through a policy passed by the state legislature to provide funding for small food retailers located in food deserts with the goal of increasing access to and sales of healthy foods and beverages among local residents. The purpose of this study was to qualitatively examine perceptions of the NC HFSRP among store customers. Methods Qualitative interviews were conducted with 29 customers from five NC HFSRP stores in food deserts across eastern NC. Interview questions were related to shoppers’ food and beverage purchases at NC HFSRP stores, whether they had noticed any in-store efforts to promote healthier foods and beverages, their suggestions for promoting healthier foods and beverages, their familiarity with and support of the NC HFSRP, and how their shopping and consumption habits had changed since implementation of the NC HFSRP. A codebook was developed based on deductive (from the interview guide questions) and inductive (emerged from the data) codes and operational definitions. Verbatim transcripts were double-coded and a thematic analysis was conducted based on code frequency, and depth of participant responses for each code. Results Although very few participants were aware of the NC HFSRP legislation, they recognized changes within the store. Customers noted that the provision of healthier foods and beverages in the store had encouraged them to make healthier purchase and consumption choices. When a description of the NC HFSRP was provided to them, all participants were supportive of the state-funded program. Participants discussed program benefits including improving food access in low-income and/or rural areas and making healthy choices easier for youth and for those most at risk of diet-related chronic diseases. Conclusions Findings can inform future healthy corner store initiatives in terms of framing a rationale for funding or policies by focusing on increased food access among vulnerable populations.

Institutional variations in practice of demand responsive approach: evidence from rural water supply in India

Water Policy ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 650-668 ◽  
Author(s):  
Satyapriya Rout
Keyword(s):  
Drinking Water ◽  
Water Supply ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
The State ◽  
Indian Society ◽  
Institution Building ◽  
Rural Water Supply ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Rural Water ◽  
Village Communities

The paper reports the main findings of a study, designed to develop a better understanding of institutional variations in working with the demand responsive approach (DRA) in rural water supply in the state of Odisha in India. Data for the paper were collected from twelve village communities, where water is being supplied either through their community based institution or through the local government institution of the Gram Panchayat. The findings suggest that the two types of institutions performed differently in implementing the DRA. It depicted that the DRA under the broader rubric of institutional reforms in the water sector has failed to address the question of social inequality, and rather had reinforced and extended the already existing inequity of Indian society to access to safe and secure drinking water in rural areas. The study highlights that participation, cost recovery, full operation and management transfer may be an efficient proposition, but not sustainable in the long run without proper investment in institution building and support from the state, especially in provisioning of basic services like drinking water to rural poor.

DEVELOPMENT OF THE COMMUNAL INFRASTRUCTURE OF RURAL TERRITORIES OF THE REGION IN THE CONTEXT OF THE NATIONAL PROJECT "ECOLOGY"

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arina Aleksandrovna Grankina ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
The State ◽  
National Project ◽  
Regional Component

The article provides a list of factors that affect the comfort of living in rural areas. In the context of municipal districts of the Samara region, key measures are given in terms of the development of communal infrastructure in the framework of the regional component of the national project "Ecology". A brief analysis of the state of municipal infrastructure in the municipal regions of the region is presented.

Clustering of the regions of the Siberian Federal District according to the state of reproduction of labor resources of rural territories

2021 ◽  
pp. 50-55
Author(s):  
Nina M. Edrenkina ◽  
◽  
Aleksandr E. Lisitsyn ◽  
Aleksey I. Suchkov ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Federal District ◽  
The State ◽  
Siberian Federal District ◽  
Labor Resources

Clustering of the regions of the Siberian Federal District (SFD) was carried out according to the state of reproduction of labor resources in rural areas. The modern problems of reproduction of labor resources in the regions of the SFD are identified, taking into account the peculiarities of each of them. As a result, the distribution of the regions of the Siberian Federal District by the state of labor resources of the rural territories was obtained by the following clusters: national, raw materials and leaders. Recommendations for the development of the reproduction of labor resources in rural areas are offered.

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