Abstract
According to the World Health Organization (WHO, 2011), persons with disabilities encounter various challenges that affect their daily lives, including barriers to physical access, discrimination, and lack of accessibility to basic services It has been reported that only 29% of persons with disabilities complete primary education. As to employment, only 35% of are employed, primarily in informal sectors or low-paying jobs, while the rest face high unemployment rates due to discrimination and accessibility issues (ZAPD: 2020). As a result, many resort to begging on the streets. Policies and interventions aimed at aiding individuals with disabilities exist, but little is known about their lived experiences in the community. We consider the lived experiences of persons with physical disabilities within George community in Lusaka district using a hermeneutic phenomenological approach. We describe the experiences; explore enablers; barriers that they face and develop a framework that will help interpret the lived experiences of PwPD in the George Community. This may promote inclusivity, provide insights for advocacy for changes in policies improve infrastructure, and enhance accessibility. The study is qualitative driven by hermeneutical phenomenological design. Ten participants are purposefully recruited using snowball (Creswell, 2014). The study uses interview guides and observation to generate data and analyzed thematically - with ethics and confidentiality practiced. Credibility, transferability, dependability, and conformability – recognized by Guba and Lincoln (1999) are used to evaluate the trustworthiness of study.
Presenters
Kabaka MusondaStudent, PhD in Special Education, The University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia
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Presentation Type
Theme
Social and Cultural Perspectives on Aging
KEYWORDS
LIVED, EXPERIENCES, PERSONS, DISABILITIES, HERMENEUTIC, PHENOMENOLOGY
