Mapping participation of disabled youth in sport and other free-time activities to facilitate their livelihoods development

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dc.date.accessioned 2023-07-10T19:01:31Z
dc.date.available 2023-07-10T19:01:31Z
dc.date.issued 2019-01-29 en
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/13287
dc.description.abstract The benefits of engaging in sport and other free-time activities empower youth to learn social and life skills. There is little research evidence that participation builds competence for livelihoods development of youth with disabilities. This article investigates the capacity of non-governmental organisations to extend the outcomes of participation in these activities for livelihoods development. It argues that occupational therapists employed in non-governmental organisations could play this key role. The study utilised an exploratory, intrinsic case study design to provide meaningful, context-related knowledge and insight about real-life events. Twenty disabled youth and 12 parents of disabled children, between the ages of 18 and 37 years, were selected through five non-governmental organisations in an urban metropole and town, and two rural farming communities in South Africa. Two themes emerged: first, family as anchor and catalyst for social and economic inclusion; and second, creating capacity for inclusive environments, systems and services to maximise resources for livelihood development. Occupational therapists in non-governmental organisations are well positioned to facilitate capacity-building of a community-based inclusive workforce to ensure systems for public service delivery are accessible and affordable. Then, the social and life skills developed through sport and free-time activities may enable the livelihoods development of all youth. en
dc.format.medium Print en
dc.subject YOUTH en
dc.subject REHABILITATION (MEDICAL) en
dc.subject DISABLED PERSONS en
dc.subject SPORT en
dc.subject LEISURE TIME en
dc.title Mapping participation of disabled youth in sport and other free-time activities to facilitate their livelihoods development en
dc.type Journal Article en
dc.ProjectNumber N/A en
dc.Volume 82(2) en
dc.BudgetYear 2018/19 en
dc.ResearchGroup Centre for Science, Technology and Innovation Indicators en
dc.SourceTitle British Journal of Occupational Therapy en
dc.ArchiveNumber 10698 en
dc.PageNumber 80-89 en
dc.outputnumber 9714 en
dc.bibliographictitle Lorenzo, T., McKinney, V., Bam, A., Sigenu, V. & Sompeta, S. (2019) Mapping participation of disabled youth in sport and other free-time activities to facilitate their livelihoods development. British Journal of Occupational Therapy. 82(2):80-89. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/13287 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/13287 en
dc.publicationyear 2019 en
dc.contributor.author1 Lorenzo, T. en
dc.contributor.author2 McKinney, V. en
dc.contributor.author3 Bam, A. en
dc.contributor.author4 Sigenu, V. en
dc.contributor.author5 Sompeta, S. en


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