Manifestations of spatial exclusion and inclusion of people with disabilities in Africa

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ID12314521
AutoresShimelis Tsegaye Tesemma (0000-0002-3938-4107, African Child Policy Forum - Programme, Bole sub-city, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, autor correspondente), Susan Coetzee (0000-0002-4503-1367, University of South Africa)
Ano2022
Volume38
Fascículo10
Páginas1934-1957
Data de publicação2022-04-22
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoDisability & Society (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0968-7599 • E-ISSN: 1360-0508
EditoraTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09687599.2022.2065463
OpenAlexW4293235442
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas5
Referências citadas29

In this article, we investigated dominant manifestations of spatial exclusion and inclusion of people with disabilities in Africa. Manifestations of spatial exclusion include: design that create inaccessible spaces; socially constructed spatialisation that prevents people with disabilities from using and enjoying spaces in the same way as people without disabilities and harmful cultural practices, like concealment and institutionalisation. Spatial inclusion is promoted through law and policy in support of universal design, inclusive urban development, elimination of concealment and deinstitutionalisation. The authors argue that there are signs of positive progress towards spatial inclusion, but that problems that impede the implementation of progressive laws, policies and practices will have to be dealt with to ensure spatial inclusion for people with disabilities in Africa.Points of Interest:The human rights disability model supports communities which value accessibility of all spaces to all.Accessibility is more than physical access; it is also allowing all people the full use and enjoyment of a space.Despite laws, policies and practices that support spatial inclusion, the built environment is mostly inaccessible to people with disabilities in Africa.Concealment, a reality in many African countries, is a harmful cultural practice that is spatially disabling.Spatial inclusion of people with disabilities can be realised with a greater commitment to all-inclusive design, avoiding placement of people with disabilities in mental and psychiatric institutions, developing accessible urban spaces and better implementation of laws and policies

Disabled people · Economic growth · Economics · Inclusion (mineral · Inclusion–exclusion principle · Institutionalisation · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Spatial design · Universal design · Value (mathematics · Computer Science · Disability Rights and Representation · Gender Studies · Homelessness and Social Issues · Law · Urban and Rural Development Challenges