This study sought to understand the specific disability-related support needs of families with children with IDD in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. We answered the following questions:

(1) How do family members of children with IDD in the Mekaneyesus Centre in Addis Ababa currently meet their disability-related support needs?;

(2) what are these family members’ most pressing unmet disability-related needs? 

(3) how do family members perceive their capacity to meet their support needs?

Work and psychiatric disabilities. A person, environment, and occupation perspective on Individual Placement and Support

Objectives: To conduct a process evaluation on the development of self-help groups during a 10-month set-up period, focusing on implementation and mechanisms associated with their
functional status.

Using decolonial theory, this empirical study sought to explore obstacles confronted by students with disabilities at entry in a specific institution of higher learning in South Africa.
The aim was to unveil the invisible obstacles and their causes for an effective intervention.

This study investigated utilization of SRHS amongst the in-school young people with disabilities (YPWDs) in Ghana using the healthcare utilization model.

The present study undertakes a scoping review of research to synthesise the current
literature about barriers and facilitators to participation in everyday life for children and
adolescents with disabilities living in low- and middle-income countries.

This article introduces the African Journal of Disability (AJOD)’s special issue on Disability and
Inclusion in Africa: The Role of Assistive Technology. The special issue comprises papers
presented at the fifth African Network for Evidence-to-Action in Disability (AfriNEAD)
conference which focused on the role of Assistive Technology (AT) in social inclusion of
persons with disabilities in Africa.

Background: Working-age adults with aphasia experience difficulties in social participation,
specifically fulfilling social roles and reintegrating into communities. Literature regarding
social participation of people with aphasia (PWA) is predominantly based on studies conducted in high-income countries (HIC), limiting generalisability of findings.
Perspectives of social participation are influenced by person, place and cultural background warranting investigation in heterogeneous low- and middle-income countries (LMICs),
like South Africa.

Objectives: Describe perspectives of working-age adults with aphasia regarding social participation within the first 2 years post-incident.

To investigate the nurses’ perceived role in healthcare transition of adolescents with ID into adulthood.

The aim of this study was to compare the impacts of aetiology and radiographic status on pain, disability and quality of life in a Beninese population with hip osteoarthritis.