Left Behind : The Employment Crisis Facing Persons with Disabilities in South Africa.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Steffens, Liändrie.

Series:

Disability Studies

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (205 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Lived Places Publishing, 2025.

Summary:

Explore the path to employment - and the experience once employed - of people living with physical and sensory disabilities in South Africa.

Contents:

FrontCover

Half-Title

Title Page

Copyright Information

Content warning

Abstract

Table of Contents

Preface

1 History of the progress made in South Africa for people with disabilities seeking employment

Progress made in employment pathways for people with disabilities

Implementing legislation and ongoing barriers

A shift in attitudes towards people with disabilities

2 Current state of inclusion of people with disabilities in employment in South Africa

Inequality in South Africa

Unemployment in South Africa and the unreliability of available data

Youth unemployment in South Africa

Statistics for unemployment among people with disabilities in South Africa

How reliable is the data for employment rates for people with disabilities?

Ongoing challenges people with disabilities face in their path to employment

Continuing change for pathways to employment for people with disabilities in South Africa

3 Survey results and analysis

Introduction

Challenges and observations

Survey results (descriptive)

Socio-economic factors in relation to employment outcomes

Level of education

Income

Household income distribution

Duration of unemployment

Demographic factors in relation to employment outcomes and socio-economic factors

Gender

Race

African (Black) population

Caucasian (White) population

Coloured population

Indian population

Age

Urban/rural

Summary conclusion

Key snapshots

Bibliography

4 Identifying factors influencing employment outcomes for people with disabilities in South Africa

The intersectional approach

Research question

Why logistic regression?

Analytical framework

Interpretation of results

Demographic factors

Socio-economic factors

Employment history

Disability-specific factors

Summary of results.

5 Access to education and employment outcomes thereof

Employment status across educational levels

Relationship between educational barriers and level of education

Thematic analysis of educational barriers

Lived experiences of educational barriers

Discriminatory attitudes and behaviours

Lack of accessible training and education institutions

Limited choices and refusal of subjects

No reference and discrimination from educators

Lack of awareness, including lack of awareness of assistive technology

Summary of results

6 Navigating employment barriers: Experiences of discrimination and self-perceived challenges in the job application process

Experiences of discrimination during job applications or interviews

Outright rejection due to disability

Discriminatory interview practices and sexual exploitation

Vanishing job offers and hiring excuses/changes

Lack of interview opportunities and communication

Summary

Exploring self-perceived barriers to employment

Discrimination and attitudinal barriers

Demographic barriers to securing employment

Accessibility-related barriers

Disability-related barriers

Educational barriers

Feedback and lack of communication

Systemic and policy issues

7 Organisations in South Africa

What does your organisation do to help people with disabilities find employment?

SANCB

Edeaf

BlindSA

Do you provide any support to persons with disabilities in the open labour market?

National Institute for the Deaf

What would you say is the current situation regarding persons with disabilities in the labour market in SA?

NID

What do you think are the core challenges and/or barriers in finding employment?

BlindSA.

Do you think there is a lack of skilled persons with disabilities in comparison to the non-disabled population?

What do you think can be done/or done more to help people with disabilities find employment?

Has your organisation observed any inequality/differences among people with disabilities with regards to demographic background such as race, gender, sexual orientation, socio-economic background?

Discussion topics

References

Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-915271-88-6

9781915271884

OCLC:

1565283064