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Original Research
Non-use of healthcare services among persons with mobility impairments 
in Cofimvaba, South Africa
Babalwa Tshaka, Surona Visagie, Lieketseng Y. Ned
African Journal of Disability | Vol 12 | a1112 | 27 January 2023

Original Research
Obuntu bulamu: Parental peer-to-peer support for inclusion of children 
with disabilities in Central Uganda
Ruth Nalugya, Harriet Nambejja, Claire Nimusiima, Elizabeth S. Kawesa, 
Geert van Hove, Janet Seeley, Femke Bannink Mbazzi
African Journal of Disability | Vol 12 | a948 | 30 January 2023

Original Research
Participation patterns of children with cerebral palsy: A caregiver’s 
perspective
Lethabo E. Africa, Anri Human, Muziwakhe D. Tshabalala
African Journal of Disability | Vol 12 | a1058 | 31 January 2023

Original Research
How did South Africans with disabilities experience COVID-19? Results of 
an online survey
Mary Wickenden, Tim G.B. Hart, Stephen J. Thompson, Yul D. Davids, 
Mercy Ngungu
African Journal of Disability | Vol 12 | a1119 | 09 February 2023

Original Research
Transfemoral amputation and prosthesis provision in Tanzania: Patient 
and provider perspectives
Mayur Urva, Claire A. Donnelley, Sravya T. Challa, Billy T. Haonga, Saam 
Morshed, David W. Shearer, Nooshin Razani
African Journal of Disability | Vol 12 | a1084 | 14 February 2023

Original Research
Family quality of life and children with disability in Ethiopia: The role of 
support providers
Julia Jansen-van Vuuren, Solomon Dawud, Rosemary Lysaght, Beata 
Batorowicz, Heather M. Aldersey
African Journal of Disability | Vol 12 | a1124 | 16 February 2023

Original Research
‘People don’t understand what we go through!’: Caregiver views on 
South Africa’s care dependency grant
Zara Trafford
African Journal of Disability | Vol 12 | a1114 | 20 February 2023

Original Research
Experiences of acquired brain injury one-month post-discharge from acute 
hospitalisation
Kirsten J. Talbot, Esedra Krüger, Bhavani S. Pillay
African Journal of Disability | Vol 12 | a1037 | 28 February 2023

Original Research
A stroke rehabilitation training program for community-based primary 
health care, South Africa
Elsje Scheffler, Robert Mash
African Journal of Disability | Vol 12 | a1135 | 06 March 2023

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Opinion Paper
A call to give a voice to people with intellectual disabilities in Africa 
through inclusive research
Callista K. Kahonde
African Journal of Disability | Vol 12 | a1127 | 25 April 2023

Community Paper
Parenting a child with disability: A mother’s reflection on the significance 
of social support
Marubini C. Sadiki
African Journal of Disability | Vol 12 | a1157 | 19 May 2023

Review Article
Identity construction among deaf adolescents and young adults: A 
literature review
Lieketseng V. Sekoto, Vera-Genevey Hlayisi
African Journal of Disability | Vol 12 | a1168 | 02 May 2023

Review Article
Respite care models and practices for persons with intellectual disability: 
A scoping review
Toni Abrahams, Sharon Kleintjes
African Journal of Disability | Vol 12 | a1115 | 25 July 2023

Review Article
Disability inclusion in African health systems’ responses during COVID-19: 
A scoping review
Madri Engelbrecht, Yandisa Ngqangashe, Luphiwo Mduzana, Kate Sherry, 
Lieketseng Ned
African Journal of Disability | Vol 12 | a1284 | 21 December 2023

Original Research
Social participation of individuals with spinal injury using wheelchairs in 
rural Tanzania after peer training and entrepreneurial skills training
Annabelle de Serres- Lafontaine, Delphine Labbé, Charles S. Batcho, Lucy 
Norris, Krista L. Best
African Journal of Disability | Vol 12 | a975 | 12 January 2023

Original Research
Restricted participation: Drivers, experiences and implications of disability 
stigma in Ethiopia
Esther Breffka, Caroline Jagoe, Susan P. Murphy, Belestie B. Tsegaw
African Journal of Disability | Vol 12 | a1085 | 23 January 2023

Original Research
Self-devised assistive techniques by university students with learning 
disabilities
Ndakaitei Manase
African Journal of Disability | Vol 12 | a1106 | 27 January 2023

Original Research
Third party disability of family members of adults with dysphagia
Kim Coutts, Bibi Sayed
African Journal of Disability | Vol 12 | a1040 | 27 January 2023

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Original Research
Effects of institutional policies on employees with nonobvious disabilities
Anthony G. Stacey
African Journal of Disability | Vol 12 | a1103 | 17 March 2023

Original Research
Overcoming barriers for people with disabilities participating in income-
generating activities: A proposed development framework
Nokuthula Tinta, Unathi Kolanisi
African Journal of Disability | Vol 12 | a1133 | 20 March 2023

Original Research
‘Yebo, it was a great relief’: How mothers experience their children’s 
autism diagnoses
Mbalenhle N. Manono, Mary G. Clasquin-Johnson
African Journal of Disability | Vol 12 | a1101 | 28 March 2023

Original Research
Perceptions of health professionals on structure and process of stroke 
rehabilitation in Ghana
Tawagidu Mohammed, Gifty G. Nyante, Joyce D. Mothabeng
African Journal of Disability | Vol 12 | a1116 | 03 April 2023

Original Research
Growing resilience capacity for learners presenting with specific learning 
disability in learners with special education needs schools
Daphney Mawila
African Journal of Disability | Vol 12 | a1045 | 18 April 2023

Original Research
Out-of-home life spaces valued by urban older adults with limited income
Hester M. van Biljon, Lana van Niekerk, Nicola A. Plastow, Lizette 
Swanepoel
African Journal of Disability | Vol 12 | a1177 | 16 May 2023

Original Research
Inclusion of learners with learning disabilities in the Vaal Triangle 
mainstream classrooms
Nilford Hove, Nareadi T. Phasha
African Journal of Disability | Vol 12 | a1163 | 12 June 2023

Original Research
Human capabilities of South African parents who have children with 
developmental disabilities
Lumka Magidigidi, Nicolette V. Roman, Inge K. Sonn
African Journal of Disability | Vol 12 | a1155 | 19 June 2023

Original Research
Personal barriers to participation in chosen instrumental activities of daily 
living among community-dwelling persons with schizophrenia in Rwanda
Pierre D. Turikumana, Lizahn G. Cloete, Jerome P. Fredericks
African Journal of Disability | Vol 12 | a1063 | 28 June 2023

Original Research
Barriers to the employability of people with disabilities in the 
South African public service
Warren P. Charles, Liiza Gie, Rhodrick N. Musakuro
African Journal of Disability | Vol 12 | a1178 | 17 July 2023

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Exploring employees’ coping with disability management practices at a 
South African university
Aletta M. Moll
African Journal of Disability | Vol 12 | a1123 | 25 July 2023

Original Research
A study of inclusive education provision in Zambia: Curriculum reform
Mbulaheni O. Maguvhe, Allan Mutambo
African Journal of Disability | Vol 12 | a1067 | 31 July 2023

Original Research
Availability and use of assistive technologies at selected South African 
public libraries
Takalani M.M. Mamafha, Patrick Ngulube, Luyanda Dube, Sindile A. 
Ngubane
African Journal of Disability | Vol 12 | a1141 | 31 August 2023

Original Research
Evaluation of a stroke rehabilitation training programme for community-
based primary healthcare
Elsje Scheffler, Robert Mash
African Journal of Disability | Vol 12 | a1137 | 08 September 2023

Original Research
Developing a psychoeducational programme for caregivers of people with 
intellectual disability
Bonita K. Gordon, Nontembeko J. Bila
African Journal of Disability | Vol 12 | a1195 | 22 September 2023

Original Research
Functioning among persons with lower limb amputation with or without 
prostheses in Rwanda
Robert Ngarambe, Jean Baptiste Sagahutu, Assuman Nuhu, David K. 
Tumusiime
African Journal of Disability | Vol 12 | a1193 | 17 October 2023

Original Research
Feeding children with autism in South Africa: The teachers’ perspectives
Skye N. Adams, Nthabiseng Matsimela
African Journal of Disability | Vol 12 | a1252 | 02 November 2023

Original Research
A (mis)guidance of disabled youth: Post-secondary schooling transition 
experiences in South Africa
Armand Bam, Samantha Kriger, Zelda Cottle
African Journal of Disability | Vol 12 | a1293 | 14 November 2023

Original Research
South African single mothers’ experiences of raising a child with a 
disability
Siya Mbanjwa, Clare Harvey
African Journal of Disability | Vol 12 | a1321 | 17 November 2023

Original Research
Disability inclusion in malaria services in western Tanzania: A rapid barrier 
analysis
Elias C. Nyanza, Anthony Kapesa, Theresia Maduka, Monica T. Madullu
African Journal of Disability | Vol 12 | a1270 | 28 November 2023

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Original Research
Leisure education to leadership: Youth with physical disabilities’ 
experiences in South Africa
Makhaya J. Malema, Marie E.M. Young, Lisa Wegner
African Journal of Disability | Vol 12 | a1234 | 30 November 2023

Original Research
Supporting a Tsonga learner living with Bardet-Biedl syndrome, a rare 
complex disability
Mfungana M. Shikwambana, Jean V. Fourie
African Journal of Disability | Vol 12 | a1181 | 04 December 2023

Original Research
Factors affecting occupational therapy services for patients with traumatic 
brain injury
Melanie C.J.S. Leyder, Fiona Breytenbach
African Journal of Disability | Vol 12 | a1203 | 06 December 2023

Original Research
Journeying with developmental coordination disorder: The family 
experience
Nicola L. O’Kelly, Jean V. Fourie
African Journal of Disability | Vol 12 | a1210 | 19 December 2023

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Universal design of instruction to enhance learning for university  
students with visual disabilities
Jayshree Singh, Sachin Suknunan
African Journal of Disability | Vol 12 | a1156 | 20 December 2023

Original Research
Affordability of an NGO-government partnership for community-based 
disability rehabilitation
Kelsey R. Vaughan, Ram K. Thapa
African Journal of Disability | Vol 12 | a1283 | 22 December 2023

Correction
Corrigendum: Evaluating the awareness and knowledge of dyslexia among 
primary school teachers in Tshwane District, South Africa
Mary M. Makgato, Monicca Leseyane-Kgari, Madoda Cekiso, Itani P. 
Mandende, Rose Masha
African Journal of Disability | Vol 12 | a1079 | 09 May 2023

Reviewer Acknowledgement
Acknowledgement to reviewers
Editorial Office
African Journal of Disability | Vol 12 | a1346 | 20 October 2023

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