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Peer reviewedPretorius, Jackie; le Roux, Johann – Adolescence, 1998
Due to milieu deficiencies and psychosocial handicaps, some groups are caught in a spiral of poverty, and experience serious obstruction to optimal self-actualization and the achievement of satisfactory quality of life. Article describes the problems of educating milieu-deprived students in the Republic of South Africa, as well as the implications…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Disadvantaged Environment, Educational Change
Direct linkKlompas, Michelle; Ross, Eleanor – Journal of Fluency Disorders, 2004
The purpose of the study was to investigate the life experiences of a group of South African adults who stutter and the impact of stuttering on their quality of life. Participants were 16 adults with a mean age of 28.9 and ranging from 20 to 59 years. Methods involved individual interviews designed to explore the life domains of education; social…
Descriptors: Employment Level, Social Life, Stuttering, Quality of Life
