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Publication Date: 2015-Feb
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Mainstreaming Disability in Education beyond 2015
Sefotho, Maximus Monaheng
South African Journal of Education, v35 n1 Article 902 Feb 2015
This article presents an exemplary case study of an Independent Business Owner (IBO) from multiple case studies on narratives of differently abled persons. The aim of this article is to illustrate mainstreaming disability through an exemplary case of the IBO. The article is informed by the imperatives of critical theory to understand mainstreaming disability. I examine mainstreaming disability in reference to inclusive education and sustainable development via hephapreneurship (later described in the text). The purposively selected sample of the study was (n = 18) participants. The argument forwarded suggests hephapreneurship as one way of mainstreaming disability. Data were collected through interviews, observations and informal conversations. Results indicate the need to unlock entrepreneurial capacities of persons with disabilities such that they may contribute to sustainable development. The study concludes by showing that the participation of independent business owners in sustainable development activities could serve as an anchor for mainstreaming disability beyond 2015.
Descriptors: Case Studies, Disabilities, Mainstreaming, Critical Theory, Inclusion, Sustainability, Observation, Entrepreneurship, Sustainable Development, Business, Consciousness Raising, Qualitative Research, Foreign Countries, Training, Semi Structured Interviews
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Lesotho
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