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Persons with disabilities are the primary target audience for disability policy. This study focused on gathering evidence about occupational participation barriers and desired policy reforms among persons with disabilities in Namibia. Views of disability policy decision makers were also investigated.

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Perspectives of service users, disability policy implementers and the policy decision makers were obtained. This evidence is useful in formulating a disability policy that promotes participation of persons with disabilities in occupations of their need and choice.

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This study marks the beginning of applying the participatory occupational justice framework (POJF) in disability policy formulation

Tongai Chichaya

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This page is a summary of: Voices on disability issues in Namibia: Evidence for entrenching occupational justice in disability policy formulation, Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy, August 2018, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/11038128.2018.1496273.
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