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part, PART I: Disability inclusion and sustainable development -- chapter 1 Introduction: critical connections and gaps in disability and development / Tsitsi Chataika -- chapter 2 Leave no one behind: disability mainstreaming in action / Mari Koistinen -- chapter 3 Reflections on the development of the National Disability Mainstreaming Plan in Lesotho -- chapter 4 Theatre for development: bringing disabled students’ hidden transcripts out of the closet / Nehemiah Chivandikwa -- chapter 5 Building sustainable communities: why inclusion matters in the post-conflict environment / Rebecca Irvine -- chapter 6 Experiences of disabled people in using information and communication technology in Mozambique / Jorge Manhique Anthony G. Giannoumis -- part, PART II Access to education -- chapter 7 Personal reflections of disabled women on access to early childhood education in Zimbabwe / Christine Peta -- chapter 8 Educating deaf children in mainstream and special secondary school settings: inclusive mirage or reality? / Martin Musengi Barbra Nyangairi -- chapter 9 Using the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health model in changing the discourse of disability to promote inclusive education in Zambia / Gloria Azalde Jacob R. S. Malungo Nchimunya Nkombo Sarah Banda Ravi Paul Chibesa Musamba Arne H. Eide -- chapter 10 Examining the effectiveness of the special class model in Zimbabwe Sitshengisiwe Gweme and Tsitsi Chataika -- part, PART III Inclusion in higher education -- chapter 11 When rights are discretionary: policy and practice of support provision for disabled students in southern Africa / Knowledge R. Matshedisho -- chapter 12 Access, equality and inclusion of disabled students within South African further and higher educational institutions / Anlia Pretorius Diane Bell Tanya Healey -- part, PART IV Disability, employment, entrepreneurship and CBR -- chapter 13 Community-based rehabilitation for inclusive social development in southern Africa / Kayi Ntinda Elias Mpofu Helen Dunbar-Krige Messiah R. Makuane Veronica I. Umeasiegbu -- chapter 14 Employment, entrepreneurship and sustainable development issues in southern Africa / John Charema -- chapter 15 Enhancing realistic hopes and aspirations toward vocational choices: focus on deaf secondary students in Zimbabwe / Phillipa C. Mutswanga -- part, PART V Religion, gender and parenthood -- chapter 16 The ‘unholy trinity’ against disabled people in Zimbabwe: religion, culture and the Bible / Francis Machingura -- chapter 17 Addressing disability and gender in education development: global policies, local strategies / Elina Lehtomäki Mari-Anne Okkolin Magreth Matonya -- chapter 18 Socio-economic barriers faced by women with disabilities in Zimbabwe / Tafadzwa Rugoho France Maphosa -- chapter 19 Disability, intimacy and parenthood: deconstructing ‘mutually exclusive’ constructs / Joanne Neille -- part, PART VI Tourism, sports and accessibility -- chapter 20 Disability and tourism in southern Africa: a policy analysis Oliver Chikuta and Forbes Kabote -- chapter 21 State and status of wheelchair basketball facilities in Zimbabwe / Bhekuzulu Khumalo Johan van Heerden Thomas Skalko -- chapter 22 Mobile outreach seating clinics: improving access to wheelchair and support services / Margaret Linegar Megan Giljam Shona McDonald Ronique Walters -- part, PART VII Narratives from disability activists -- chapter 23 A citizen of two worlds / Irene Sithole -- chapter 24 Disability advocacy through media: Action Power / Lovemore Chidemo Agness Chindimba Lincoln Matongo -- chapter 25 Disability advocacy in action: why I built an accessible house in Zimbabwe Edmore Masendeke -- chapter 26 The security guard who turned the lawyer into a disability activist / Abraham Mateta -- chapter 27 ‘For I know the plans that I have for you’: the story of my life / Rachel K. Kachaje -- chapter 28 Concluding remarks and future direction / Tsitsi Chataika.

This comprehensive ground-breaking southern African-centred collection spans the breadth of disability research and practice. Reputable and emerging scholars, together with disability advocates adopt a critical and interdisciplinary stance to prove, challenge and shift commonly held social understanding of disability in traditional discourses, frontiers and practices in prominent areas such as inter/national development, disability studies, education, culture, health, religion, gender, sports, tourism, ICT, theatre, media, housing and legislation. This handbook provides a body of interdisciplinary analyses suitable for the development of disability studies in southern Africa. Through drawing upon and introducing resources from several disciplines, theoretical perspectives and personal narratives from disability activists, it reflects on disability and sustainable development in southern Africa. It also addresses a clear need to bring together interdisciplinary perspectives and narratives on disability and sustainable development in ways that do not undermine disability politics advanced by disabled people across the world. The handbook further acknowledges and builds upon the huge body of literature that understands the social, cultural, educational, psychological, economic, historical and political facets of the exclusion of disabled people. The handbook covers the following broad themes:• Disability inclusion, ICT and sustainable development• Access to education, from early childhood development up to higher education• Disability, employment, entrepreneurship and community-based rehabilitation• Religion, gender and parenthood• Tourism, sports and accessibility• Compelling narratives from disability activists on societal attitudes toward disability, media advocacy, accessible housing and social exclusion.Thus, this much-awaited handbook provides students, academics, practitioners, development partners, policy makers and activists with an authoritative framework for critical thinking and debates that inform policy and practice in incomparable ways, with the view to promoting inclusive and sustainable development.