Disability stakeholders' perspectives regarding social development

Abstract

Since 1994 disability organisations, like other organisations in the country, have had to face significant transformation. While the disability sector achieved major success in including issues surrounding recognition of rights of people with disabilities into policy frameworks, the challenge remains how to proceed to ensure that the implementation of these policies manifest in a way that includes people with disabilities within development framework. This paper explores the perspectives of disability stakeholders regarding development, based on an electronicweb discussion which was conducted as part of a broader project on disability and development. Findings revealed various challenges in the sector which are discussed in terms of the political stages of identity politics.