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Unga människor med rörelsehinder: förankring, marginalisering och social exkludering
Örebro universitet, Institutionen för beteende-, social- och rättsvetenskap.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-3680-9341
2006 (Swedish)Doctoral thesis, comprehensive summary (Other academic)
Abstract [en]

The aim of the thesis was to describe the specific barriers young people with disabilities experience in their ambition to get a job. The aim was also to investigate how these young people’s social and economic situation has been affected by their disability.

The results are based on two reports: one qualitative, consisting of interviews with 12 individuals with physical disabilities, and one quantitative in the form of a questionnaire answered by 706 persons. In the case of the questionnaire, the response rate was 48 per cent. Both reports are based on the same criteria, namely, that the respondents should have a physical disability, be 20–35 years of age and be participating in some form of employment policy program.

The results from both studies show that individuals with physical disabilities encounter different types of barriers on the labour market, which can be categorised as being either at the individual level or at the social level. The barriers at the individual level are low education, long-term unemployment, grave physical disability and lack of work experience. The barriers identified at the social level are primarily poorly adapted workplaces, a too high working pace, employers’ negative attitudes, insufficient knowledge of the competence of disabled persons and an overly generous social welfare system. All these factors constitute a direct obstacle to employing persons with a physical disability.

The results from the interview study show that the respondents have few social relations. The majority of the respondents have social intercourse solely with family members or parents. Most of the respondents in the questionnaire study state that they have frequent social relations with friends and acquaintances. Both the interview study and the questionnaire study reveal that the respondents’ financial position has worsened as a result if their physical disability.

Conclusions that can be drawn from this thesis are that young people with physical disabilities encounter different barriers in their attempts to get a job and to maintain social relations. Based on the results, some of the respondents can be regarded as being socio-economically marginalised.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Örebro: Örebro universitetsbibliotek , 2006. , p. 38
Series
Örebro Studies in Social work, ISSN 1651-145X ; 6
Keywords [en]
Disability, physical disability, barriers, work, social support, social relations.
National Category
Social Work
Research subject
Social Work
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URN: urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-21966ISBN: 91-7668-478-4 (print)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:mdh-21966DiVA, id: diva2:656763
Public defence
2006-04-28, L3, Långhuset, Örebro universitet, 13:00 (English)
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