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Occupational Therapy Insights

Jun 30, 2022

This study investigated how pain management intervention for children with CP in South African schools complied with international scientific knowledge about evidence based interventions. The intention was to provide support for an update of knowledge on both individual level (i.e. professionals) and system level (i.e....


Jun 29, 2022

Background: Many patients with Down syndrome (PWDS) have poor cardiometabolic risk profiles, aerobic capacities and weak hypotonic muscles, primarily because of physical inactivity and poor diet.

Objectives: This study discusses the benefits of exercise therapy on body composition, aerobic capacity, muscle...


Jun 29, 2022

To gather life histories of people with disabilities in three sub-Saharan African countries (Kenya, Uganda and Sierra Leone) who have achieved economic success in their lives and to analyse factors that explain how this success has been achieved.


Jun 28, 2022

The objective of this article was to assess the impact of an inclusive education intervention led by a non-governmental organization (NGO) on the educational attainment of girls with disabilities in the resource-poor Lakes region of Kenya.


Jun 27, 2022

This study focused on the learning support strategies used by recently qualified teachers in accommodating learners with NDDs in mainstream classrooms in the Gauteng
province of South Africa.