‘The moment I leave my home – there will be massive challenges’: experiences of living with a spinal cord injury in Botswana.

Löfvenmark
Conference posters, presentations or abstracts
A core category Self and categories Family and Society were formed and illustrate that personal resources with strong self-identity and positive attitudes are crucial to experience inclusion in the community. Supportive family, source of income, and faith were strong facilitators, while inaccessibility and devaluing attitudes were barriers. Having a disability led to increased risk of poverty and social exclusion.
Sweden

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