‘With Hope to Help Ourselves and Others’: The Impact of Disabled People’s Organisations on the Lives of Persons with Disability in Uttarakhand, North India
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Disabled People’s Organisations, Inclusion, Persons with Disabilities
Abstract
This study conducted in Uttarakhand, North India aims to contribute evidence on the effectiveness of Disabled People’s Organisations in a low and middle-income context. Key domains reported by participants included: increased social connectedness, personal development, livelihood, improved sense of community, and participation within the family.
‘With Hope to Help Ourselves and Others’: The Impact of Disabled People’s Organisations on the Lives of Persons with Disability in Uttarakhand, North India by Michelle Leung, Alexandra Devine, Lawrence Singh, Teem-Wing Yip, & Nathan Grills is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Based on a work at https://rdsjournal.org. Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available at https://www.rds.hawaii.edu.
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Michelle Leung, The Nossal Institute for Global Health, Melbourne School for Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Australia
Michelle Leung, MD, is a medical resident at Eastern Health, and was a MD student at the University of Melbourne, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health.
Alexandra Devine, The Nossal Institute for Global Health, Melbourne School for Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Australia
Alexandra Devine, PHP, MPH, is the Senior Research Officer, Disability Inclusive Development at the University of Melbourne, Melbourne, School for Population and Global Health, Nossal Institute for Global Health.
Lawrence Singh, HOPE project, Agnes Kunze Society, Dehradun, India
Lawrence Singh, is the Managing Direct at the Agnes Kunze Society, HOPE Project in Dehradun, India.
Teem-Wing Yip, The Nossal Institute for Global Health, Melbourne School for Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, AustraliaSchool of Medicine, Flinders University, Adelaide
Teem-Wing Yip, FAFPHM, FACRRM, MPH, MBBS, is a Public Health Physician, Public Health at the University of Melbourne, Melbourne, School for Population and Global Health, Nossal Institute for Global Health.
Nathan Grills, The Nossal Institute for Global Health, Melbourne School for Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Australia
Nathan Grills, PhD, MPH, MBBS, is an Associate Professor, Public Health Physician, and NHMRC Postdoctoral Fellow, Public Health at the University of Melbourne, Melbourne School for Population and Global Health, Nossal Institute for Global Health, and the Australia India Institute.