Call for Papers: Special Issue on Systems of Support to Enable Community Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities and their Families

2024-06-27

Call for Papers: Special Issue on Systems of Support to Enable Community Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities and their Families

Using a disability-rights-based approach to understanding community support for persons with disabilities, the United Nations Human Rights Council has recognized a need for knowledge around support strategies and practices to enable community inclusion of persons with disabilities worldwide (A/HRC/55/34). In alignment with this recognition, Disability, CBR & Inclusive Development Journal is hosting a special issue entitled “Systems of Support to Enable Community Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities and Their Families”. This special issue seeks submissions that present original ideas, exemplary case studies, and theoretical perspectives to enhance our understanding of support systems for individuals with disabilities and their families, with a particular priority on good practices, and studies that highlight systems and practices that value, honor, and uphold naturally existing supports (e.g., sometimes called ‘natural’ or ‘informal’ supports), while supplementing with formal (e.g., paid) support as necessary. Manuscripts may explore support systems for an individual with a disability, for the family unit of the person with the disability, or both. We encourage participatory and action-oriented studies, that will have context-embedded implications for the future of supports.

Objective: The special issue aims to enhance our understanding of support systems for individuals with disabilities and their families. It seeks submissions that present original ideas, exemplary case studies, and theoretical perspectives.

Approach: The call encourages participatory and action-oriented studies that will have context-embedded implications for the future of support.

Submission Guidelines/Instructions

Proposals should be emailed to the Guest-Editor (Special Issues), Dr. Heather Aldersey, Associate Professor (Queen's National Scholar), Canada Research Chair (Tier 2), Disability Inclusive Development, Scientific Director, International Centre for the Advancement of Community Based Rehabilitation (ICACBR), with a copy to the Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Solomon Mekonnen and Mr. Huib. The articles to be included in a Special Issue should fulfill all the normal requirements in terms of quality, originality, and significance of any individual article of the DCIDJ, and should be of relevance to a wide international and multidisciplinary readership. Please check the Aims & Scope of the Journal at https://dcidj.uog.edu.et/index.php/up-j-dcbrid/about.

Your abstract must state the need for the proposed Special Issue by outlining how the Special Issue fits within the scope of the Journal; the advances provided by the papers in relation to existing knowledge; any novelty provided by the papers, and the common theme(s) that make the papers a coherent set.


The review process and editorial procedure: For the special issue without a Call for Papers, the Guest Editors consider the articles and, when they are happy that they meet the appropriate standard of quality, originality, and significance, instruct the authors to submit their full papers via the Journal’s online submission system. Guest Editors should make it clear to authors that being invited to submit a paper is not a guarantee of its publication. Authors should submit their papers to the appropriate Special Issue, from a dropdown menu within the system, when asked during the submission process. The submitted papers will then be available within the online system for the Guest Editors to send out for double-blind peer review.


Submission Details:

  • Abstracts should be submitted to https://DCIDJ.uog,edu.et no later than August 16, 2024.
  • If invited to proceed, full paper submissions for peer review will be due by October 1, 2024.
  • Targeted Publication of the Special Issue will be in February 2025.

This is a great opportunity for researchers and practitioners in the field to contribute to the body of knowledge on disability rights and community inclusion. Good luck to all potential contributors!