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

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!

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Editor in Chief

Solomon Mekonnen,
College of Medicine and Health Science, University of Gondar, Ethiopia

Associate Editor-in-Chief

Huib Cornielje
Enablement, Netherlands

Editorial Advisor

Maya Thomas
Independent disability consultant, India

Associate Editors

Busha Taa
University of Gondar, Ethiopia

Theresa Lorenzo
University of Cape Town, South Africa

Dr Sunil Deepak,
retired, previously AIFO, India

Arne Eide
Sintef, Norway

Dr Pim Kuipers,
Griffith University, Australia

Sally Hartley,
retired, previosuly AIFO, United Kingdom

Wim van Brakel,
Netherlands Leprosy Relief, Netherlands

Mary Wickenden,
Institute of Development Studies, United Kingdom

Clare Coleman
WHO Collaborating Centre for Strengthening Rehabilitation Capacity in Health Systems, Australia

Geetha Jayaram
Johns Hopkins University, United States

Goli Hashemi
Samuel Merritt University, Canada

Wouter DeGrootte
WHO, Belgium

Wim Otte,
University of Utrecht, Netherlands

Fleur Heleen Boot,
Radboud University, Netherlands

Ephraim Nuwagaba,
Able Child Africa, Uganda

Journal Manager

Tesfahun Melese Yilma,
Journal Manager, University of Gondar, Ethiopia

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

June 27, 2024

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.

DCIDJ has been moved from Liliane Foundation to the University of Gondar

July 31, 2023

We are pleased to inform you that the Disability, CBR, and Inclusive Development Journal (DCIDJ) has moved from the Liliane Foundation (https://dcidj.org) to the University of Gondar (https://dcidj.uog.edu.et). The University of Gondar is the only university that owns the CBR Program in Ethiopia. The CBR program was established in 2005 in partnership with Light for the World and Save the Children to alleviate various problems faced by persons with disabilities due to lack of access to rehabilitation services and community awareness. The University of Gondar (Ethiopia) and Queen’s University (Canada), supported by the Mastercard Foundation, have developed a 10-year partnership to advance inclusive higher education for young people with disabilities, develop new occupational therapy programs, and advance research for inclusive education and community-based rehabilitation in Africa. Hence, the University of Gondar is an excellent fit to manage the journal as it has extensive experience in the field of disability, CBR, and inclusive development.

The DCIDJ is an online journal with a 33-year-old history of publishing research in the broad field of rehabilitation and disability inclusion. It is an open-access journal that aims to provide a platform for high-quality and innovative research that includes a diverse range of perspectives, including academics, researchers, scholars, and postgraduate students. The journal covers topics such as disability rights, inclusive education, community-based rehabilitation, disability and development, and more. The journal is a quarterly publication that will be available online in four issues per year. We would like to acknowledge the good relationship with the Liliane Foundation and Enablement who chose the University of Gondar as a sustainable base as this university is one of the leading universities in Ethiopia in the field of disability, development, and rehabilitation. This is a positive step towards enhancing the dissemination and impact of research and knowledge in the CBR/CBID community.

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