TY - JOUR PY - 1989// TI - Life 'inside the shell': a needs survey of spinal cord-injured wheelchair users in a Black South African township JO - Disability, handicap and society A1 - Cock, Jacklyn SP - 3 EP - 20 VL - 4 IS - 1 N2 - The paper focuses on the experiences of a sample of black spinal cord-injured people living in Soweto. It is argued that their lives are marked by poverty and social isolation. Both are the outcome of environmental and attitudinal barriers. These barriers operate against both disabled people and black people in apartheid South Africa. Therefore black disabled people are doubly discriminated against. Both sets of constraints prevent them from developing their abilities and joining with others to lead socially productive and satisfying lives.

LA - SN - 0267-4645 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02674648966780011 ID - ref1 ER -