Leisure for People with Disabilities in Rural Quebec

Abstract

Leisure is an instrument used to facilitate the social integration of people with disabilities. However, it requires significant knowledge of the needs and expectations of this clientele, who often experience isolation, especially in rural areas. The general objective of this study was to attempt to identify and understand the realities experienced by the partners of the Quebec Association for Leisure for People with Disabilities, who offer various services and leisure activities to people with disabilities in rural Quebec. Through focus groups and semi-structured interviews with seventy local stakeholders, this study highlights the fact that the needs of organizations offering recreational activities to people with disabilities are increasingly urgent, especially in terms of finances, paratransit, accessibility, specialized human resources and consultation. This study also demonstrates that recreational activities are essential for the social and identity development of people with disabilities, but also for the development of more inclusive and connected rural communities.

The Mediating Role of Leisure Satisfaction between Work and Family Domain and Work-Life Balance

“…Noraini (2006) mentioned that even the activity for leisure time is necessary in one's personal life, but most of the researchers frequently ignore this issue. Moreover, most of the researcher's study leisure among students, disabilities, tourists, women and aged (Reddy, Vranda, Ahmed, Nirmala, & Siddaramu, 2010;Ryan & Glendon, 1998;Roult et al, 2017;Brown & Frankel, 1993) in the eastern and western context.…”

“…Besides, the researchers have rarely focused on the other factors that might influence one's leisure. The most frequently investigated factors include demographic characteristic (Deem, 1986;Henderson & Shaw, 2006), personal factor (Dridea & Sztruten, n.d), friends and family, time factor (Bammel & Burrus-Bammel, 1996) and the environmental factor (Roult et al, 2017) of the individual. There is no known past research that has been found to use the work and family domain as the independent variables to influence one's leisure satisfaction in Malaysia.…”