“Nothing About Us Without Us” in Volunteerism Too: Volunteering Among People with Disabilities

Yanay-Ventura, Galit

doi:10.1007/s11266-018-0026-7

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“…A growing body of literature has examined the volunteer movement. In recent years, theoretical and practical studies in the use of volunteers to accompany people with disabilities appear more often (Rochester et al, 2016;Kaveh et al, 2017;Plotnikov et al, 2019;Yanay-Ventura, 2019). The widespread use of inclusion principles in European and American educational institutions allows accumulating significant comparative material.…”

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“…The current humanization of society manifests in all spheres of life: economic, political, social. One of the examples of humanity is a change in the attitude towards the most vulnerable part of the communitypeople with disabilities and special needs (Rochester et al, 2016;Yanay-Ventura, 2019). The United Nations (UN) considered and presented several documents aimed at protecting the rights of persons with various disabilities, recognizing their right to education and a barrier-free environment.…”

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Accompanying Persons with Disabilities at University: Skills Development among Volunteers

Lukovenko¹,

Kalugina²,

Sorokin³

et al. 2021

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Caring for people with disabilities and their social adaptation around the world is effectively carried out with the help of volunteer organizations and social workers. Training of volunteers is effective, which is critical both for advocating for people with disabilities and for motivating and expanding the volunteer movement. The study's objective is to analyse the effectiveness of a training program that will help volunteers develop skills for the accompaniment of disabled students. The article analyses the effectiveness of volunteer movement conducted at the Regional Resource and Education Centre for Disabled People and People with Special Needs, Pacific National University (Russia, Khabarovsk). From October 22 to November 28, 2019, a resource-based education centre for people with disabilities has conducted a survey to investigate issues of inclusive volunteering among 78 participants (75 students, 3 university workers) with special needs from 8 universities of the Far East Federal District (FEFD). The level of volunteers' selfreported perceptions towards persons with various disabilities increased from average to above average and high. Moreover, the knowledge on how to interact with disabled people has also improved. The results of the study describe the students' interest in various types of volunteer activities. Besides, the main directions for the formation of skills needed, to accompany people with reduced capabilities are built. The comparative representation of program units provides a better understanding of the existing problems and allows effective solutions.

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Accompanying Persons with Disabilities at University: Skills Development among Volunteers

Lukovenko¹,

Kalugina²,

Sorokin³

et al. 2021

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“…Although the occupation of leadership positions does not guarantee full inclusion within an organization (Beckwith, Friedman, and Conroy 2016), meaningful participation in leadership roles is possible with appropriate support and administrative will (Caldwell, Hauss, and Stark 2009). Volunteers with disabilities have valuable and unique first-hand experiences with accessibility and inclusion (Yanay-Ventura 2019) that can inform practices and policies within voluntary organizations.…”

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Disability Segregation in Volunteer Work

Shandra

2019

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People with disabilities in the United States experience different types of paid work than people without disabilities; however, less is known about patterns in voluntary work—another form of productive labor that takes place within organizations. This study uses the Volunteer Supplement of the Current Population Survey to evaluate disability segregation in volunteer organizations and activities. Net of sociodemographic characteristics, volunteers with disabilities have lower odds than volunteers without disabilities of participating in educational/youth organizations and sport/hobby/cultural organizations, and higher odds of participating in social/community organizations. Furthermore, volunteers with disabilities have lower odds of participating in professional or coaching/teaching/mentoring activities and higher odds of participating in distribution activities—suggesting less access to leadership roles and opportunities for skill development. Finally, indices of dissimilarity indicate higher levels of segregation by disability status than by gender, race, or ethnicity. Volunteer work—like paid work—is stratified by disability, mirroring broader patterns of inequality.

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“…Deliberate effort was made to include volunteers from the communities this initiative was trying to reach, or at least to involve those with backgrounds adjacent to those communities in decision-making. This integrative approach to volunteer recruitment was largely influenced by the concept of 'nothing about us without us', which emphasises that policies should not be developed without equitable involvement of stakeholder representatives (Chu et al, 2016;Yanay-Ventura, 2018).…”

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Population-level public mental health intervention via interdisciplinary COVID-19 health crisis communication: how can occupational therapists contribute?

Teoh

2020

World Federation of Occupational Therapists Bulletin

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“Nothing About Us Without Us” in Volunteerism Too: Volunteering Among People with Disabilities

Cited by 18 publications

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Accompanying Persons with Disabilities at University: Skills Development among Volunteers

Accompanying Persons with Disabilities at University: Skills Development among Volunteers

Disability Segregation in Volunteer Work

Population-level public mental health intervention via interdisciplinary COVID-19 health crisis communication: how can occupational therapists contribute?

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