Research

DIVISION FOR DISABILITY AND REHABILITATION STUDIES / AFDELING GESTREMDHEIDS- EN 
REHABILITASIESTUDIES
Journal articles
1. BOTHA MR, BRAND D, EBRAHIM A, FISCHER K. In search of a landing place for persons with 
disabilities: A critique of South Africa's skills development programme. International Journal of 
Discrimination and the Law 2023; 23(1-2):163-180. 
2. ENGELBRECHT MH, NGQANGASHE Y, MDUZANA L, SHERRY K, NED LY. Disability inclusion in 
African health systems’ responses during COVID19: A scoping review. African Journal of 
Disability 2023; 12: a1284, 12 pages. MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES 224 
3. KAHONDE CK. A call to give a voice to people with intellectual disabilities in Africa through 
inclusive research. African Journal of Disability 2023; 12: a1127, 5 pages.
4. KAHONDE CK. Perceptions and responses of staff to the sexuality of adults with intellectual 
disabilities at facilities in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. Journal of Intellectual 
Disabilities 2023; 27(1):138-155.
5. KARISA A, SAMUELS C, WATERMEYER B, MCKENZIE JA, VERGUNST R. Priorities for access to 
early childhood development services for children with disabilities in South Africa. South 
African Journal of Childhood Education 2023; 12(1): a1119, 7 pages.
6. LOURENS H, WATERMEYER B. The invisible lockdown: Reflections on disability during the 
time of the Coronavirus pandemic. Disability & Society 2023; 38(3):373-384. 
7. MCKENZIE J, KARISA A, KAHONDE CK. Implementation of Universal Design for Learning in 
Low- and Middle-Income Countries: ‘I Thought These Principles could Have Been Written by 
Me’. Disabilities 2023; 3(4):666-679. 
8. NSEIBO K, VERGUNST R, MCKENZIE J, KELLY J, KARISA A, WATERMEYER B. Learning together: 
The dynamics of training teachers for disability inclusion in South Africa. Frontiers in Education 
2022; 7:999814, 9 pages. 
9. TSHAKA BB, VISAGIE SJ, NED LY. Non-use of healthcare services among persons with mobility 
impairments in Cofimvaba, South Africa. African Journal of Disability 2023; 12: a1112, 8 pages. 
10. WATERMEYER B, LOURENS H, BOTHA MR, KHUMALO B, ET AL. Emotional and Embodied 
Aspects in the Education of Learners with Visual Impairment: The use of standpoint ‘panel 
chats’ in teacher training. International Journal of Disability, Development and Education 2023; 
70(2):169-185. 
11. WATERMEYER B, SWARTZ LP. Disability and the problem of lazy intersectionality. Disability & 
Society 2023; 38(2):362-366. 12. WATERMEYER B, SWARTZ LP. Disability is central to 
discrimination in health. Lancet 2023; 401:2037-2038

Journal Articles (subsidised)
BOTHA MR, WATERMEYER B. Tradeoffs in Visual Impairment Rehabilitation: Hearing Service User
Accounts of Rehabilitative Relationships and Organisational Culture in South Africa. Scandinavian
Journal of Disability Research 2022; 24(1):96-108.
HLONGWANE MNN, NED LY, MCKINNEY E, MCKINNEY V, SWARTZ LP. Experiences of Organisations of (of
That Serve) Persons with Disabilities during the COVID-19 Pandemic and National Lockdown Period in
South Africa. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2022; 19:12641, 16
pages.
KAHONDE CK, JOHNS R. Knowledge, perceptions and experiences of risk to sexual violence among
adults with intellectual disabilities in Cape Town, South Africa. African Journal of Disability 2022;
11:a837, 11 pages.
LE ROUX M. Key considerations for an inclusive framework for youth with disabilities in post-apartheid
South Africa . African Journal of Disability 2022; 11: a954, 9 pages.
LIEBENBERG AW, GEIGER M, VISAGIE SJ. Parental experiences on the role of wheelchairs in the lives of
their children with mobility impairments: a qualitative exploration in Dubai. Disability and
Rehabilitation. Assistive Technology 2022; 17(3):310-317.
LUGER RJ, GEIGER M, NQEVU O, BULLEN A, TOEFY F. The Chaeli Campaign Journal Club:
Strengthening evidence-based practice and contributing to practice-based evidence in under-resourced
South African communities . African Journal of Disability 2022; 11:a943, 5 pages.
NED LY, CHINYAMURINDI W, BANTJES JR. Content analysis of reports of student suicide deaths in
South African print medium newspapers. Journal of Public Mental Health 2022; 21(2):128-142.
NED LY, DUBE AK, SWARTZ LP. Challenges and opportunities of centring the African voice in disability
research. African Journal of Disability 2022; 11:a1089, 4 pages.
NED LY. African renaissance as a premise for reimagined disability studies in Africa. Journal of black
studies 2022; 53(5):485-504.
OHAJUNWA CO, MJI G, KALENGA R. Encouraging reciprocal healthcare practice within a South African
Indigenous community. AlterNative 2022; 18(1):141-146.
OHAJUNWA CO. Local knowledge in inclusive education policies in Africa: informing sustainable
outcomes. African Journal of Disability 2022; 11:a941, 8 pages.
VISAGIE SJ, HALL R. A qualitative exploration of the uses of the International Classification of
Functioning, Disability and Health at an inpatient neurorehabilitation facility in the Western Cape, South
Africa. Disability and Rehabilitation. Assistive Technology 2022; 44(4):582-589.
VISAGIE SJ, MACLACHLAN M, SCHEFFLER ES, SEYMOUR NE. Promoting regional coherence and
cohesion amidst multiple assistive technology initiatives in Africa. African Journal of Disability 2022;
11:a937, 7 pages.
WATERMEYER B, MCKINNEY V. Disability, relationship, and the negotiation of loss. Medical Humanities
2022; 48(1):2-8.

Chapters in Books
KEIKELAME MJ, NED LY, SWARTZ LP. Doing decolonial and indigenist research: a reflection. In:
Laimputtong P (ed.) Handbook of qualitative Cross-Cultural Research Methods, Edward Elgar
Publishing, Cheltenham , United Kingdom, 2022: 40-45.
MCKENZIE J, NED LY, WATERMEYER B, DADA S. Disability and mental health: Addressing discrimination
and enhancing participation. In: TOMLINSON MR, Klentjies S, Lake L (eds.) South African Child Gauge
2021/2022, Children’s Institute, University of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa, 2022: 136-145.
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NED LY, HANSEN AK, GABRIELS S, SONDAY A, HESS - APRIL L. Towards the integration of critical
disability studies in rehabilitation sciences curricula. In: Buettgen A, Rioux RM, Viera J, Zubrow E (eds.)
Handbook of Disability: Critical thought and social change in a globalizing world, Springer, Singapore,
2022: 1-27.
NED LY, KEIKELAME MJ, SWARTZ LP. Doing decolonial indigenist research. In: Liamputtonng P (ed.)
Handbook of Qualitative Cross-Cultural Research Methods: A Social Science Perspective, Edward Elgar,
Cheltenham, United Kingdom, 2022: 40-55. 

Journal Articles (subsidised)
DE BOOT F, KAHONDE CK, DINSMORE J, MACLACHLAN M. Perspectives on access and usage of assistive technology by people with intellectual
disabilities in the Western Cape province of South Africa: Where to from here?. African Journal of Disability 2021; 10:a767, 11 pages.
DUMA VV, TSHABALALA N, MJI G. The black hole of dealing with a disability diagnosis: Views of South African rural parents. African Journal of
Disability 2021; 10:951, 11 pages.
LAPPEMAN M, NDWANDWA E-SN, HUNT XD, NED LY, SWARTZ LP. South African Clinical Psychology Practice: The Challenge of Local Contextual
Change. PROFESSIONAL PSYCHOLOGY-RESEARCH AND PRACTICE 2021; 52(5):494-502.
LUGER R, GEIGER M, LYNER-CLEOPHAS MM. Students’ voices: reflections of three young adults with cerebral palsy on factors facilitating their
completion of mainstream schooling in South Africa, International Journal of Inclusive Education. International Journal of Inclusive Education 2021;
25(13):1475-1491.
NED LY, KPOBI L, OHAJUNWA CO. Thinking about mental health and spirituality from the Indigenous knowledge systems frame of reference.
Disability Studies Quarterly 2021; 41(4):1-13.
NED LY, MCKINNEY E, MCKINNEY V, SWARTZ LP. Experiences of vulnerability of people with disabilities during COVID-19 in South Africa. South
African Health Review 2021; 2021:135-142.
NED LY, NDWANDWA E-SN, HUNT XD, SWARTZ LP. South African Clinical Psychology Practice: The Challenge of Local Contextual Change.
Professional Psychology:. RESEARCH AND PRACTICE FOR PERSONS WITH SEVERE DISABILITIES 2021; 52(5):494-502.
OHAJUNWA CO, MJI G. Expressing social justice within Indigenous research: a reflection on process and affirmation. AlterNative 2021; 17(2):183-
190.
VISAGIE SJ, MJI G, SCHEFFLER ES, OHAJUNWA CO, SEYMOUR N. Exploring the inclusion of teaching and learning on assistive products in
undergraduate curricula of health sciences faculties at three South African Universities. Disability and Rehabilitation. Assistive Technology 2021;
16(7):722-729.

Chapters in Books
MJI G, OHAJUNWA CO. Ubuntu ethics and human rights: Implications for rehabilitation practices in indigenous African families of persons with
disabilities (PWDs). In: Daya P, April K (eds.) 12 Lenses into Diversity in South Africa, KR Publishers, Randburg, South Africa, 2021: 159-176.
OHAJUNWA CO. Ubuntu Identity, the Economy of Bomvana Indigenous Healers, and Their Impact on Spiritual and Physical Well-being of an African
Indigenous Community . In: Spee J, McMurray, A, McMillan M (eds.) Clan and Tribal Perspectives on Social, Economic and Environmental
Sustainability: Indigenous Stories from Around the Globe. , Emerald Publishing Limited, Howard House, Wagon Lane, United Kingdom, 2021: 169-
189.
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Doctoral completed
GXAMZA FD. An exploration of the development of community health forums as a strategy to improve communication between biomedical health
professionals and an indigenous community: A Rural Participatory Action Research Study. PhD, 2021. 321 pp.
 

Masters completed
ADAMS S. Exploring the vocational training strategies used by service providers to enhance the transition of persons with intellectual disability into
supported employment: A Case Study of Mitchell’s Plain/Klipfontein sub-structure. MPhil (Rehabilitasie), 2021. 207 pp.
BOSHOF PI. Availability, importance and accessibility of postgraduate education for Orthotists and Prosthetists in South Africa: A mixed method
study. MPhil (Rehabilitasie), 2021. 84 pp. Studieleier: VISAGIE SJ.
CHIMEDZA M. Exploring the Lived Experiences of Students with Disclosed Epilepsy in Accessing Support Services at a Teachers’ College in
Zimbabwe. MPhil (Rehabilitasie), 2021. 82 pp.
HAIRWADZI F. Lived experiences with regards to social participation for persons with disabilities living in a residential facility in Cape Town. MPhil
(Rehabilitasie), 2021. 48 pp.
HUNT P. Accommodating children with mobility impairments in ordinary primary schools; Perceptions of school principals in Johannesburg East on
barriers and possible solutions. MPhil (Rehabilitasie), 2021. 58 pp.
KAMBASHA KS. Primary caregivers' perceptions of why their school-aged children with physical disabilities are not attending formal schools in
Mabvuku, a high- density location in Harare. MPhil (Rehabilitasie), 2021. 64 pp.
MACLEAN NS. Factors which facilitate a State-Owned Enterprise in the Western Cape, to recruit Persons with Disabilities to meet Employment Equity
Targets. MPhil (Rehabilitasie), 2021. 140 pp.
MAHLANGU DMP. Perceptions of carers of persons with paraplegia, regarding the caregiver training. MPhil (Rehabilitasie), 2021. 63 pp.
MUFUTUMARI F. Primary caregivers’ experiences of changes in their children during the course of Early Childhood Development also known as grade
RR at a school for learners with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in Cape Town. MPhil (Rehabilitasie), 2021. 75 pp.
SAWYER S. Cardiovascular Disease: Exploring the barriers to lifestyle modification in a Cape Town setting. MPhil (Rehabilitasie), 2021. 64 pp.
SNYMAN CM. Gauteng Medical Orthotist Prosthetists Perceptions about Self-Screening to Detect Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis: A Qualitative
Exploration. MPhil (Rehabilitasie), 2021. 70 pp.
STRAFELLA T. A qualitative exploration of the experience of using an above-knee prosthesis with a microprocessor knee. MPhil (Rehabilitasie), 2021.
49 pp.
TSHAKA BB. Exploring the experiences of persons with mobility impairments in accessing health care in Cofimvaba, South Africa. MPhil
(Rehabilitasie), 2021. 78 pp.
VISAGIE WB. Transport access in Worcester: The lived experiences of stroke survivors. MPhil (Rehabilitasie), 2021. 63 pp. 

Journal Articles (subsidised)
KAHONDE CK, MCKENZIE J, WILSON N. The Impact of Lifelong Family Care on Family Caregivers’ Perceptions of the Sexuality of Young Adults with
Intellectual Disabilities in the Western Cape of South Africa. SEXUALITY AND DISABILITY 2020; 11(38):95-105.
NDUZANA L, TIWARI R, NED LY, CHIKTE UME. Exploring national human resource profile and trends of prosthetists/orthotists in South Africa from
2002 - 2018. Global Health Action 2020; 13(1):1792192, 13 pages.
NED LY, MCKINNEY E, MCKINNEY V, SWARTZ LP. Covid-19 pandemic and disability: Essential considerations. African Safety Promotion - A journal of
Injury and violence Prevention 2020; 18(2):136-148.
NED LY, OHAJUNWA CO, LUGER R, GEIGER M. Tracking the policy literacy journey of students in a Post Graduate diploma course in disability and
rehabilitation studies. South African Journal of Higher Education 2020; 34(3):229-245.
NED LY, TIWARI R, BUCHANAN H, VAN NIEKERK L, SHERRY K, CHIKTE UME. Changing demographic trends among South African occupational
therapists: 2002 to 2018. Human Resources for Health 2020; 18:22, 12 pages.
NED LY, TIWARI R, HESS - APRIL L, LORENZO T, CHIKTE UME. A situational mapping overview of training programs for community based
rehabilitation workers in Southern Africa: Strategies for strengthening accessible rural rehabilitation. Frontiers in Public Health 2020; 8:569279, 11
pages.
OHAJUNWA CO, NED LY, LUGER R, GEIGER M. Teaching policy literacy : A case study from the field of disability and rehabilitation studies.
Perspectives in Education 2019; 37(1):29-42.
TIWARI R, NED LY, CHIKTE UME. HRH planning for rehabilitation services: A focus to reduce inter - provincial inequities. South African Health Review
2020; 2020:53-63.
VISAGIE SJ, SCHEFFLER ES, SEYMOUR N, MJI G. Assistive technology service delivery in South Africa : Conceptualizing a systems approach. South
African Health Review 2020; 2020:119-127.

Journal Articles (subsidised)
GEIGER M, SCHEFFLER ES, SEYMOUR NE. Community-based rehabilitation workers’ perspectives of wheelchair
provision in Uganda: A qualitative study. African Journal of Disability 2019; 8:a432, 12 pages.
MULLER JV, NED LY, DONALD H. A university’s response to people with disabilities in Worcester, Western Cape.
African Journal of Disability 2019; 8(0):a439, 11 pages.
MUNTHALI A, SWARTZ L, MANNAN H, MACLACHLAN M, CHILIMAMPUNGA C, MAKUPE C. "This one will delay us":
barriers to accessing health care services among persons with disabilities in Malawi. DISABILITY AND
REHABILITATION 2019; 41(6):683-690.
PETA C, NED LY. So from Here Where Do We Go? A Focus on the Sexuality of Women with Disabilities in Africa: A
Narrative Review . Sexuality and Culture 2019; 23:978-1009.
PIENAAR E, VISAGIE SJ. Prosthetic use by persons with unilateral tranfemorall amputation in a South African
setting. Prosthetics and Orthotics International 2019; 43(3):276-283.
VERGUNST R, SWARTZ LL, GERHARD HEM K, EIDE AH, MANNAN H, MACLACHLAN M, MJI G, SCHNEIDER M. The
perceived needs-access gap for health services among persons with disabilities in a rural area within South
Africa. DISABILITY AND REHABILITATION 2019; 41(22):2676-2682

Chapters in Books
ALPERSTEIN M, MJI G, MLENZANA N, TSHABALALA N. Community Engagement in KwaXanase: Moving from Fear
to Pride and Confidence. In: MJI G (ed.) The Walk Without Limbs: Searching for Indigenous Health Knowledge in
a Rural Context of South Africa, AOSIS, Cape Town, South Africa, 2019: 349-384.
HOWE T, VERDON S, EASTON C, GEIGER M. Ethnography and its use in research in communication disorders. In:
Lyons R, McAllistair L (eds.) Qualitative Research in Communication Disorders: An introduction for students and
clinicians, J&R Press Ltd, Guildford, Surrey , United Kingdom, 2019: 91-118.
MJI G, ALPERSTEIN M, GALLOWAY K, MLENZANA N. Evolution of the Book – Recognising the Absence of Limbs.
In: MJI G (ed.) The Walk Without Limbs: Searching for Indigenous Health Knowledge in a Rural Context of South
Africa, AOSIS, Cape Town, South Africa, 2019: 9-36.
MJI G. An Epistemology on Health and Illness According to Biomedical and Indigenous Health Knowledge
Perspectives. In: MJI G (ed.) The Walk Without Limbs: Searching for Indigenous Health Knowledge in a Rural
Context of South Africa, AOSIS, Cape Town , South Africa, 2019: 37-72.
MJI G. Critical Study Outcomes and the Proposed Primary Health Care Model. In: MJI G (ed.) The Walk Without
Limbs: Searching for Indigenous Health Knowledge in a Rural Context of South Africa, AOSIS, Cape Town, South
Africa, 2019: 135-166.
MJI G. Opting for a Veil of Secrecy: The Silencing of Indigenous Health Service Seekers by Health Care Providers
in Bomvanaland. In: MJI G (ed.) The Walk Without Limbs: Searching for Indigenous Health Knowledge in a Rural
Context of South Africa, AOSIS, Cape Town, South Africa, 2019: 167-186.
MJI G. Presenting the Elite Older Xhosa Women Healers of Bomvanaland in the Eastern Cape Province. In: MJI G
(ed.) The Walk Without Limbs: Searching for Indigenous Health Knowledge in a Rural Context of South Africa,
AOSIS, Cape Town, South Africa, 2019: 219-248.
MJI G. Research Methodology that Drove the Study. In: MJI G (ed.) The Walk Without Limbs: Searching for
Indigenous Health Knowledge in a Rural Context of South Africa, AOSIS, Cape Town, South Africa, 2019: 109-
134.
MJI G. Steps Taken to Translate Critical Research Findings. In: MJI G (ed.) The Walk Without Limbs: Searching
for Indigenous Health Knowledge in a Rural Context of South Africa, AOSIS, Cape Town, South Africa, 2019:
249-272.
MJI G. The Heavy Price Paid by Bomvana in Questioning the Western Modernity Script of Civilisation. In: MJI G
Research Report
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(ed.) The Walk Without Limbs: Searching for Indigenous Health Knowledge in a Rural Context of South Africa,
AOSIS, Cape Town, South Africa, 2019: 187-218.
MJI G. Women as Healers and Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Their Holders: An Intertwined Epistemological
and Ontological Struggle for Recognition. In: MJI G (ed.) The Walk Without Limbs: Searching for Indigenous
Health Knowledge in a Rural Context of South Africa, AOSIS, Cape Town, South Africa, 2019: 73-108.
NED LY. Bringing in a Conversation in Health and Education: A Missing Link?. In: MJI G (ed.) The Walk Without
Limbs: Searching for Indigenous Health Knowledge in a Rural Context of South Africa, AOSIS, Cape Town, South
Africa, 2019: 273-294.
OHAJUNWA CO. Indigenous Spirituality within Formal Health Care Practice. In: MJI G (ed.) The Walk Without
Limbs: Searching for Indigenous Health Knowledge in a Rural Context of South Africa, AOSIS, Cape Town, South
Africa, 2019: 295-312.
TSHABALALA N. Savings, Investments and Credit Groups (SICGs): A Holistic Approach to Community Upliftment.
In: MJI G (ed.) The Walk Without Limbs: Searching for Indigenous Health Knowledge in a Rural Context of South
Africa, AOSIS, Cape Town, South Africa, 2019: 313-348.

Doctoral completed
NED LY. 2. Reconnecting with Indigenous knowledge in education: exploring possibilities for health and well-being in Xhora, South Africa . PhD, 2019. 283 pp.
OHAJUNWA CO. 1. Understanding, interpretation and expression of spirituality and its influence on care and
wellbeing: An explorative case study of a South African indigenous community . PhD, 2019. 415 pp.

Masters completed
DANGAREMBWA N. Searching for “greener pastures”: A narrative study of the livelihood experiences of
Zimbabwean migrants with disabilities in South Africa. MPhil (Rehabilitasie), 2019. 138 pp. Studieleier: GEIGER
M, NED LY.
HALL R. A qualitative exploration of the uses of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and
Health at an inpatient neurorehabilitation facility in the Western Cape, South Africa. MPhil (Rehabilitasie), 2019.
72 pp. Studieleier: VISAGIE SJ.
LIEBENBERG AW. Parental experiences on the role of wheelchairs in the lives of children with mobility
impairments: A qualitative exploration in Dubai. MPhil (Rehabilitasie), 2019. 48 pp. Studieleier: GEIGER M,
VISAGIE SJ.
NORTH G. Accessibility of advanced seating services in a Western Cape setting; a qualitative exploration of the
experiences of carers of children with cerebral palsy. MPhil (Rehabilitasie), 2019. 63 pp. Studieleier: GEIGER M,
VISAGIE SJ

Journal Articles (subsidised)
BULLEN A, GEIGER M, PRUDHOMME D, LUGER R. Simple ideas that work: celebrating development in persons
with profound intellectual and multiple disabiliteis. African Journal of Disability 2018; 7(a273):1-10.
MDUZANA LL, VISAGIE SJ, MJI G. Suitability of "Guidelines for Screening of Prosthetic Candidates: Lower Limb" for
the Eastern Cape, South Africa: A qualitative study. South African Journal of Physiotherapy 2018; 74(1):a396, 9 pages.
OHAJUNWA CO, MJI G. The African Indigenous lens of understanding Spirituality: Reflection on key emerging
concepts from a reviewed literature. Journal of Religion and Health 2018; 57(6):1-17.
PETA C. Deafening Silence on a Vital issue: The World Health Organization has ignored the Sexuality of Persons with
Disabilities. African Journal of Disability 2018; 7:a474, 3 pages.
VISAGIE SJ, MATTER R, KAYANGA GM, CHIWAULA M, HARNISS M, MJI G, SCHEFFLER ES. Lessons from the
pilot of a mobile application to map-assistive technology suppliers in Africa. African Journal of Disability 2018; 7:422, 4
pages.
VISAGIE SJ, SWARTZ L. "There is nothing wrong with me": disability invisibility in a rural South African town.
DISABILITY AND REHABILITATION 2018; 40(15):1799-1807.
Chapters in Books
PETA C. Personal reflections of disabled women on access to early childwood educaton in Zimbabwe. In: Chataika t (ed.)
Routledge Handbook of Disability in Southern Africa, Routledge, London, United Kingdom, 2018: 85-96.
PETA C. Sexuality education in Zimbabwe: Why leave disabled girls and disabled women behind?. In: Chappell P, de
Beer M (eds.) Diverse voices of disabled sexualities in the Global South, Palgrave MacMillan, London, United Kingdom,
2018: 257-275.
Masters completed
NGEMNTU SN. Exploring barriers and facilitators to return to work for clients with spinal cord injuries.
MScGeneeskWet (Rehabilitasie), 2018. 124 pp.
PATTERSON SL. From the working class: Factors that influence return to work of Stroke Survivors in the Boarder
Region of the Eastern Cape, South Africa. MPhil (Rehabilitasie), 2018. 130 pp.
PAULUS-MOKGACHANE TMM. Determining Challenges of Accessing Primary health care services experienced by
Spinal cord injured clients in and around Gaborone, Botswana. MPhil (Rehabilitasie), 2018. 120 pp.
PIENAAR E. Above the knee amputation prosthetic use post rehatilitation at Western Cape Rehabilitation Centre
(WCRC). MPhil (Rehabilitasie), 2018. 140 pp

Journal Articles (subsidised)
CAWOOD J, VISAGIE SJ. Stroke management and functional outcome of stroke survivors in an urban Western
Cape Province setting. South African Journal of Occupational Therapy 2016; 46(3):21-26.
GILMORE B, MACLACHLAN M, MCVEIGH J, MCCLEAN C, CARR S, DUTTINE A, MANNAN H, MCAULIFFE E, MJI G,
EIDE AH, HEM KG, GUPTA N. A study of human resource competencies required to implement community
rehabilitation in less resourced settings. Human Resources for Health 2017; 15:70, 14 pages.
GRETSCHEL D, VISAGIE SJ, INGLIS-JASSIEM G. Community integration of adults with disabilities post discharge
from an in-patient rehabilitation unit in the Western Cape. South African Journal of Physiotherapy 2017;
73(1):361, 7 pages.
MCKENZIE JA, OHAJUNWA CO. Understanding disability in Nigeria: a commentary on “Country profile: intellectual
and developmental disability in Nigeria”. Tizard Learning Disability Review 2017; 22(2):94-98.
MJI G, BRAATHEN SH, VERGUNST R, SCHEFFLER ES, KRITZINGER JM, MANNAN H, SCHNEIDER M, SWARTZ LP,
VISAGIE SJ. Exploring the interaction of activity limitations with context, systems, community and personal
factors in accessing public health care services: A presentation of South African case studies. African Journal of
Primary Health Care and Family Medicine 2017; 9(1):a1166, 9 pages.
MJI G, RHODA A, STATHAM SB, JOSEPH C. A protocol for the methodological steps used to evaluate the
alignment of rehabilitation services in the Western Cape, South Africa with the National Rehabilitation Policy.
BMC HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH 2017; 17:200, 11 pages.
NED LY, CLOETE LG, MJI G. The experiences and challenges faced by rehabilitation community service therapists
within the South African Primary Healthcare health system. African Journal of Disability 2017; 6:a311, 11 pages.
PILLAY R, VISAGIE SJ, MJI G. An Exploration of burn survivors' Experiences of Pressure Garment Therapy at a
tertiary hospital in South. South African Journal of Occupational Therapy 2016; 46(3):73-79.
POWER DM, MCVEIGH J, GILMORE B, MACLACHLAN M. Opportunities for human resources for health and
rehabilitation: a response to Jesus et al. Human Resources for Health 2017; 15:73, 3 pages.
VERGUNST R, SWARTZ LP, HEM K-G, EIDE AH, MANNAN H, MACLACHLAN M, MJI G, BRAATHEN SH, SCHNEIDER
M. Access to health care for persons with disabilities in rural South Africa. BMC HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
2017; 17(1):741, 8 pages.
VISAGIE SJ, EIDE AH, DYRSTAD K, MANNAN H, SWARTZ LP, SCHNEIDER M, MJI G, MUNTHALI A, KHOGALI M,
VAN ROOY G, HEM K-G, MACLACHLAN M. Factors related to environmental barriers experienced by persons with
and without disabilities in diverse African settings. PLoS One 2017; 12(10):e0186342, 14 pages.
VISAGIE SJ, EIDE AH, MANNAN H, SCHNEIDER M, SWARTZ LP, MJI G, MUNTHALI A, KHOGALI M, VAN ROOY G,
HEM KG, MACLACHLAN M. A description of assistive technology sources, services and outcomes of use in a
number of African settings. Disability and rehabilitation. Assistive technology 2017; 12(7):705-712

Journal Articles (NON-subsidised)
DINSMORE J, BOOT F, KHASNABIS C, MACLACHLAN M. Intellectual disability and Assistive Technology: Opening
the GATE Wider. Frontiers in public health 2017; 5(103389/fbubh.2017):1-4.
MACLACHLAN M, MCVEIGH J, NASSER K. Social Inclusion and Mental Health of Children with Physical Disabilities
in Gaza, Palestine. Disability, CBR & Inclusive Development 2017; 27(4):1.
MACLACHLAN M. An analysis of the Extent of Social Inclusion and Equality Consideration in Malawi's National HIV
and AIDS Policy Review Process. International Journal of Health Policy and Management 2017;
www.ijhpm.com/article_3395(3395):1-4

Chapters in Books
ALPERSTEIN M, BANDA D, KALENGA R, MJI G, NED LY. Indigenous Knowledge Exclusion in Education Systems of
Africans: Impact of Beingness and Becoming and African. In: Ngulube P (ed.) Handbook of research on social,
cultural, and educational considerations of indigenous knowledge in developing countries, IGI Global, Hershey
PA, USA 17033, USA, 2017: 35-59.
NCEBA N, NED LY. The complexity of Disability inclusion in the workplace: A South African study. In: NED LY
(ed.) Factors in studying employment for persons with disability: How the picture can change, Emerald Publishing
Limited, United Kingdom, 2017: 127-154.

Masters completed
COOK PJ. Participatory Outcomes, Quality of Life and barriers faced by Stroke Survivors in the Rural Eastern Free
State. MPhil (Rehabilitasie), 2017. 132 pp. Studieleier: NED LY, VISAGIE SJ.
MACKENZIE VJ. Home and community based care services: Identifying consumers and needs in a rural Western
Cape Province setting. MPhil (Rehabilitasie), 2017. 79 pp. Studieleier: VISAGIE SJ, GEIGER M.
MDUZANA LL. Suitability of Guidelines for Screening of Prosthetic Candidates: Lower Limb for Eastern Cape.
MPhil (Rehabilitasie), 2017. 58 pp. Studieleier: VISAGIE SJ, MJI G.
VISSER AM. Do clients with spinal cord injuries know what they need to know about pressure ulcers? - A
descriptive study on the knowledge beliefs and practices about pressure ulcers. MPhil (Rehabilitasie), 2017. 121
pp. Studieleier: VISAGIE SJ, Hendry J.

Journal Articles (subsidised)
CAWOOD J, VISAGIE SJ, MJI G. Impact of post-stroke impairments on activities and participation as experienced
by stroke survivors in a Western Cape setting. South African Journal of Occupational Therapy 2016; 46(2):10-
15.
MCVEIGH J, MACLACHLAN M, GILMORE B, MCCLEAN C, EIDE AH, MANNAN H, GEISER P, DUTTINE A, MJI G,
MCAULIFFE E, SPRUNT B, AMIN M, NORMAND C. Promoting good policy for leadership and governance of health
related rehabilitation a realist synthesis. Globalization and Health 2016; 12:49, 18 pages.
MUNTHALI A, MANNAN H, MACLACHLAN M, SWARTZ LP. Seeking biomedical and traditional treatment is a
spiritual lapse among Zionists: A case study of the Zion Church in Malawi. Ufahamu: a journal of African studies
2016; 39(2):127-146.
NED LY, LORENZO T. Enhancing the public sectors capacity for inclusive economic participation of disabled youth
in rural communities. African Journal of Disability 2016; 5(1):1-9.
TEBBUTT E , BRODMANN R, BORG J, MACLACHLAN M, KHASNABIS C, HORVATH R. Assistive products and the
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Globalization and Health 2016; 12(79):1-6.
VERGUNST R, SWARTZ LP, MJI G, KRITZINGER JM, BRAATHEN SH. Beyond the checklist: understanding rural
health vulnerability in a South African context. Global health action 2016; 9:1-7.
VISAGIE SJ, MLAMBO T, VAN DER VEEN J, NHUNZVI C, TIGERE D, SCHEFFLER ES. Impact of structured
wheelchair services on satisfaction and function of wheelchair users in Zimbabwe. African Journal of Disability
2016; 5(1):1-11.
VISAGIE SJ, SWARTZ LP. Rural South Africans' Rehabilitation experiences: Case studies from the Northern Cape
Province. South African Journal of Physiotherapy 2016; 72(1):a298, 8 pages

Journal Articles (NON-subsidised)
HUSSEY M, MACLACHLAN M, MJI G. Barriers to the Implementation of the Health and Rehabilitation Articles of
the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in South Africa. International journal of
health policy and managment 2016; 5(x):1-12

Chapters in Books
MJI G, KALENGA R, ALPERSTEIN M, NED LY, BANDA D. IK exclusion in education systems of Africans: Impact on
beingness and becoming an african. In: Ngulube P (ed.) Handbook of research on social, cultural and educational
considerations in IK in developing countries , IGI Global, Hershey PA, USA, 2016: 35-58.
SNYMAN ISDW, VAN ZYL ME, MULLER JV, GELDENHUYS M. International Classification of functioning, disability
and Health: Catalyst for interprofessional education and collaborative practice. In: Forman D, Thistlethwaite J,
Jones M (eds.) Leading research and evaluation in interprofessional education and collaborative practice,
Palgrave Macmillan, London, United Kingdom, 2016: 285-328

Masters completed
CLARKE J. stress/burnout in therapists working in a rehabilitation centre. MPhil (Rehabilitasie), 2016. 122 pp.
GRETSCHEL D. Re-integration of clients 12 months after discharge from rehabilitation centre. MPhil
(Rehabilitasie), 2016. 136 pp.
LUGER R. Factors facilitating completion of mainstream education in an ordinary school: reflections of young
adults with cerebral palsy. MScGeneeskWet (Rehabilitasie), 2016. 69 pp.
NAIDOO M. Experiences and needs of mothers of babies diagnosed with Hypoxic Ischaemic Encephalopathy due
to birth asphyxia. MScGeneeskWet (Rehabilitasie), 2016. 34 pp.
PEGRAM E. A description of the rehabilitation outcomes of patients with physical disabilities in Gugulethu CHC.
MScGeneeskWet (Rehabilitasie), 2016. 155 pp.
SEYMOUR NE. Exploring CBR workers perceptions of their role in wheelchair provision in three areas of uganda.
MPhil (Rehabilitasie), 2016. 125 pp.
VISSER AM. Do clients with spinal cord injuries know what they need to know about pressure ulcers? - A
descriptive study on the knowledge, attitudes, practices and beliefs about pressure ulcers. MPhil (Rehabilitasie),
2016. 135 pp

Journal Articles (subsidised)
CAWOOD J, VISAGIE SJ. Environmental factors influencing participation of stroke 
survivors in a Western Cape setting. African Journal of Disability 2015; 4(1):1-9.
MACLACHLAN M
KHASNABIS C, MIRZA Z, MACLACHLAN M. Opening the GATE to inclusion for people 
with disabilities. Lancet 2015; 386:2229-2230.
MUNTHALI A, MANNAN H, MACLACHLAN M, SWARTZ LP, MAKUPE C, 
CHILIMAMPUNGA C. Non-use of Formal Health Services in Malawi Perceptions from 
Non-users. Malawi Medical Journal 2014; 26(4):126-132.
VERGUNST R, SWARTZ LP, MJI G, MACLACHLAN M, MANNAN H. "You must carry 
your wheelchair" - barriers to accessing healthcare in a South African rural area. Global 
Health Action 2015; 8:29003, 8 pages.
Chapters in Books
MACLACHLAN M. Culture, Empowerment and Health. In: Murray M (ed.) Critical Health 
Psychology, 2nd Edition, Palgrave Mac Millan, Hampshire, United Kingdom, 2015: 125-144.
MJI G
Journal Articles (subsidised)
KUMURENZI A, GOLIATH C, MJI G, MLENZANA N, JOSEPH C, STATHAM SB, 
RHODA A. Experiences of patients and service providers with out-patient rehabilitation 
services in a rehabilitation centre in the Western Cape Province. African Journal of Disability
2015; 4(1):Art.#164, 7 pages.
VERGUNST R, SWARTZ LP, MJI G, MACLACHLAN M, MANNAN H. "You must carry 
your wheelchair" - barriers to accessing healthcare in a South African rural area. Global 
Health Action 2015; 8:29003, 8 pages.
NED LY
Journal Articles (non-subsidised)
NED LY, MJI G, KRIGE FK, MULLER JV, DUVENAGE CM, RUNOWICZ AN, 
JOUBERT EM. A Coordinated Collaborative Response to Rehabilitation Needs of Persons 
with Disabilities. Journal of Physical Medicine and rehabilitation 2015; 2:1-7.
SCHEFFLER ES
Journal Articles (subsidised)
SCHEFFLER ES, VISAGIE SJ, SCHNEIDER M. The impact of health service variables on 
healthcare access in a low resourced urban setting in the Western Cape, South Africa. African 
Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine 2015; 7(1):Art. #820, 11 pages.
SWARTZ LP
EIDE AH, SWARTZ LP, MANNAN H, KHOGALI M, VAN ROOY G, MUNTHALI A, 
HEM KG, MACLACHLAN M, DYRSTAD K. Perceived barriers for Accessing Health 
Services among individuals with Disability in Four African Countries. PLoS ONE 2015; 
10(5):1-9.
VISAGIE SJ
CAWOOD J, VISAGIE SJ. Environmental factors influencing participation of stroke 
survivors in a Western Cape setting. African Journal of Disability 2015; 4(1):1-9.
SCHEFFLER ES, VISAGIE SJ, SCHNEIDER M. The impact of health service variables on 
healthcare access in a low resourced urban setting in the Western Cape, South Africa. African 
Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine 2015; 7(1):Art. #820, 11 pages.
VISAGIE SJ, DUFFIELD S, UNGER M. Exploring the impact of wheelchair design on user 
function in a rural South African setting. African Journal of Disability 2015; 4(1):1-8.
VISAGIE SJ, MLAMBO T, VAN DER VEEN J, NHUNZVI C, TIGERE D, SCHEFFLER 
ES. Is any wheelchair better than no wheelchair? A Zimbabwean perspective. African 
Journal of Disability 2015; 4(1):1-10

Doctoral completed
VISAGIE SJ. Disability and Health Care Access in an Isolated Quarter of the Karoo. PhD, 
2015. 292 pp.

Journal Articles (subsidised)
DU PLESSIS T, VISAGIE S, MJI G. The prevalence of burnout amongst 
therapists working in private physical rehabilitation centres in South Africa: a 
descriptive study. South African Journal of Occupational Therapy 2014; 44(2): 
11-16.
KACHAJE R, DUBE K, MACLACHLAN M, MJI G. The African Network for 
Evidence - to - Action on Disability: A role-player in the realisation of the 
UNCRPD in Africa. African Journal of Disability 2014; 3(2): 1-5.
MCKENZIE J, MJI G, GCAZA S. An audit of disability research in the Southern 
African region. African Journal of Disability 2014; 3(2): 15-20.
MJI G, SCHNEIDER M, VERGUNST R, SWARTZ L. On the ethics of being 
photographed in research in rural South Africa: Views of people with disabilities. 
Disability & Society 2014; 29(5): 714-723.
VISAGIE S, SCHNEIDER M. Implementation of the principles of primary health 
care in a rural area of South Africa. African Journal of Primary Health Care & 
Family Medicine 2014; 6(1): 1-10.
Tydskrifartikels/Journal Articles (NON-subsidised)
MACLACHLAN M, MANNAN H. The world report on disability and its 
implications for rehabilitation psychology. Rehabilitation Journal 2014; 59(1): 
117-124.
MACLACHLAN M, MJI G, WAZAKILI M, DUBE K. Facilitating disability 
inclusion and poverty reduction processes : Group consensus perspectives from 
disability stakeholders in Uganda, Malawi, Ethiopia and Sierra Leone. Disability 
and the global south 2014; 1(1): 107-127.
MUNTHALI A, MANNAN H, MACLACHLAN M, SWARTZ L. Non-use of formal 
health services in Malawi: perceptions from non-users. Malawi Medical Journel.
2014; 26(1): 45-51

Books
MANNAN H, AMIN M, MACLACHLAN M, MJI G. The EquiFrame manual: An 
analytical tool for evaluating and facilitating the inclusion of core concepts of 
human rights and vulnerable groups in policy documents. The global health
press, Dublin, Ireland 2014:190 pp.

Chapters in Books
CARR SC, MCAULIFFE L, MACLACHLAN M. Servants of Empowerment. In 
Industrial and organizational psychology help the vulnerable, Basingstoke: 
Palgrave Macmillian, London, United Kingdom, 2014: 143-158.
MCWHA W, MJI G, MACLACHLAN M. Challenges and opportunities of 
developing South - North program partnership. In Internationalizing the 
Curriculum in Organizational Psychology, Springer, New York, United States 
Minor Outlying Islands, 2014: 17-40.
SCHEFFER ES, VISAGIE S. Disability and management of disability within the 
primary health care setting. In Vlok's Community Health, Juta and company, 
Cape Town, South Africa, 2014: 462-496.

Masters completed
DE WET C. An analysis of the organizational framework of rehabilitation services 
at a community health centre in the Western Cape. MScGeneeskWet 
(Rehabilitasie), 2014. 150 pp. Studieleier: Mji G. Medestudieleier: Visagie S.
FELIX R. The description and evaluation of the rehabilitation outcomes of clients 
receiving physical rehabilitation at TC Newman rehabilitation centre. 
MScGeneeskWet (Rehabilitasie), 2014. 110 pp. Studieleier: Statham S.
LIEBENBERG H. A description and analysis of the organizational structure 
capacity of the rehabilitation services at TC Newman community day centre. 
MPhil (Rehabilitasie), 2014. 186 pp. Studieleier: Visagie S. Medestudieleier: Mji 
G.
NASH M. A description of recorded HIV centres in persons with disabilities at the 
Western Cape Rehabilitation Centre. MPhil (Rehabilitasie), 2014. 82 pp. 
Studieleier: Geiger M.
PILLAY R. An exploration of burn survivors experience of pressure garment 
therapy at Tygerberg Hospital. MScGeneeskWet (Rehabilitasie), 2014. 122 pp. 
Studieleier: Visagie S. Medestudieleier: Mji G.
ROUX M. Reasons for including / excluding learners with permanent mobility 
impairment in mainstream high school in East London. MPhil (Rehabilitasie), 
2014. 140 pp. Studieleier: Visagie S

Journal Articles (subsidised)
BRAATHEN SH, VERGUNST R, MJI G, MANNAN H, SWARTZ L. 
Understanding the local context for the application of global mental health: A 
rural South African experience. International Health 2013; 5: 38-42.
FREDERICKS J, VISAGIE S. The rehabilitation programme for persons with 
lower limb amputations at a primary level rehabilitation centre. South African 
Journal of Occupational Therapy 2013; 43(3): 18-28.
GROCE N, ROHLEDER P, EIDE AH, MACLACHLAN M, MALL S, SWARTZ L. 
HIV issues and people with disabilities: A review and agenda for research. Social 
Science & Medicine 2013; 77: 31-40.
JOSEPH C, MJI G, STATHAM SB, MLENZANA N, DE WET C, RHODA A. 
Changes in activity limitations and predictors of functional outcome of patients 
with spinal cord injury following in-patient rehabilitation. South African Journal of 
Physiotherapy 2013; 69(1): 41-49.
MANNAN H, EL TAYEB S, MACLACHLAN M, AMIN M, MCVEIGH J, 
MUNTHALI A, VAN ROOY G. Core concepts of human rights and inclusion of 
vulnerable groups in the mental health policies of Malawi, Namibia, and 
Sudan. International Journal of Mental Health Systems2013; 7: Art # 7.
MJI G, CHAPPELL P, STATHAM SB, MLENZANA N, GOLIATH C, DE WET C, 
RHODA A. Understanding the current discourse of rehabilitation: with reference 
to disability models and rehabilitation policies for evaluation research in the 
South African setting. South African Journal of Physiotherapy 2013; 69(2) : 4-9.
PASCOE M, PIETERSE R, GEIGER M. Speech and literacy development in a 
child with a cochlear implant: application of a psycholinguistic framework. Child 
Language Teaching & Therapy 2013; 29(2) : 185-200.
PITT C, LUGER R, BULLEN A, PHILLIPS D, GEIGER M. Parents as partners: 
builidng collaborations to support the development of school-readiness skills in 
under-resourced communities. South African Journal of Education 2013; 33(4) : 
Art # 774

Journal Articles (NON-subsidised)
EIDE H, AMINB M, MACLACHLAN M, MANNAN H, SCHNEIDER M. Paper 
addressing equitable health of vulnerable groups in international health 
documents. ALTER, Europen Journal of Disability Research 2013; 7(0) : 153-
162.
MANNAN H, EL TAYEB S, MACLACHLAN M, AMIN M, MCVEIGH J, 
MCAULIFFE L, MUNTHALI A, VAN ROOY G. Core concepts of human rights 
and inclusion of vulnerable groups in the mental health policies of Malawi, 
Namibia and Sudan. International Journal of Mental Health Systems 2013; 7(7) : 
1-13.
MANNAN H, MACLACHLAN M. Disability and Health: A Research 
Agenda. Social Inclusion 2013; 1(1): 37-45.
MLENZANA N, FRANTZ JM, RHODA AJ, EIDE H. Barriers to and facilitators of 
rehabilitation services for people with physical disabilities: A systematic 
review. African Journal of Disability 2013; 2.i1(22) : 6.
OWUSU-ANSAH F.E, MJI G. African indigenous knowledge and 
Research;. African Journal of Disability 2013; 2i(1) : 1-5.
SCHNEIDER M, EIDE H, AMIN M, MACLACHLAN M, MANNAN H. inclusion of 
vulnerable groups in health policies: Regional policies on health priorities in 
Africa. African Journal of Disability 2013; 2(1.40) : 1-9.
VISAGIE S, SCHEFFER ES, SCHNEIDER M. Policy implementation in 
wheelchair service delivery in a rural South African setting. African Journal of 
Disability 2013; 2(1): 9.

Proceedings National
CHATAIKA T. Cultural and Religious Explanations of Disability and promoting 
inclusive Communities. Searching for Dignity: Conversations on human dignity, 
theology and disability, South Africa, African Sun Media 2013: 117-128.
GEIGER M. Through the Eyes of Children: Children Living in Severe 
Communication Disabilities Doing Theology. Searching for Dignity: Conversations 
on human dignity, theology and disability, South Africa, Sun Media 2013: 91-
102.
MJI G. The complexity of the Life of a Disabled Person as She/he Navigates the 
Journey of Reclaiming Dignity and Full Citizenship. Searching for Dignity: 
Conversations on human dignity, theology and disability, South Africa, Sun 
Media 2013: 145-150.

Chapters in Books
CARR SC, EL TAYEB S, MACLACHLAN M, MARAI I, MCAULIFFE L, MCWHA 
W. Aiding international development: Some fresh perspectives from 
organizational psychology. In Using I - O psychology for the greater good: 
Helping those who help others, Routledge, Washington, 2013: 490-529.
 

Research Reports
CARR SC, THOMPSON LF, REICHMAN LF, MCWHA W, MARAI I, 
MACLACHLAN M, BAGUMA P. Humanitarian Work Psychology: Concepts to 
Contributions. 2013: 46 pp.
MACLACHLAN M, MANNAN H. Inclusive Health and Community Based 
Rhabilitation for Children with Disabilities, Background paper for the State of the 
World's Children Report 2013 New York. UNICEF. 2013: 38 pp.

Masters completed
PEFILE N. Case Study Exploring Work Related Spinal Cord injuries in Gauteng 
Province, South Africa. MScGeneeskWet (Rehabilitasie), 2013. 200 pp. 
Studieleier: Visagie S. Medestudieleier: Gcaza S.
STRYDOM N. A Sequential Methods Study describing the Perceptions of 
Environmental Barriers and the Employment of Persons with Disabilities in a 
Private Healthcare Company. MScGeneeskWet (Rehabilitasie), 2013. 265 pp. 
Studieleier: Botha JH. Medestudieleier: Visagie S.
WITBOOI L. The Role of Psychosocial Counselling in the lives of parents with 
children with Neurodevelopmental Disabilities treated at Tygerberg Academic 
Hospital. MPhil (Rehabilitasie), 2013. 95 pp. Studieleier: Visagie S.

General Presentations
VISAGIE S. International IBITA instructor's pre congress workshop; Applying 
Bobath concept in less-resources settings (Invited guest speaker) -August 2013: 
Contextual factors and health care access in SA: Results from the multi- centre 
EQUITABLE study