The Influence of Physically Disabled Persons on Social Economic Development in Somalia. A Case Study of Puntland

Abstract The study entitled the influence of physically disabled persons on social economic development in Somalia, case study of Puntland, was guided by the following objectives,to determine the causes and elements of physical disability among people in Puntland Somalia,to identify how disabled persons have contributed to socio-economic development in Puntland Somalia,to identify the challenges faced by disabled persons in accessing social economic development in Puntland Somalia,to identify the solutions for the challenges in addressing the medical needs and other needs of the disabled persons in Puntland Somalia. The study used an approved semistructured interview guide which consisted of both open and closed ended questions as methods of data collection. The findings indicated a positive significant correlation between physically disabled persons and socio economic development in Puntland, Somalia. Basing on this finding, the null hypothesis was rejected and the researcher concluded that physically disabled persons are significantly related to the level of socio economic development. The researcher recommended that the government of Somalia should introduce laws that will govern the labor market and promote equal employment opportunity to physically disabled persons or the vulnerable, so that physically disabled persons and other marginalized groups in the society enjoy the same opportunity that able bodied persons and other non-marginalized groups in the society enjoy, because at the present time such laws are absent or not there. In conclusion, apart from the demographic characteristics, the study was to determine the level of physically disabled persons in Puntland Somalia. As the findings showed, the level of physically disabled persons in Puntland Somalia was good because the average mean of this point was 2.63 which means that most of the respondents agreed that the level of employment for the physically disabled persons was good. 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Declaration

APPROVAL

DEDICATION

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Abbreviations

Definition of terms

Causes These are things which originate or lead to the occurrence of something x

CHAPTER ONE~ 1

INTRODUCTION 1

1.0 Introduction to the study i

1.2 Problem Statement 2

1.3 Purpose of the Study 3

1.5 Research Questions 3

1.6 Significance of the study 4

CHAPTER TWO~ 5

LITERATURE REVIEW 5

2. 1 Introduction 5

2.2 Causes of disability 5

2.3 Elements/features/Characteristics of the physically disabled people 7

2.5 1 The medical model 13

2.5.2 The social model 13

2.6 Other models 14

2.7 Social attitudes to people with physical disability 16

2.8 Challenges faced by disabled persons in causing socio economic development 16

CHAPTER THREE~ 20

METHODOLOGY 20

3.1 Introduction 20

3.2 Study Design and rationale 20

3.3 Study setting and rationale 20

3,4 Study Population 20

3.4.1 Sample Size Determination .20

3.4.2 Sampling procedure 21

3.4.3 Inclusion criteria 21

3.5 Research Instruments 21

3.6 Data Collection Procedure 21

3.6.1 Data management 21

3.6.2 Data analysis 21

3.7 Ethical Consideration 22

3.8 Limitation of the Study 22

3.9 Dissemination of results 22

CHAPTER FOUR 23

PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF DATA 23

4.0 INTRODUCTION 23

4.1 Demographic information of the respondents 23

4.2 Description of the independent Variable 29

4.2.1 Level of the disabled persons contributed to employment and socio-economic development 29

4.3 Description of the Dependent Variable 32

4.4 Testing of the relationships between variables 34

4.4.1 Relation between physically disabled persons and socio economic development 34

CHAPTER FIVE 36

FINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS, RECOMMENDATIONS 36

5.0 FINDINGS 36

5.1 Conclusion 37

5.2 Recommendation 38

5.3 Further research 39

References 40

Appendix III 42

APPENDIX V: TIME FRAME 47

Appendix I Estimated budget 48