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the only solution in the study that was done in the same Manguzi Community in 1998
was to survey the amputees in the community to find out what they could do to earn a
living. There is now a vegetable garden. handiwork and cement block-making projects
running as an answer to amputees' employment problems. Ndlovu (1998:4) in the same
study adds that the only problem they faced was maintenance ofthese projects to make
them sustainable.
Davis (1994:Il8) stresses that there is a need for investigation of occupational
possibilities to promote return to previous employment or to establish the need for
returning to a new job. Met and Wilson (1990:98) contendthat the main aim of their
rehabilitation centre in Cape Town is to prepare the physical disabled persons for suitable
employment in the open labour market, by training and educating them in the work place
that resembles the realistic work situation as much as possible, Gillies (1993:185) agrees
with the above view point in that correct placement ofthe employee with disability is of
paramount importance, ensuring he is able to be effective in his job and remaining with
the company. A physical impairment need not affect one's lifestyle. With the right aids
and facilities, someone with an impairment may function just as productive in society as
someone without It is up to society to enable people with disabilities to function
optimally in a suitable environment.
2.7 CONCLUSION
This chapter highlighted the goals ofcommunity-based rehabilitation and the importance
of rehabilitation to amputees and other disabled persons. It explained the types of
rehabilitative modalities needed to meet the biopsychosocial and vocational needs ofthe
amputees, highlighted the importance of multidiscipIinary approaches for forming the
rehabilitation teams and also support of the amputees. It descnbed the environmental
barriers encountered by amputees that hinder rehabilitation progress and other ancillary
factors that affect rehabilitation. In the next chapter King's theory of an Open Systems
Framework and the theory of Goal Attainment win be discussed, with the emphasis on
the theoryofan Open Systems Framework as it forms the basis ofGoal Attainment
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