abstract: 'The aim of this scoping review is to explore previous scientific studies

  relating to the scholarly understanding of societal participation of

  people with disabilities. Six relevant databases within social science

  were searched using societal participation of people with disabilities,

  or different combinations thereof, as search words. The criteria for

  inclusion were: working-age people with disabilities; societal

  participation; accounting for facilitators or/and barriers of

  participation; geographical focus on or link to Europe, peer-reviewed

  studies using quantitative or qualitative methods published in English

  between January 2012 and December 2013. Thirty-two studies met these

  inclusion criteria. Each study was analysed relating to four measures:

  identity of the participator group, type of participation; type of

  facilitators; type of barriers. The findings show that there is a

  dominating focus on labour market participation and that societal

  participation was studied mostly concerning disabled people in general

  instead of any specific group. The main barriers identified were related

  to financial factors, attitudes, health issues and unemployment. The

  most frequently identified facilitators were related to legislation and

  disability policies, as well as to support from people in close contact

  with disabled people, attitudes in society and employment opportunities

  for people with disabilities. (C) 2016 Published by Elsevier Masson SAS

  on behalf of Association ALTER.'
affiliation: 'Hastbacka, E (Corresponding Author), Abo Akad Univ, Fac Educ \& Welf
  Studies, Dept Social Policy, BP 311, Vaasa 65101, Finland.

  Hastbacka, Elisabeth; Nygard, Mikael; Nyqvist, Fredrica, Abo Akad Univ, Fac Educ
  \& Welf Studies, Dept Social Policy, BP 311, Vaasa 65101, Finland.'
author: Hastbacka, Elisabeth and Nygard, Mikael and Nyqvist, Fredrica
author-email: 'elisabeth.hastabacka@abo.fi

  mikael.nygard@abo.fi

  fredrica.nyqvist@abo.fi'
author_list:
- family: Hastbacka
  given: Elisabeth
- family: Nygard
  given: Mikael
- family: Nyqvist
  given: Fredrica
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1016/j.alter.2016.02.002
eissn: 1875-0680
files: []
issn: 1875-0672
journal: ALTER-EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF DISABILITY RESEARCH
keywords: 'Disabled people; Societal participation; Barriers; Facilitators; Scoping

  review'
keywords-plus: 'INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; PHYSICAL-DISABILITIES; DISABLED PEOPLE;

  COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION; CAPABILITY APPROACH; WORK; WELFARE; MOBILITY;

  ADULTS; TIME'
language: English
month: JUL-SEP
number: '3'
number-of-cited-references: '61'
orcid-numbers: Nyqvist, Fredrica/0000-0001-6554-8040
pages: 201-220
papis_id: 25a8804773382d1ffa0beab115f9c31e
ref: Hastbacka2016barriersfacilitators
tags:
- relevant
- review
times-cited: '43'
title: 'Barriers and facilitators to societal participation of people with disabilities:
  A scoping review of studies concerning European countries'
type: Review
unique-id: WOS:000386880900001
usage-count-last-180-days: '1'
usage-count-since-2013: '31'
volume: '10'
web-of-science-categories: Rehabilitation
year: '2016'