TEDI 3 Week 2 - Career Education and Self-determination

Botha, Michelle

TEDI 3 Week 2 - Career Education and Self-determination

MOOC

2019-06-01

Abstract

In this video, Michelle Botha discusses the relationship between work, independence and security for people with visual disabilities, who in South Africa experience unemployment levels of approximately 97%. She discusses the anxiety that surrounds the search for work for people with disabilities. She discusses the change in legislation that has opened up possibilities for employment and tertiary studies for people with visual impairment. She discusses the importance of early career guidance and development at school which can support learners in making informed subject and career choices, and how specialist organisations can support their self-development and provide useful guidance and support. She discusses the importance of assessing learner's self-determination, and how many job opportunities that were previously seen as inaccessible to people with visual disabilities can in fact be pursued successfully.