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Dr Lieketseng Ned is an Occupational Therapist (BSc OT, UWC) with an MPhil in Disability Studies (UCT) and a PhD in Health Sciences Rehabilitation (SU). She is a Senior Lecturer at the Centre for Disability & Rehabilitation Studies within the Department of Global Health at Stellenbosch University. She convenes the Post Graduate Diploma in Disability and Rehabilitation, the short course portfolio and co-convenes one course in the masters programme. Her research interests are critical disability studies and community integration of disabled people, Indigenous knowledges and methodologies, and decolonial health and education. She has published peer reviewed journal articles, book chapters and has been active in promoting the uptake of research evidence by producing various policy briefs and media opinion pieces. She is currently the Editor-in-Chief for the African Journal of Disability. She has previously served as a deputy chairperson in the advisory facility board to the Western Cape Rehabilitation Centre and an advisory member to the African Network for Evidence – to – Action in disability (AfriNEAD). She has the 2019 top 200 mail and guardian South African young leaders award and is the CBR Africa Network country representation for South Africa.

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Employment (5)

Stellenbosch University: Cape Town, Western Cape, ZA

2020-01-01 to present | Senior Lecturer (Centre for Disability and Rehabilitation Studies )
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Stellenbosch University: Cape Town, Western Cape, ZA

2014-10-01 to 2019-12-31 | Lecturer (Centre for Rehabilitation Studies, Dept of Global Health)
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University of Cape Town: Cape Town, Western Cape, ZA

2012-01-06 to 2013-09-29 | Research assistant and Clinical Educator (Division of Health and Rehabilitation)
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East London Hospital Complex: East London, Eastern Cape, ZA

2011-01-06 to 2012-12-22 | Occupational therapist (Department of Health)
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Madzikane Ka Zulu Memorial Hospital: Mount Frere, Eastern Cape, ZA

2010-01-02 to 2010-12-31 | Occupational Therapist (Health)
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Education and qualifications (3)

Stellenbosch University Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences: Cape Town, Western Cape, ZA

2016-04-16 to 2019-04-06 | PhD in Health Sciences Rehabilitation (Centre for Rehabilitation Studies)
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University of Cape Town: Rondebosch, Western Cape, ZA

2011-02-02 to 2013-12-10 | MPhil in Disability Studies (Disabilty Studies)
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University of the Westen Cape: Western Cape, ZA

2006-01-15 to 2009-12-10 | BSc Occupational Therapy (Occupational Therapy)
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Works (30)

Traumatic Brain Injury as an Invisible Disability: Institutional Barriers in Medical, Social and Financial Services in Finland

Disabilities
2025-02-06 | Journal article
Contributors: Olivia Emelie Engström; Hisayo Katsui; Lieketseng Ned
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Towards the Integration of Critical Disability Studies in Rehabilitation Sciences Curricula

2024 | Book chapter
Contributors: Lieketseng Ned; Lucia Hess-April; Anthea Hansen; Sumaya Gabriels; Amshuda Sonday
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Intersectionality’s contestations – deepening engagement within the field

Disability & Society
2024-10-07 | Journal article
Contributors: Lieketseng Ned; Mapheyeledi Motimele; Jasbir Puar; Kharnita Mohamed; Karen Soldatic
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Reimagining evidence-based health care for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities in South Africa

2024-10-03 | Report
Contributors: Lieketseng Ned; Babalwa Tyabashe-Phum; Nomvo Dwadwa-Henda
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Disability Inclusion and Pandemic Policymaking in South Africa: A Framework Analysis

Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research
2024-05-21 | Journal article
Contributors: Kate Sherry; Lieketseng Ned; Madri Engelbrecht
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Discussing models of disability and models of health in a global context

2024-04-09 | Book chapter
Contributors: Hisayo Katsui; Lieketseng Ned
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The Routledge International Handbook of Disability and Global Health

2024-04-09 | Book
Contributors: Lieketseng Ned; Minerva Rivas Velarde; Satendra Singh; Leslie Swartz; Karen Soldatić
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Experiences of teachers in vocational programmes in special needs schools, City of Cape Town

African Journal of Disability
2024-03-20 | Journal article
Contributors: Elana T. Solomon; Rosemary Luger; Lieketseng Ned
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Employment equity targets: How a state-owned enterprise recruits people with disabilities

SA Journal of Human Resource Management
2024-02-29 | Journal article
Contributors: Natasha Maclean; Martha Geiger; Lieketseng Ned
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Azibuye Emasisweni: Reclaiming our space and centring our knowledge

2023 | Book
Contributors: Zethu Cakata; Nompumelelo Z Radebe; Mogobe B Ramose; Bongani Mkhonza; Lieketseng Ned; Morgan Ndlovu; Wade Nobles; Zetha Nobles; Zimingonaphakade Sigenu
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What good is the South African education system for indigenous people?

2023 | Book chapter
Contributors: Lieketseng Ned
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Disability inclusion in African health systems’ responses during COVID-19: A scoping review

African Journal of Disability
2023-12-21 | Journal article
Contributors: Madri Engelbrecht; Yandisa Ngqangashe; Luphiwo Mduzana; Kate Sherry; Lieketseng Ned
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Non-use of healthcare services among persons with mobility impairments in Cofimvaba, South Africa

African Journal of Disability
2023-01-27 | Journal article
Contributors: Babalwa Tshaka; Surona Visagie; Lieketseng Y. Ned
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Towards the Integration of Critical Disability Studies in Rehabilitation Sciences Curricula

2022 | Book chapter
Contributors: Lieketseng Ned; Lucia Hess-April; Anthea Hansen; Sumaya Gabriels; Amshuda Sonday
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Disability unplugged: What really matters to people with disabilities?

African Journal of Disability
2022-12-15 | Journal article
Contributors: Chioma Ohajunwa; Callista Kahonde; Arne H. Eide; Lieketseng Ned
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Experiences of Organisations of (or 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
2022-10 | Journal article | Author
Contributors: Naomi Hlongwane; Lieketseng Ned; Emma McKinney; Vic McKinney; Leslie Swartz
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Challenges and opportunities of centring the African voice in disability research

African Journal of Disability
2022-10-31 | Journal article
Contributors: Lieketseng Y. Ned; Kudakwashe Dube; Leslie Swartz
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African Renaissance as a Premise for Reimagined Disability Studies in Africa

Journal of Black Studies
2022-07 | Journal article
Contributors: Lieketseng Yvonne Ned
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Content analysis of reports of student suicide deaths in South African print medium newspapers

Journal of Public Mental Health
2022-05-19 | Journal article
Contributors: Lieketseng Yvonne Ned; Willie Tafadzwa Chinyamurindi; Jason Bantjes
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South African clinical psychology practice: The challenge of local contextual change.

Professional Psychology: Research and Practice
2021-10-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Maura Lappeman; Esona-sethu Ndwandwa; Xanthe Hunt; Lieketseng Ned; Leslie Swartz
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A Situational Mapping Overview of Training Programmes for Community-Based Rehabilitation Workers in Southern Africa: Strategies for Strengthening Accessible Rural Rehabilitation Practice

Frontiers in Public Health
2020 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85096221881

Part of ISSN: 22962565
Contributors: Ned, L.; Tiwari, R.; Hess-April, L.; Lorenzo, T.; Chikte, U.
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Changing demographic trends among South African occupational therapists: 2002 to 2018

Human Resources for Health
2020-12 | Journal article
Contributors: Lieketseng Ned; Ritika Tiwari; Helen Buchanan; Lana Van Niekerk; Kate Sherry; Usuf Chikte
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Exploring national human resource profile and trends of Prosthetists/Orthotists in South Africa from 2002 to 2018

Global Health Action
2020-12-31 | Journal article
Contributors: Luphiwo Mduzana; Ritika Tiwari; Ned Lieketseng; Usuf Chikte
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Bringing in a conversation in health and education: A missing link?

2019 | Book chapter
Contributors: Lieketseng Ned
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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 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85060700135

Part of ISSN: 10955143
Contributors: Peta, C.; Ned, L.
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Lieketseng Ned via Scopus - Elsevier

Teaching policy literacy: A case study from the field of disability and rehabilitation studies

Perspectives in Education
2019 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85089372190

Part of ISSN: 2519593X 02582236
Contributors: Ohafunwa, C.; Ned, L.; Luger, R.; Geiger, M.
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Lieketseng Ned via Scopus - Elsevier

The walk without limbs: Searching for indigenous health knowledge in a rural context in South Africa

2019 | Book
Contributors: Gubela Mji; Melanie Alperstein; Nondwe Bongokazi Mlenzana; Karen Galloway; Chioma Ohajunwa; Lieketseng Ned; Ntombekhaya Tshabalala
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A university’s response to people with disabilities in Worcester, Western Cape

African Journal of Disability
2019-10-24 | Journal article
Contributors: Jana V. Müller; Lieketseng Ned; Hananja Boshoff
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The complexity of disability inclusion in the workplace: A south african study

Research in Social Science and Disability
2017 | Book chapter
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2-s2.0-85028908855

Part of ISSN: 14793547
Contributors: Ndzwayiba, N.; Ned, L.
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Indigenous knowledge exclusion in education systems of Africans: Impact of beingness and becoming an African

Handbook of Research on Social, Cultural, and Educational Considerations of Indigenous Knowledge in Developing Countries
2016 | Book chapter
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2-s2.0-85016353335

Contributors: Mji, G.; Kalenga, R.; Ned, L.; Alperstein, M.; Banda, D.
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Peer review (1 review for 1 publication/grant)

Review activity for PloS one. (1)