Across the world stereotypes, prejudice, and stigma contribute to the discrimination and exclusion experienced by people with disabilities and their families in all aspects of their lives. This rapid review looks at available evidence on the drivers of disability stigma in developing countries, and promising strategies for addressing these.
Most of the available evidence uncovered by this rapid review comes from Sub- Saharan Africa, and is from a mix of academic and grey literature. Evidence gaps remain, with Mostert (2016, p.22) for example, noting that there is need for more empirical research around disability stigma in every African country, although pockets of fairly deep research do exist. The available literature has focused more on studying the victims of stigmatisation than the stigmatisers (Mostert, 2016, p. 22).
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