Socioprofessional Reinsertion of People With Disabilities in the 2010 Earthquake in Port-Au-Prince: The Case of office Auxiliaries

Alassane Boukary Biga; Adolphe Ahonnon; Pierrot Coffi Edoh; Jimitry Annexile

Authors

Alassane Boukary Biga Doctor in Science of Education, Auxiliary Master of CAMES, University of Abomey-Calavi (Benin), National Institute of Youth, Physical Education and Sport, Laboratory of Social Psychology and Animation
Adolphe Ahonnon Doctor in Science of Education, University of Abomey-Calavi (Benin), National Institute of Youth, Physical Education and Sport, Laboratory of Social Psychology and Animation
Pierrot Coffi Edoh Doctor in Science of Education, Master of CAMES, University of Abomey-Calavi (Benin), National Institute of Youth, Physical Education and Sport, Laboratory of Social Psychology and Animation
Jimitry Annexile Administrator of Local Development, University of Abomey-Calavi (Benin), National Institute of Youth, Physical Education and Sport, Laboratory of Social Psychology and Animation

Keywords:

reintegration, social perception, accompaniment, auxiliary of office, people handicapped motor

Abstract

Since the seism which has occurred on January 12, 2010 in Haiti, the town of Port-au-Prince shelters a group of people coming from auxiliary category socio-professional who are confronted with the problem of socio-professional reintegration following their driving handicap. ¶This present study has as a general objective to detect the principal causes which explain their difficulty of socio-professional reintegration. ¶It is about one at the same time qualitative and quantitative study which goes on 85 subjects including 80 driving handicapped people and 05 persons in charge for associations and establishments working in the field of the handicap and socio-professional insertion. ¶The results obtained reveal that 93.75% admit that there is a relation between the social perception of the physical handicap and their exclusion of the labour market. ¶It is what undoubtedly explains the fact that 91.25% of surveyed never tried to deposit their files to take down a workstation, in spite of their wanting. ¶Then, with regard to the socio-professional accompaniment, 96.25% of the subjects affirm the inexistence of structure of socio-professional accompaniment as being another major problem. ¶With that other difficulties are added, such as: ¶means of displacement, financial means and information. ¶So it falls on the authorities concerned to make efforts necessary to the socio-professional reintegration of these agents (auxiliary of office) become handicapped engines following the seism at Port-au-Prince.

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