by Sally Lindsay, Gözde Öncil, Sarah Leo Background Access to safe and affordable housing is a human right; however, people with disabilities are more likely to live in inaccessible, insecure, unaffordable and poor-quality housing than people without disabilities. They often experience many forms of disability-related discrimination (ableism) in finding and maintaining adequate housing.
The objective of our study was to synthesize the literature on housing ableism among people with disabilities seeking or maintaining independent housing. Methods We conducted a scoping review that involved searching six international databases that identified 10,082 studies, 52 of which met our inclusion criteria involving empirical research, without language or date restrictions, that had a sample focusing on people with disabilities, that had findings related to independent housing and ableism.
We followed the best practices of scoping review methodology and applied an inductive data analysis approach. Results The studies included in the review involved 13 countries over a 47-year period.
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