Social Service Applications For The Disabled: Bibliometric Mapping

Abstract

It is known that disabled individuals do not have the same opportunities as other individuals in maintaining their daily life in the society, meeting their education and health needs, or accessing other services. This situation may be due to the fact that environmental conditions are not arranged in accordance with disabled individuals, other individuals do not empathize with disabled individuals, inadequacy of legal regulations or socio-economic conditions. The acceptance status of disabled people in the society also varies, sometimes they are met without prejudice, and sometimes they are exposed to violence, harassment, exclusion and insulting words, attitudes and behaviors because of their disabilities. When the literature is examined, it is seen that there are studies on the incidence of disability, disability distribution or disability trends. The aim of this study is to examine the researches carried out between 1970-2021 on social work practices offered to people with disabilities. For this purpose, the data obtained from the Web of Science database were analyzed with bibliometric analysis and visualized with the VOSviewer mapping method. The number of articles published between 1970-2021, the number of citations, the universities that publish the most, and the author network analysis were examined using bibliometric indicators.