Open AccessAfrican University Students Perspectives On Disability Access
Author(s) -
Shade Osifuye,
Jeanne L. Higbee
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of diversity management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2157-9512
pISSN - 1558-0121
DOI - 10.19030/jdm.v9i2.8969
Subject(s) - convention on the rights of persons with disabilities , focus group , qualitative research , political science , convention , focus (optics) , universal design , pedagogy , sociology , medical education , public relations , medicine , social science , engineering , law , physics , optics , anthropology , mechanical engineering
Responding to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons With Disabilities (CRPD), this paper reports on the results of one phase of a qualitative research study conducted at a large, public, multi-campus university in East Africa to explore the challenges faced by students with physical disabilities. Recommendations from a focus group are presented and implications for pedagogical and institutional transformation are discussed.