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African University Students Perspectives On Disability Access

Author(s) -

Shade Osifuye,

Jeanne L. Higbee

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

journal of diversity management (jdm)

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.

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