Disability Inclusion – IDS Collection

Experiences and Expectations of Inclusive Pre-primary Education in Kenya: Reporting the Results of the First Round of Focus Group Discussions in Homa Bay and Kakuma

Wickenden, Mary; Rohwerder, Brigitte; Njungi, Josephine (Institute of Development Studies, 2022-07)

The Disability Inclusive Development (DID) programme is a large disability programme funded by the UK government’s Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO). Under this programme, Task Order 20 is a project in ...

IDS Action Learning Groups with Jobseekers and Employers Involved in the Inclusion Works Programme. A Report on the Process and Findings

Wickenden, Mary; Rohwerder, Brigitte; Thompson, Stephen (Institute of Development Studies, 2022-06)

The report describes how IDS organised and ran a series of action learning groups with jobseekers and employers involved with the FCDO-funded Inclusion Works programme. Action learning groups are a participatory way of ...

Experiences of People with Disabilities During Covid-19 in South Africa: The Exacerbation of Disadvantage

Hart, Tim G.B.; Wickenden, Mary; Thompson, Stephen; Davids, Yul Derek; Majikijela, Yamkela; Ngungu, Mercy; Rubaba, Tinashe; Molongoana, Nthabiseng (Institute of Development Studies, 2022-04)

The impact of COVID-19 is falling unevenly across the South African population; research quickly revealed how the worst impacts fell along geographic, racial, and gendered lines. A recent study by the Institute for Development ...

Socio-Economic Wellbeing and Human Rights-Related Experiences of People with Disabilities in Covid-19 Times in South Africa

Hart, Tim; Wickenden, Mary; Thompson, Stephen; Davids, Yul Derek; Pienaar, Gary; Ngungu, Mercy; Majikijela, Yamkela; Rubaba, Tinashe; Molongoana, Nthabiseng; Bohler-Muller, Narina; Wentzel-du Toit, Therina; Kalis, Andre; Boya, Lebogang; Mofokeng, Masentle (Institute of Development Studies, 2022-01)

During the early months of the global pandemic the international Disability Rights Monitor group survey illustrated the circumstances of persons with disabilities around the world. Gradually literature on the situation for ...

Accessible Sanitation in the Workplace – Important Considerations for Disability-Inclusive Employment in Nigeria and Bangladesh

Thompson, Stephen; Adekoya, Rasak; Mallick, Utpal; Adaji, Omojo; Rakib, Abdur; Carew, Mark (Institute of Development Studies, 2022-01-27)

This paper explores the relationship between accessible sanitation and disability-inclusive employment in Bangladesh and Nigeria. Both countries have sanitation and hygiene challenges as well as disability-inclusive ...

Lives Turned Upside Down in COVID-19 Times: Exploring Disabled People's Experiences in 5 Low-and-middle Income Countries Using Narrative Interviews

Wickenden, Mary; Shaw, Jackie; Thompson, Stephen; Rohwerder, Brigitte (Disability Studies Quarterly, 2021-09)

This article explores COVID-19 related experiences of disabled people in Bangladesh, Kenya, Nigeria, Nepal and Uganda. Narrative interviews generated storied responses, focussing on respondents' priorities, which enabled ...

Freedom of Religious Belief and People with Disabilities: A Case Study of People with Disabilities from Religious Minorities in Chennai, India

Thompson, Stephen; Rohwerder, Brigitte; Arockiasamy, Clement (Institute of Development Studies, 2021-06)

India has a unique and complex religious history, with faith and spirituality playing an important role in everyday life. Hinduism is the majority religion, and there are many minority religions. India also has a complicated ...

Freedom of Religious Belief and People with Disabilities: Evidence from India

Thompson, Stephen; Rohwerder, Brigitte; Arockiasamy, Clement (Institute of Development Studies, 2021-06)

Around the world, people with disabilities can be the most marginalised in society. Having a disability and being a member of a religious minority or an excluded social group can compound the reasons why some people find ...

“Everything is Totally Uncertain Right Now”: People with Disabilities’ Experiences of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Bangladesh

Shaw, Jackie; Akter, Fatema; Rohwerder, Brigitte; Wickenden, Mary; Thompson, Stephen (Institute of Development Studies, 2021-06)

The COVID-19 pandemic is deepening pre-existing inequalities. Emerging research suggests that people with disabilities across the world have experienced various rights violations and been disproportionately affected by the ...

“This Pandemic Brought a Lot of Sadness”: People with Disabilities’ Experiences of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Nigeria

Thompson, Stephen; Chuba-Uzo, Shadrach; Rohwerder, Brigitte; Shaw, Jackie; Wickenden, Mary (Institute of Development Studies, 2021-06)

This qualitative study was undertaken as part of the work of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) funded Inclusion Works programme which aims to improve inclusive employment for people with disabilities ...

“The Situation has Exposed Persons with Disabilities to Double Edged Pain”: People with Disabilities’ Experiences of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Uganda

Wickenden, Mary; Rohwerder, Brigitte; Shaw, Jackie; Thompson, Stephen; Wakoko, Eric (Institute of Development Studies, 2021-05)

This qualitative study was undertaken as part of the work of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) funded Inclusion Works programme which aims to improve inclusive employment for people with disabilities ...

“This Time of Corona Has Been Hard”: People with Disabilities’ Experiences of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Kenya

Rohwerder, Brigitte; Njungi, Josephine; Wickenden, Mary; Thompson, Stephen; Shaw, Jackie (Institute of Development Studies, 2021-05)

The COVID-19 pandemic is deepening pre-existing inequalities. Emerging research suggests that people with disabilities across the world have experienced various rights violations and been disproportionality affected by the ...

‘Because of COVID, Everything is a Mess’ How Have People with Disabilities Experienced the Pandemic in Nepal and Bangladesh?

Rohwerder, Brigitte; Thompson, Stephen; Shaw, Jackie; Wickenden, Mary; Kayastha, Shubha; Sigdel, Anita; Akter, Fatema; Bosri, Rabia (Institute of Development Studies, 2021-03)

COVID-19 is deepening pre-existing inequalities. Emerging research suggests that people with disabilities across the world have experienced various rights violations and been disproportionality affected by the health, ...