Disability in Ghana

Two SSHRC-funded research projects studying the history and experience of disability in Ghana, and giving a voice to disabled Ghanaians

[Disability in Ghana @DisabilityGhana]

Check out our project website, with more content coming:
https://t.co/zrmoegKt76
#ghana #disability

[Dan Taylor @taylordanash]

Please share this important video...@QRGhana @QRagile @MindFreedomGh @DisabRightsFund @CBM_Global @AusAmbGHA @TheDIANetwork @FCDOInclusive @InclusionGhana @DisabilityGhana @DRI_advocacy @ @IDA_CRPD_Forum @lizdamelio @BasicNeedsGh @mehsog @CarterCenter @gfdghana @original_gnad

[UNRISD @UNRISD]

📣 No one left behind!

Help us analyse #COVID19 measures and encourage policy responses that are sensitive to the needs of vulnerable people and groups.

🗳️ Take the survey here https://t.co/4BwCEinGs6

Contribute with your expertise!

[Steve Sider @drstevesider]

Blog Post from Ghana: Being mindful of the "why" we are involved with international research partnerships for inclusive education https://t.co/skXpUmMeTJ @DisabilityGhana @JacquelineSpec9 @kimberlymaich @futureofafrica #leadtoinclude

[Steve Sider @drstevesider]

A great reminder ... thanks to ⁦@futureofafrica⁩ for introducing us to some of Ghana’s most marginalized children as well as some amazing volunteers from ⁦@Ashesi⁩ w/ ⁦@DisabilityGhana⁩ ⁦@kimberlymaich⁩ ⁦@JacquelineSpec9⁩ #leadtoinclude

[Steve Sider @drstevesider]

Blog Post: What does "partnership development" mean when it involves the Global North and the Global South? Avoiding new-colonial mindsets and practices https://t.co/wrVducARxw @kimberlymaich @JacquelineSpec9 @DisabilityGhana #leadtoinclude

[Steve Sider @drstevesider]

Blog Post: Perspectives on inclusive education in Ghana: Parents, teachers, and government officials https://t.co/8U6DZtn8hT @JacquelineSpec9 @kimberlymaich @DisabilityGhana #leadtoinclude

[Jacqueline Specht @JacquelineSpec9]

Great discussion today with parents and teachers in Ghana. Define inclusive education. "At the end of the day all the students have learned what the teacher wanted to teach them." How do you define inclusive education? @DisabilityGhana @kimberlymaich @drstevesider #leadtoinclude

[Disability Africa @DirectoratDA]

"All human beings are born free and equal in dignity & rights".

We work to ensure that the rights & freedoms of disabled young people are understood & upheld.

#Inclusion is a right in itself, & a path to securing other human rights. #StandUp4HumanRights #HumanRightsDay #Africa

[Disability in Ghana @DisabilityGhana]

...and new stories will be added periodically to the site. #photovoice #Ghana

[Disability in Ghana @DisabilityGhana]

To mark UN International Day of Persons with Disabilities, we're starting our new photovoice project highlighting differing abilities expressed by Ghanaians with disabilities: https://t.co/NluLUkw7aW #IDPD2019 #IDPWD2019 #photovoice

[An Inclusive Society for All ! @AfricaLinc]

Reducing inequalities and barriers to Inclusion through sporting activities may not only lead to health gains amongst people with #disabilities, but also increase their Social, cultural and economic participation in the communities.
#IDPWD2019
#StandUp4HumanRights
#IDPWD @HI_UK

[David Achuroa @AchuroaD]

#Disabilityinclusion and disability accomodation meant different things. Disability inclusion removes barriers while #disabilityaccomodation manage barriers

[ICED @ICED_LSHTM]

The 6th run of our popular free @FutureLearn #MOOC on Global Health & Disability begins Dec 2nd. Join us and the 9000 people who've signed up for previous runs here: https://t.co/QzP16jll2T @LSHTM_TEL

[Sightsavers Policy and Research @Sightsavers_Pol]

It’s 2019 and we all know people with #disabilities should have #equal #rights by now! But in many countries, this still isn’t the case. Help us take our #petition to @UN by signing to show your support here: https://t.co/U7rmPyDkAC #EqualWorld 🌍

[Ghana Disability Network @GhDisabilityNet]

Check out. A scholarship opportunity for PWDs

[Human Rights Watch @hrw]

"I've been chained for 5 months now. It hurts when I walk" says Oluwasegun Ariyo, chained in Nigeria, simply because he has a mental health condition. #Breakthechains https://t.co/Q0bsLY1COS

[An Inclusive Society for All ! @AfricaLinc]

@mbachelet Great strides in the work you do @mbachelet. All persons especially women with disabilities serve equal rights to Inclusion as their peers without disabilities.
#LeaveNoWomanBehind
#NoLongerIgnored
@hrw @DisabilityGhana @UN_Women @unwomenafrica

[Sightsavers Policy and Research @Sightsavers_Pol]

#TropicalData, which follows in the footsteps of the Global Trachoma Mapping Project, has now reached and checked more than five million people for trachoma in some of the world’s most remote communities:
https://t.co/odgDGaRxZY @RTIfightsNTDs @ITIatlanta @LSHTM

[An Inclusive Society for All ! @AfricaLinc]

A Learning & sharing conference is currently going on in Nairobi West Rio Hotel, on the theme "Inclusion of youth with disabilities in vocational intitutions and support during transition to labour market," participants are brainstorming on effective ways to ensuring this works