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Presents the first interdisciplinary and multivocal study of its kind to review achievements and challenges related to the situation of persons with disabilities in Kenya today, in light of the country’s longer history of disability and the wide range of local practices and institutions.

Table of Contents
  • Table of Contents
    Preface (Kimani Njogu)
  • “Kinga na kinga ndipo moto huwakapo”: Disability in Kenya (Rebecca Monteleone and Nina Berman)
  • From Human Rights to Disability Rights
  • Disability and Social Justice: Persons with Disabilities and the Quest for Inclusion and Constitutional Reforms in Kenya (Patrick “Paddy” Onyango)
  • Access to Justice as a Tool for Social Inclusion: An Overview of Legal Frameworks for Persons with Disabilities in Kenya (Fredrick Collins Omondi)
  • International and Domestic Legal Protection Against Violence for Girls and Women with Disabilities in Kenya (Arlene S. Kanter and Everlyn Milanoi Koiyiet)
  • Disability Activism and Medical Genetics: Shaping the Emerging Landscape (Rebecca Monteleone)
  • Access and Inclusion
  • Claiming our Space: A Political Economy of the Dis-Citizenship of Disabled Kenyans (Theodoto Ressa)
  • Disability and Poverty in Kenya (Samuel Odawo)
  • Anayevaa kiatu, hujua kinapomfinya (The wearer of the shoe knows where it pinches) (Christopher Odinga)
  • Education and the Media
  • Special Needs Education in Kenya: Progress since Independence (Sheilah Mukholi Lutta)
  • Girl Child Network’s Best Practices for Inclusive Education: Access to Education for Learners with Disabilities (Nathaniel Murungi and Collins Ombajo, with Mercy Musomi and Dennis Mutiso)
  • Children with Disabilities in Kenyan Media: Lessons from the Abled Differently Programme (John Ndavula and Jackline Lidubwi)
  • Reconceptualizing Advocacy Work Toward Improving Educational Provisions for Children with Disabilities (Lubna Mazrui and Margaret Murugami)
  • Stigma and Culture
  • Psychosocial-Economic Challenges of Parents of Children with Disabilities and Psychological Well-Being in Uasin Gishu County, Kenya (Prisca Kiptoo-Tarus, William Kurumei, and Stephen Ngososei)
  • Heroin Addiction as Socially Induced Disability (Nina Berman)
  • Changing Cultural Perceptions of Disability through Empowerment of Families and Local Leaders (Cynthia Rose Bauer and Leonard Mbonani, with Jessica Charles)
  • Epilogue

Disability and Social Justice in Kenya

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      Publisher: LUP - University of Michigan Press
      Publication Date: 5/19/2022 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780472075355, 978-0472075355
      ISBN10: 0472075357
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Presents the first interdisciplinary and multivocal study of its kind to review achievements and challenges related to the situation of persons with disabilities in Kenya today, in light of the country’s longer history of disability and the wide range of local practices and institutions.

      Table of Contents
      • Table of Contents
        Preface (Kimani Njogu)
      • “Kinga na kinga ndipo moto huwakapo”: Disability in Kenya (Rebecca Monteleone and Nina Berman)
      • From Human Rights to Disability Rights
      • Disability and Social Justice: Persons with Disabilities and the Quest for Inclusion and Constitutional Reforms in Kenya (Patrick “Paddy” Onyango)
      • Access to Justice as a Tool for Social Inclusion: An Overview of Legal Frameworks for Persons with Disabilities in Kenya (Fredrick Collins Omondi)
      • International and Domestic Legal Protection Against Violence for Girls and Women with Disabilities in Kenya (Arlene S. Kanter and Everlyn Milanoi Koiyiet)
      • Disability Activism and Medical Genetics: Shaping the Emerging Landscape (Rebecca Monteleone)
      • Access and Inclusion
      • Claiming our Space: A Political Economy of the Dis-Citizenship of Disabled Kenyans (Theodoto Ressa)
      • Disability and Poverty in Kenya (Samuel Odawo)
      • Anayevaa kiatu, hujua kinapomfinya (The wearer of the shoe knows where it pinches) (Christopher Odinga)
      • Education and the Media
      • Special Needs Education in Kenya: Progress since Independence (Sheilah Mukholi Lutta)
      • Girl Child Network’s Best Practices for Inclusive Education: Access to Education for Learners with Disabilities (Nathaniel Murungi and Collins Ombajo, with Mercy Musomi and Dennis Mutiso)
      • Children with Disabilities in Kenyan Media: Lessons from the Abled Differently Programme (John Ndavula and Jackline Lidubwi)
      • Reconceptualizing Advocacy Work Toward Improving Educational Provisions for Children with Disabilities (Lubna Mazrui and Margaret Murugami)
      • Stigma and Culture
      • Psychosocial-Economic Challenges of Parents of Children with Disabilities and Psychological Well-Being in Uasin Gishu County, Kenya (Prisca Kiptoo-Tarus, William Kurumei, and Stephen Ngososei)
      • Heroin Addiction as Socially Induced Disability (Nina Berman)
      • Changing Cultural Perceptions of Disability through Empowerment of Families and Local Leaders (Cynthia Rose Bauer and Leonard Mbonani, with Jessica Charles)
      • Epilogue

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