Disability and Social Justice in Kenya

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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• Serviços sociais e de bem-estar, criminologia
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Global Disability Studies;African Disability Studies;Critical Disability Studies;Disability Studies;Kenya;Kenyan studies;Social Justice;Kenya and Disability;Africa and Disability;Disability;Human Rights;Disability Rights;Special Needs Education;Social Movements;Disability and Culture;Disability and Media;Disability and Poverty;Disability and Addiction;Disability and the Law;History of Disability;Disability Activism;Disability Policy;Disability Advocacy;Disability and Stigma;Disability and Caregivers;Disability Justice