Disability is not Inability

Disability Manifesto editing: The disability Manifesto taskforce finally came up with a drfat document which was approved for printing and distribution...More.

:: KENYADEAFNET LAUNCHED: A new website based resource facility was recently launched to provide information about the deaf in kenya. The kenya deaf resource Centre is envisioned to ... More

:: STEADMAN GROUP WINS TENDER TO CARRY OUT A DISABILITY AND HIV/AIDS SURVEY. A renown Opinon survey company the Steadman Group won a tender to carry out a survey on the impact of HIV/AIDS on disability in the country. The research tendered by Handicap International bring with it challenges of adjustments... more

::MEDIA SHOULD ENGAGE DISABILITY: While organisation like UDPK may be rubbished as irrelevant in the proposed Media Bill 2007 as the disability representative in a statutory Council supervising the media, Joel Omondi in his articles titles disability and media regulation in kenya argues that the media need to engage the disability community to avoid discriminatio:

:: MEDIA COVERAGE OF FOCUSES ON IMPAIRMENT IMAGERY THAT PERPETUATES DISCRIMINATION OF PWD: We look at an Essy by Colins Barnes who argues that this media portrayal leads to negative perception of the disability community and is the root cause for widesppread discrimination....More

:: THE CONTROVERSIAL MEDIA BILL 2007 and DISABILITY REPRESENTATION: What was the rationale for inclusion of the UDPK in the proposed Media regulatory Body as given in the Media Bill 2007 by the Ministry of Information and Communication.... More

:: TICK TOCK TO 2007 GENERAL ELECTIONS : WHAT ADJUSTMENTS BY ECK TO ENFRANCHISE VOTERS W/DISABILITES: The push for more access to political power in Kenya by the disability community is undeniable. ...More

:: ABBA Report on the Seminar held on 29th March 2007 released with various interesting conclusions borne to significantly change the definition of disability within national development policy...

::Education For All Global Monitoring Report: Strong Foundations - Early Childhood Care and Education
Date: 26/10/2006; The Education For All Global Monitoring Report is commissioned by UNESCO and prepared and published annually by an independent team of experts...More

:: A Case for A National Disability Health & HIV/AIDS Policy Framework. 12th October 2006.

Policy leadership that sets standards, guidelines and protocol to serve clients with various disabilities is integral to making the environment conducive. there is need for a policy framework that effectively integrates disability into national health and HIV/AIDS programming...More

:: Deaf Statistics in Kenya
It is important to note that hearing loss is the second most prevalent disability after physical disability. Of the majority of the more than three million disabled Kenyans...More

:: Increasing Mental Health Cases worring the State:
28th October 2006
The Number of Kenyans affected by mental health challenges is rising steadily, says Minister (saturday Nation)...More

>> Previous & Pending Reports

:: Ministry of Education Disability-friendly Free education status Reports 2006.
:: Ministry of Health Disability-friendly Health services Reports 2006.
:: KNDAEP Phase four Report 2005 (pdf).
:: Handicap International Report 2005 (pdf).
:: UDPK Reports 2005.
:: NCPWDs Reports 2005.
:: NACC Disability AIDS Reports 2005.
:: Liverpool VCT Deaf Programme Reports.
:: Omeda Report 2006.
:: Deaf AIDS 2000 - 2006 report (pdf).
::African Decade of Persons with Disabilities (1999-2009); Kenya National Action Plan Progress Reports

>> Resources

:: ONE HIV/AIDS Monitoring & Evaluation (NACC)