It is often stated that accessibility is the only important aspect of improving the lives of disabled people. However, while accessibility is very important, it is not the only thing that needs to be changed.
Charities must stop creating objects of pity
7 reasons why play is at the heart of our work
This shocking statistic shows why more must be done for disabled people
There is a staggering statistic in The African Report on Children with Disabilities that shows that there is a lot of work to be done to create an inclusive society.
This is why we must stop searching for ways to say 'special needs'
Disabled people aren't 'Superhuman', let's stop saying it
We need to rethink the term 'special needs' - here's why
4 ways Disability Africa is changing lives
The UN Convention is a vision unrealised. Don't celebrate it just yet
It is ten years since the adoption of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. A landmark achievement in the international recognition of the rights of disabled people. Yet, in Ngwerere, a dispersed rural community in Zambia close to the capital Lusaka, only an extreme optimist could find evidence of any discernible difference made to the lives of disabled people in those ten years of the UN Convention...