[sopvid] Re: Jane Ocharo's Presentation on Disability Mainstreaming
- From: "Celestina Wawuda" <celeswawuda@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: sopvid@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2014 19:50:31 +0300
Hi John,
you will have to tolerate such comments for many more times in life. As a
person with disability, you have to put extra effort, much more than your
counterparts. There can also be a time when you excel and people will say that
you are making up for your disability or you have been favoured; but you must
forge on!
I have also realised that the majority of those in charge of our institutions
lack awareness. To them people with disabilities are those with physical
disabilities. I once inquired out of curiosity in a hospital here, how they
serve persons with disabilities and I was told that there ware ramps in the
facility. I had to take time to educate them about the blind and the deaf but
I'm almost sure that nothing has been done. The will is lacking in most of us.
However, as Paul says, sometimes we have to pay a price.
Take heart, be creative, polish your shoe even when you know it's clean and you
will succeed.
celestina.
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Subject: [sopvid] Re: Jane Ocharo's Presentation on Disability Mainstreaming
From: "johnakwalu@xxxxxxxxx" <johnakwalu@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: 13/04/2014 10:51 am
Am a part 2 distant education student of this university. Stop using your d
isability to look for favours. I know you have a disability but you were ta
ught how to live with it." since exams are not debrailed, guess what i go t
hrough when doing passages in kiswahili and communication skills, and start
istics [data.[ i however comend the personal efforts of the current assista
nt dean of students. The lady really tries but never achieves much probably
becaus she receives no backing.I have written letters to the offices of de
an of students and of faculties concerning debrailling of exams, exclution
of the instruction to answer questions with a drawing of laswel's model of
comunication, provision of braille machine and writing papers. Nothing has
happened so far. I broke my personal brailler at the day before the startis
tics cat, went to repair it but due to traffic jam missed the exam. I asked
the resident lecturer at uthiru girls on dec 2014 i was told this over the
phone: "tion to I
-----Original message--From: Reginald OdSent: 12/04/2014, 5:50 pm
To: sopvid@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [sopvid] Re: Jane Ocharo's Presentation o
n Disability Mainstreaming
Hi Jane
I have read John Akwalu's email, and indeed it is important that all
institutions be made more aware of the need to facilitate the full
inclusion of persons with disabilities.
However, I am not sure that singling out specific institutions for
censure in a presentation is the way to go, unless there is evidence
that they are not making satisfactory progress on the issue of
inclusion. For example, a number of First Year students at the
University of Nairobi will tell you that despite the challenges they
face, the office of the Dean of Students has taken some concrete
actions towards making their time in the institution much more
manageable.
Of course I could be asked to declare my interest in the matter of the
University of Nairobi!
--
Reginald M.J. Oduor, Ph.D.
Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Nairobi
(http://profiles.uonbi.ac.ke/oduor_reginald)
Editor-in-Chief, Thought and Practice: A Journal of the Philosophical
Association of Kenya (http://ajol.info/index.php/tp/index)
Chairman, Society of Professionals with Visual Disabilities (SOPVID)
Vice-Chairman, Kenya Society for the Blind
P.O. Box 41693-00100
Nairobi, Kenya
Email: rmjoduor@xxxxxxxxx OR rmjoduor@xxxxxxxxxxx
Tel.: 254 20 2160951
Mob.: 254 722 625555
Skype: reginald.oduor
On 4/11/14, johnakwalu@xxxxxxxxx <johnakwalu@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Dear blind fellows, it is worth notting that school headteachers and ooth
er
> teachers are unwilling to buy braille equipments and materials for blind
> teachers and pupils integrated in their schools. The university of nairob
i
> being an example of post secondary institutions has naughtly refused to
> offer search facilities for blind stundents especially those studying ove
r
> the holidays. Since this nott achieved ammicably, the institutions in
> question should be forced to provide search facilities. Talk about search
> issues in the pressentations. Thank you very much. By john kubai akwalu.
> Telephone no.0715430666.
> -----Original message-----
> From: Jane Ocharo
> Sent: 11/04/2014, 8:47 am
> To: sopvid
> Subject: [sopvid] Colleagues this is agent
>
>
> Dear colleagues,
>
> I have been invited to make a presentation at the Judicial Training
> Institute JTI on Monday 14th April 2014 on VIEW FROM THE GROUND:
> DISABILITY AT THE CUSTOMER CARE DESK so please send me your input.
>
> Looking forward to your agent reply.
>
> Kind regards
>
> Jane Ocharo
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