Inclusive Education at the crossroads in Ashanti and BrongAhafo regions in Ghana: Target not achievable by 2015

MP Opoku, E Badu, M Amponteng, E Agyei-Okyere - 2015 - figshare.utas.edu.au
Purpose: Inclusive education, widely acknowledged as an alternative method of making
education accessible to children with special needs, has been piloted for 10 years in …

Poverty alleviation among persons with disabilities via United Nations' sustainable development goals in Ghana: Voices of stakeholders with disabilities

MP Opoku, K Swabey, D Pullen… - Sustainable …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Consistently, it has been reported that persons with disabilities face multiple challenges in
societies and thus it is important that deliberate intervention programs are initiated to …

Access barriers to health care among people with disabilities in the Kumasi Metropolis of Ghana

E Badu, P Agyei-Baffour, MP Opoku - Canadian Journal of …, 2016 - cjds.uwaterloo.ca
Health care is a human right yet access barriers to health care remain one of the major
challenges among people with disabilities. One of the several reasons accounting for this is …

Exploring stakeholders' response to travel needs of commuters with disability in the Accra Metropolitan Assembly

PK Odame, RO Amoako‐Sakyi… - Geo: Geography and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Access to public transport increases vulnerable people's social mobility, facilitates economic
integration and improves general well‐being. This is possible given the low vehicular …

Travel mode choice and its responsiveness to the needs of commuters with disability in the Accra metropolitan assembly

PK Odame - TeMA-Journal of Land Use, Mobility and Environment, 2022 - serena.unina.it
The need for out of door trips is informed by the fact that many life-enhancing opportunities
are found outside one's home. Here, access to public transport becomes critical in enjoying …

Mobility challenges of persons with disabilities at a University in Ghana

EKY Ashigbi, EL Torgbenu, AK Danso… - Journal of Disability …, 2017 - pubs.iscience.in
The passage of the Persons with Disability Act, 2006 (Act 715) in Ghana was hailed by many
as a giant step toward achieving universal designs and consequently social inclusion and …

Spatial and Information Accessibility of Museums and Places of Historical Interest: A Comparison between London and Thessaloniki

E Koustriava, M Koutsmani - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
Accessibility to the cultural heritage of museums is an inalienable right of all individuals.
However, these places appear to be very unfriendly and unsustainable towards individuals …

Sidewalk accessibility and pedestrian safety among students with physical disability in the University of Cape Coast

PK Odame, RO Amoako-Sakyi - Current Res. J. Soc. Sci. & Human., 2019 - HeinOnline
In pursuance of the UN's Convention on the Right of Persons with Disability and Ghana's
disability act, the University of Cape Coast has equally instituted a string of interventions to …

Road transport infrastructure and mobility: Views of students with physical disability in the University of Cape Coast

PK Odame - 2017 - ir.ucc.edu.gh
Though the Persons of Disability Act 715 calls for the provision of an accessible
environment, attention on the mobility needs of commuters with disability has focused on …

[PDF][PDF] Inequality and Inclusive Development in Ghana

ANA Sowah, PSK Tetteh, KT Asante - Reduced Inequalities, 2023 - library.oapen.org
Inequality is the subject of vigorous debates in academic and policy circles because it
invariably draws on moral sentiments about what constitutes a fair and just society. While …