CBR Training

TATCOT IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT ADMISSIONS FOR THE 2019-2020 ACADEMIC YEAR ARE OPEN.

The Tanzania Training Centre for Orthopaedic Technologists (TATCOT) located in Moshi (Tanzania) offers five distinct courses of study, which all are accredited by the International Society of Prosthetics and Orthotics (ISPO): Diploma in Orthopaedic Technology (3 years training programme) Certificate in Lower Limb Prosthetic Technology (18 months training programme) Certificate in Lower Limb Orthotic Technology (18 […]

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CBR learning opportunities

INCLUDE is an online learning community for community-based rehabilitation (CBR) that aims to inform and support CBR managers and interested stakeholders around the world. click here for details. Kyambogo University offers training opportunities on CBR under the  department of Community and Disability Studies, which  was started in January 1996 initially as a section for Social […]

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Inclusion of pupils with intellectual disabilities: Primary school teachers’ attitudes and willingness in a rural area in Uganda

Inclusion of pupils with intellectual disabilities: Primary school teachers’ attitudes and willingness in a rural area in Uganda

Inclusion of pupils with intellectual disabilities: Primary school teachers’ attitudes and willingness in a rural area in Uganda  Patrick Ojok, and Siri Wormnæsc∗ Department of Community and Disability Studies, Kyambogo University, Kampala, Uganda; Department of Disability and Human Development, University of Illinois, Chicago, USA; Department of Special Needs Education, Faculty of Education, University of Oslo, […]

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Beyond Legislation: Implementing the Employment Provisions of the Persons with Disabilities Act of Uganda 2006

Beyond Legislation: Implementing the Employment Provisions of the Persons with Disabilities Act of Uganda 2006

Patrick Ojok Lecturer, Department of Community and Disability Studies, Kyambogo University, Kampala, Uganda. PhD candidate, Department of Disability and Human Development, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA. Email: patriceojok@yahoo.com Abstract: Given the lack of social safety nets for persons with disabilities as well as other people in Uganda, employment is critical to people’s socio-economic well-being. […]

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Addressing Special Needs in a University Setting

Presentation at 5th Africa Forum, Accra, Ghana 4–8 July 2011 By Voctor Locoro Email: vlocoro@gmail.com Department of Community and Disability Studies Kyambogo University, Uganda Abstract This paper examines efforts and challenges in the provision of higher education to persons with visual impairments in Uganda. It draws on the experience of some universities in the country […]

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