African Journal of Disability

1. Accommodation of students with physical disabilities in face-to-face based distance education in Ghana
Raphael Papa Kweku Andoh, Felix Kumedzro, Rita Kwakuma Nketsiaba
Higher Education Research & Development  vol: 41  issue: 7  first page: 2155  year: 2022  
doi: 10.1080/07294360.2021.1979940

2. Disability policy and practice in Malawian employment and education
Lena Wånggren, Jen Remnant, Sarah Huque, Limbani Kachali, Katherine J. C. Sang, Jenipher Ngwira
Sociology of Health & Illness  vol: 45  issue: 6  first page: 1354  year: 2023  
doi: 10.1111/1467-9566.13577

3. Ubuntu philosophy and the paradox of disability: voices from Ovambo and Damara communities in Namibia
Oliver Mutanga, Cynthy K. Haihambo
African Identities  vol: 24  issue: 3  first page: 541  year: 2026  
doi: 10.1080/14725843.2024.2440083

4. Obuntu bulamu: Parental peer-to-peer support for inclusion of children with disabilities in Central Uganda
Ruth Nalugya, Harriet Nambejja, Claire Nimusiima, Elizabeth S. Kawesa, Geert van Hove, Janet Seeley, Femke Bannink Mbazzi
African Journal of Disability  vol: 12  year: 2023  
doi: 10.4102/ajod.v12i0.948

5. Establishing the relevance of the Ubuntu philosophy in social work practice: Inspired by the Ubuntu World Social Work Day, 2021 celebrations and the IFSW and IASSW’s (2014) Global Definition of Social Work
Robert K Chigangaidze, Itai Mafa, Tapiwanashe G Simango, Elia Mudehwe
International Social Work  vol: 66  issue: 1  first page: 6  year: 2023  
doi: 10.1177/00208728221078374

6. African Renaissance as a Premise for Reimagined Disability Studies in Africa
Lieketseng Yvonne Ned
Journal of Black Studies  vol: 53  issue: 5  first page: 485  year: 2022  
doi: 10.1177/00219347221074391

7. Rupturing the Whitespace
Lalenja Harrington
Departures in Critical Qualitative Research  vol: 11  issue: 3  first page: 94  year: 2022  
doi: 10.1525/dcqr.2022.11.3.94

8. Opening the GATE: systems thinking from the global assistive technology alliance
Natasha Layton, Diane Bell, Mary Ellen Buning, Shih-Ching Chen, Silvana Contepomi, Vinicius Delgado Ramos, Evert-Jan Hoogerwerf, Takenobu Inoue, Inhyuk Moon, Nicky Seymour, Roger O. Smith, Luc de Witte
Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology  vol: 15  issue: 5  first page: 484  year: 2020  
doi: 10.1080/17483107.2020.1738565

9. Relational, Ableist and Gendered Sites of Violence: Perspectives of Tanzanian Girls With Disabilities on Access to Sexual and Reproductive Health Services
Virpi Mesiäislehto
Forum for Development Studies  vol: 51  issue: 1  first page: 25  year: 2024  
doi: 10.1080/08039410.2023.2264857

10. Assistive technology for people with deafblindness in Southern Africa: a Delphi study exploring dimensions of impact
Diane Bell, Meredith Prain, Natasha Layton
Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology  vol: 18  issue: 1  first page: 30  year: 2023  
doi: 10.1080/17483107.2021.1994031

11. Universal Design for Learning in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Review of the Literature
Judith McKenzie, Amani Karisa, Callista Kahonde
International Journal of Disability, Development and Education  vol: 72  issue: 6  first page: 1149  year: 2025  
doi: 10.1080/1034912X.2024.2329628

12. Disability activism in Africa: A thematic review of scholarship since 1990
Chitja Twala, Baldwin Hove
Interdisciplinary Journal of Critical Communications  vol: 1  first page: a04  year: 2026  
doi: 10.51986/ijcc-2026.vol1.04

13. Humor That Hurts: An Exploration of Jokes About Black Women with Disabilities on TikTok in South Africa
Fabiana Battisti, Lorenzo Dalvit
Journalism and Media  vol: 6  issue: 4  first page: 174  year: 2025  
doi: 10.3390/journalmedia6040174

14. “I’m Not Asking for Special Treatment, I’m Asking for Access”: Experiences of University Students with Disabilities in Ghana, Ethiopia and South Africa
Dureyah Abrahams, Beata Batorowicz, Peter Ndaa, Sumaya Gabriels, Solomon M. Abebe, Xiaolin Xu, Heather M. Aldersey
Disabilities  vol: 3  issue: 1  first page: 114  year: 2023  
doi: 10.3390/disabilities3010009

15. ‘I Came to High School to Learn a Lot’: Factors Influencing Success for Learners with Disabilities
Sumaya Gabriels, Theresa Lorenzo, Dureyah Abrahams, Ncikazi Nyoka, Xiaolin Xu, Tewodros Leulseged, Hamdia Mahama, Kegnie Shitu, Solomon M. Abebe, Beata Batorowicz, Heather M. Aldersey
Disabilities  vol: 6  issue: 5  first page: 73  year: 2026  
doi: 10.3390/disabilities6050073

16. Selection of a classroom observation tool for disability inclusion in Uganda
Elizabeth S. Kawesa, Claire Nimusiima, Janet Seeley, Femke Bannink Mbazzi
African Journal of Disability  vol: 13  year: 2024  
doi: 10.4102/AJOD.v13i0.1485

17. Provincializing bodyminds, decolonizing disability
Giorgio Brocco, Laura A. Meek, Jane L. Saffitz
Social Science & Medicine  vol: 376  first page: 118048  year: 2025  
doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2025.118048

18. Children and Youth Environmental Action: The Case of Children and Youth with Disabilities
Chiara Salvatore, Gregor Wolbring
Sustainability  vol: 13  issue: 17  first page: 9950  year: 2021  
doi: 10.3390/su13179950

19. Positioning ubuntu as a strategy to transform classism in university classrooms
Bunmi Isaiah Omodan, Bulelwa Makena
EUREKA: Social and Humanities  issue: 3  first page: 104  year: 2022  
doi: 10.21303/2504-5571.2022.002392

20. Negative social interactions and the persistence of depression: Evidence from the women of Westbury, South Africa
Cyril Dalene Rathnum, Jacqueline Moodley
Journal of Psychology in Africa  vol: 32  issue: 3  first page: 238  year: 2022  
doi: 10.1080/14330237.2021.2018161

21. Negotiating work and care in Chinese families of children with autism: reframing mothers’ narratives through a social-relational lens
Shixin Huang, Xuehui Li, Dong Dong
Disability & Society  vol: 39  issue: 11  first page: 2835  year: 2024  
doi: 10.1080/09687599.2023.2227330