
ICT's opening the door to possibilities for PWDs
ICT has the potential for making significant improvements in the lives of persons with disabilities (PWDs) by allowing them to live indepen…
As full members of societies, Persons with Disabilities (PWD) can contribute to the development of a country with their skills and form culture and societies with their ideas.
To take part actively, access to education and a barrier-free infrastructure is necessary, but not always implemented. Therefore PWDs have less opportunities in the labour market, also stigmatisation leads to an additional mental health stressor. Digitalisation can contribute to the well-being of PWDs through the mitigation of stigmas and digital/online tools offer several options to include PWDs.
This project is lead by Pollicy who collaborate with NUDIPU to assess how ICT policies and strategies affect access and utilization of ICTs by persons with disabilities in Uganda.