The university is doing a good job by forming a committee to cater for the interest of PWD’s.
Every disabled employee is allocated in an office where the toilets are disabled-friendly, offices have lifts, offices have comfortable chairs & buildings are accessible with easy spacious parking for those who drive. The management always consult PLWD before they make any decisions that concern them.
The Kenya Methodist University in Kaaga, has a similar system. Most universities I know are disability sensitive and indeed, that was my experience when I was at University in the 80's and 90's. Universities were often ahead of other education establishments. What I am interested in are the various mechanisms in Chuka that have been developed to ensure disability sensitivity.
In the mid-nineties Kenyatta University used to have the best systems for PWD’s students. There used to be the famous tuk-tuk to and from lecture halls and the related utilities. Hostels were well suited and specific allowances in terms of space and the related. I wish other institutions could learn from the universities.
Even disabled people are also cared for by the same main streaming committee, but their needs are discussed separately with those of disabled employees. Lecturers are trained on how to handle their shortcomings, for example by not moving them from one class to another, especially classes without ramps. Sign Language interpreters are employed, Braille books are in libraries for blind or short-sighted people, those who cannot walk are bought crutches/wheelchairs. Albinos are bought skin protective lotions (sunburn) & sunglasses, through the approach of their organisations. Indoor games are introduced to PLWD’s. Ramps are in every building and other universities are benchmaking with Chuka University to learn on how to handle disability matters whether with staff or students. Non-disabled staff/students are trained yearly on causes of disabilities, treatments, inclusion, and acceptance of differently abled persons. This is in order to make the university environment friendly to everyone. If this same method is carried out in every educational institution & in social gatherings, then life will be more easier to Children/Adults living with disabilities, not only in schools, but also in their social life.
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What I would add to my apparent praise of University establishments are some very annoying stories. The first is being refused a place on course because between the accommodation and study centre there was a busy road. Nobody seemed to be able to contemplate that my fellow students might help me get across.
The second story, which I have always considered as obscured, was when I was refused a place on a Law course because I could not use my (then 1970s/80s) electric typewriter in the library. At face value this may be presented as reasonable. However, I had just spent a year studying Accountancy on the same floor of the same building using my electric typewriter in the next door common room. Such responses would now be challenged and possibly overturned in Law. Nevertheless it does show how even if you have ramps and converted toilets, public attitudes can still get in the way.
I also had a negative experience while I was doing my undergraduate studies in Ghana from 2009 to 2013. Universities lack accessibility policies and the person with disabilities has to maneuver various barriers to and out of classes. In part, the lack of collaboration between universities and organizations of persons with disabilities worsens the situation. I don’t think there has been any significant changes in this area in universities.