Disability & International Development

Malcolm MacLachlan is Associate Professor at the Centre for Global Health and School of Psychology, Trinity College Dublin.  His research focuses on psychosocial rehabilitation of physically disabled people, organizational aspects of international aid and development, and culture and health.Leslie Swartz is Professor of Psychology at Stellenbosch University (South Africa) and an Honourary Research Associate at the Human Sciences Research Council.  He holds a doctorate in Psychology from the University of Cape Town and is rated as an internationally rated scientist by the National Research Foundation of South Africa.

• From the Local to the Global: the Many Contexts of Disability and International Development.- The Effect of Failed States on the Well-Being and Lives of People with Disabilities.- The Impact of International Human Rights Law on the National Laws of Ethiopia from a Gender Rights and Disability Rights Perspective.- Building an Inclusive National Strategy for Disabled Children in Kyrgyzstan Through an Application of the BIAS FREE Framework.- Networking in Disability for Development: Introducing the African Network for Evidence-to-Action on Disability (AfriNEAD).- Building Disability Research Capacity in Low-Income Contexts: Possibilities and Challenges.- Empowerment, Advocacy and National Development Policy: A Case Study of Disabled Peoples’ Organizations in Bolivia.- Cultural Challenges in Piloting Disability Surveys in Papua New Guinea.- Disability and HIV/AIDS: A Key Development Issue.- Assistive Technology in Low-Income Countries.- Childhood Disability in Burkina Faso and Sierra Leone: An Exploratory Analysis.- Education, Disability, and International Development.- Listening to the Voices of Disability: Experiences of Caring for Children with Cerebral Palsy in a Rural South African Setting.