{"id":9376,"date":"2024-11-27T15:00:18","date_gmt":"2024-11-27T20:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lerrn\/?p=9376"},"modified":"2026-04-28T10:40:37","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T14:40:37","slug":"lerrn-working-paper-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lerrn\/2024\/lerrn-working-paper-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Access to Tertiary Education for Refugees with Disabilities in Dadaab Refugee Camps"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Access to Tertiary Education for Refugees with Disabilities in Dadaab Refugee Camps\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<h3 id=\"working-paper-26\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Working Paper 26<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>by Abdi Omar Aden,<i>York University<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"executive-summary\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Executive Summary<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p1\">This paper investigates higher education opportunities for refugees with disabilities in the Dagahaley refugee camp (Dadaab, Kenya) with an emphasis on inclusivity, parent support, resource availability, barriers, and recruitment processes. The study employed qualitative methods to uncover existing tertiary opportunities for persons with disabilities, while exposing the challenges they encounter. The research included interviews with high school graduates who had no tertiary opportunities and with those who had received scholarships in Kenya from international non-governmental organizations and donors. Participants highlighted the problem of accessibility to scholarships and lack of opportunities for persons with disabilities in higher education. The recruitment process for higher education was quite restrictive and highly competitive, based largely on high school grades. Participants suggested ways to make recruitment more accessible to persons with disabilities. 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