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AccessKen Research Initiative

Intersectional Approaches to Disability Inclusion: Examining the Impacts of Ethnicity, Gender, and Disability on Access to Learning and Research Opportunities in Higher Education Institutions in Kenya (AccessKen)

AccessKen examined how ethnicity, gender and disability intersect to shape access to learning and research in Kenyan higher education — and asked disabled students themselves what would change it.

By the numbers

Empirical evidence from Kenyan universities

86

disabled students surveyed

5

Kenyan universities

2

peer-reviewed papers

12

month programme

Key findings

What disabled students found on campus

Respondents reported which accessibility provisions actually existed at their institution. Ramps and lifts are widespread. Almost nothing else is.

Ramps

Lifts

Disability Resource Centres

WCAG-compliant Websites

67.4% reported availability

60.5% reported availability

30.2% reported availability

Only 4.7% reported availability

Base: 86 disabled students at five Kenyan universities, 2025. Published in Degenerative Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities, 2026.

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