THE CHALLENGE OF ATTAINING HIGHER EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT FOR WOMEN WITH DISABILITIES-WWDs

When we talk of higher education, then we mean a nightmare for most women with disabilities. The common and general problem that will affect them and the disabled men is the accessibility problem, the institutions will not be so willing to provide them with accommodation, there will also be a challenge when it comes to the need for special services like readers for the blind and sign language interpretation for the deaf. But when we look at the case of disabled women, we find that they face additional problems other than what affects them together with the disabled men.

Just like it is with the non disabled women, the disabled women may be forced into traditional female fields by the academic advisors of some institutions; they may face more big obstacles than the non disabled women if they show interest in the male dominated fields. And at times we may find that disabled women are even pushed to pursue the disability field in the higher learning institutions. This therefore shows that disabled women will hardly get a good chance to pursue the careers that will enable them to access highly valued and well paying professional positions. It is very clear that the disabled women face a lot of employment barriers when compared to disabled men or even the women without disabilities.