Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has endorsed the Disability Journal describing it as a must read piece of work.
In his view, the journal should be shared across the many channels that possibly can reach the entire world.
Spokesperson, for former President J. A. Kufuor, Dr. Kwabena Osei Adubofour who was speaking at the launch of the Journal in Accra said “the Journal is worth reading and should be shared across the many channels that possibly can reach the entire world.”
The UPSA Vice Chancellor, Prof. John Kwaku Mensah Mawutor who chaired the launch welcomed the initiative and applauded the organisers for the novelty.
He pledged the support of the university for further collaboration in highlighting disability issues for the benefit of all.
Prof. Mawutor, said, “UPSA is open to help in deepening our understanding of disability for inclusion and integration”
On her part, the Country Director of KAS, Ms Anna Wasserfall expressed the joy of her outfit to sponsor the publication and be part of the event.
She pledged the willingness to devote more time and energy to the disability conversations.
Ms Wasserfall also highlighted the interest of the Foundation in reaching out to the marginalised sections of society for inclusive development.
The quarterly journal is an easy-to-read but highly intellectual discourse on the disability subject.
The Journal of Disability Conversations was an initiative of the Rights of Youth and Disability (RYD) International in conjunction with the John Agyekum Kufuor Foundation with sponsorship from the Konrad Adenauer Foundation with the backing of the University of Professional Studies, Accra.
The Journal seeks to serve as a platform for disability research, documentation and advocacy. demystify disability in all types, kinds, forms, shapes and stereotypes as well as reorient prejudiced minds and thoughts against disability.
The Journal also hopes to expose the widespread misconception and misappreciation of disability as taboo and to document and celebrate trailblazing efforts of persons with disability in all spheres of life.
The Editor-in-Chief of the Journal is Professor Baffour Agyemang Duah, assisted in the Editorial Team by; Dr. James Kwabena Bomfeh Jnr. as Editor, Mr. Kwasi Subi as Member and Mrs. Linda Manu Arhin as Member.
The event brought together high profiled dignitaries, activist-persons with disability, students, general public and the Media.
Among the high profiled persons who honoured the launch were; Hon. Francis Poku, former National Security Minister, Hon. O. B. Amoah, former Minister of State, Hon. Dr. H. S. Daannaa, former Minister for Chieftaincy and Culture, former IGP David Asante Apeatu, Dr. Susan Adu-Amankwah, anf Mr. Ivor K. Greenstreet former flagbearer of the CPP, Mr. Kwasi Subi, Retired Educationist, Ms. Evelyn Appiah, Esq. and Dr. Benjamin Bishop Ayamba.
The programme also drew students from the UPSA, Kufuor Scholars, Central University, and University of Ghana. There were present students with disability from the Adventist Possibilities Ministry of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
