01409nas a2200193   4500000000100000008004100001653001500042653001400057653001700071653001000088653001600098653001500114100001600129245011800145300001400263490000700277520091700284022001401201       2015                            d10aDisability10aInclusion10aHuman Rights10aGhana10aEmpowerment10aEmployment1 aGrischow JD00a‘I nearly lost my work’: chance encounters, legal empowerment and the struggle for disability rights in Ghana  a101 - 1130 v303 a<div>
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<p>This article uses a case study from Ghana to argue that rights-based legal instruments are important but insufficient steps towards securing disability rights in non-western societies. Despite Ghana’s implementation of a Disability Act and ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, a grassroots perspective shows that legislation and the model of legal empowerment will not automatically produce equal access to human rights. The paper will present this argument through a case study of an individual who became disabled in 2008 and struggled for four years to secure his rights to healthcare and employment. I also argue that the case has a wider significance for disability rights in Ghana and beyond.</p>
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