This book builds upon critiques of development in the disability domain
by investigating the necessity and implications of theorising disability
from the Global South and how development policies and practices
pertaining to disabled people in such contexts might be improved by
engaging with their voices and agency. The author focuses on the lived
experiences of disabled people in Burkina Faso, while situating these
experiences, where necessary, in the wider national and regional
contexts. She explores development agencies' interventions with disabled
people and the need to re-think these practices and ideologies which are
often framed within western contexts. This work will appeal to policy
makers, NGOs, academics, students and researchers in the fields of
development and disability studies.