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Initiative for Creative Arts and Development for Disability- ICAD ICAD is a non-profit that deploys the creative arts in pursuit of disability inclusion.

Share your stories!We are happy to call for submissions of short stories (Literary Fiction) on Disability and Public Hea...
23/01/2026

Share your stories!

We are happy to call for submissions of short stories (Literary Fiction) on Disability and Public Health for the second edition of ICAD's Short Story on Disability and Social Justice Prize.

We believe that every story shows us a different face of our society. We can't wait to start reading your entries.

Persons with disabilities are seriously encouraged to participate.

Thank you.

Philip Unklefill Ode
JonapwdNational

Hello friends, happy new year!Last year we had an exciting engagement at our 1st Disability, Culture and Development (DC...
16/01/2026

Hello friends, happy new year!

Last year we had an exciting engagement at our 1st Disability, Culture and Development (DCD) where we revisited foundational understanding (s) of disability in African Cultures.

This year, we are happy to announce that the 2nd edition of the conference will focus on understanding the intersection of disability, culture and public health in Africa.

As the days go by, we encourage scholars, students, policy makers, public health experts and members of the general public interested in disability and public health discourse to send in their abstracts.

Thank you as we anticipate your submissions.

Good News!During our advocacy visit to the Vice Chancellor of Bayero University Kano, Prof. Haruna Musa, and members of ...
16/12/2025

Good News!

During our advocacy visit to the Vice Chancellor of Bayero University Kano, Prof. Haruna Musa, and members of the university management in September this year, the V.C, after hearing directly from the experiences of students with disabilities in our team, pledged the commitment of the university to inclusive education.

We are happy to share that Bayero University Kano has launched an ICT centre for visually impaired students in the university. This was one of the issues discussed in September.

Also, the V.C and his team are currently working on another major promise which will further consolidate his commitment to inclusive education.

Thank you sir!

Read the story on this link:
https://citadradio.com.ng/2025/12/10/buk-inaugurates-ict-centre-for-visually-impaired-students/

Philip Unklefill Ode
CBMGlobalDisabilityInclusion
Initiative for Creative Arts and Development for Disability- ICAD
JonapwdNational

12/12/2025

Performers at our DCD conference opening were so on fire that some audiences stayed back and pleaded for more.

Philip Unklefill Ode
CBMGlobalDisabilityInclusion
Initiative for Creative Arts and Development for Disability- ICAD
JonapwdNational
Kaduna State University, Kaduna

12/12/2025

During our engagement with disability inclusion focal persons in Kaduna State University last week, one of the resource persons, Ms Deborah Ayomide Shaba shared her lived experiences as a person with albinism while growing up. This angle humanised the entire conversation.

At the end, the participants confessed that they had hitherto been taking alot of issues relating to disability for granted, while admitting that they were now better prepared to operationalise disability inclusive education in the university.

Philip Unklefill Ode
CBMGlobalDisabilityInclusion
Initiative for Creative Arts and Development for Disability- ICAD
JonapwdNational
Kaduna State University, Kaduna

Last week, ICAD in collaboration with Disability Support Unit, Kaduna State University, engaged the university's Disabil...
11/12/2025

Last week, ICAD in collaboration with Disability Support Unit, Kaduna State University, engaged the university's Disability Inclusion Focal Persons on inclusive tertiary education.

We had three resource persons: Mal. Suleiman Abdulazeez, the Chairman of Joint National Association of Persons with Disabilities (JONAPWD) Kaduna Chapter, Ms. Deborah Ayomide Shaba, disability inclusion and accessibility advocate and Dr. Mujaheed Abdullahi, a disability and Hausa studies scholar.

The purpose of the engagement was to equip the focal persons with the requisite knowledge on disability inclusion, while stimulating their thoughts on how to operationalise a truly inclusive education in the university.

Through a mixture of theoretical exploration and sharing of true life experiences, the focal persons testified that their eyes of understanding were truly enlightened on the subject of disability inclusion, adding that they were now better equiped to start discharging their responsibilities as the foot soldiers of disability inclusion in the university.

Philip Unklefill Ode
CBMGlobalDisabilityInclusion
Initiative for Creative Arts and Development for Disability- ICAD
JonapwdNational
Kaduna State University, Kaduna

Disability, Culture and Development (DCD) Conference, 2025.Another intellectually-charged virtual panel session.Day 3: 3...
10/12/2025

Disability, Culture and Development (DCD) Conference, 2025.

Another intellectually-charged virtual panel session.

Day 3: 3/12/2025

Philip Unklefill Ode
CBMGlobalDisabilityInclusion
Initiative for Creative Arts and Development for Disability- ICAD
JonapwdNational
Kaduna State University, Kaduna

At this virtual panel, we had insightful presentations on decolonising disability inclusive education, reconceptualising...
10/12/2025

At this virtual panel, we had insightful presentations on decolonising disability inclusive education, reconceptualising trauma as a form of disability and the connection between dramatherapy and disability.

Disability, Culture and Development (DCD) conference, 2025.

Day 2: 2/12/2025

Philip Unklefill Ode
CBMGlobalDisabilityInclusion
Initiative for Creative Arts and Development for Disability- ICAD
JonapwdNational
Kaduna State University, Kaduna

At the Disability, Culture and Development (DCD) conference 2025, we had 4 physical and 2 virtual panel sessions. In al...
08/12/2025

At the Disability, Culture and Development (DCD) conference 2025, we had 4 physical and 2 virtual panel sessions. In all these 6 panels, we had refreshing discussions on disability from diverse perspectives. The panels were held from 2nd -4th December, 2025.

Philip Unklefill Ode
CBMGlobalDisabilityInclusion
Initiative for Creative Arts and Development for Disability- ICAD
JonapwdNational
Kaduna State University, Kaduna

06/12/2025

At the opening ceremony of DCD conference 2025, there were a lot of performances and the members of the audiences kept begging for more.

This performance here by Aaron AKA Polymath took place after the closing of the ceremony.

Philip Unklefill Ode
CBMGlobalDisabilityInclusion
Initiative for Creative Arts and Development for Disability- ICAD
JonapwdNational
Kaduna State University, Kaduna

05/12/2025

Our maiden edition of Disability, Culture and Development (DCD) conference 2025 was all about Revisiting Foundational Understanding of Disability in African Cultures for Inclusive and Sustainable Development.

Philip Unklefill Ode
CBMGlobalDisabilityInclusion
Initiative for Creative Arts and Development for Disability- ICAD
JonapwdNational
Kaduna State University, Kaduna

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Kaduna
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