“Deaf people are at risk of marginalisation,” according to the Innovation To Inclusion Report by i2i in partnership with the Association For The Physically Disabled People of Kenya (APDKK). This is due to attitudinal, economic, environmental and institutional barriers which exclude them from socio - economic activities.
Employers are unwilling to hire them in customer facing roles for fear of negative impacts on the company’s image and revenue. Employers and staff members lack knowledge, and skills of communicating with deaf colleagues, which results in social isolation and workplace exclusion, and eventually poverty.
