ABSTRACT
This case study is on political participation and representation of the Ugandan disability movement. Uganda has had a disability quota system in the political representation based on affirmative action policy of the government since the 1990s. That is, from the village level to the Parliament level, there are always persons with disabilities represented in their decision-making structures. These representatives with disabilities are elected by persons with disabilities themselves at different levels, which realizes the international disability movement slogan of “nothing about us without us” in reality. Interestingly, gender balance is also stipulated in the political representation of persons with disabilities. The Ugandan disability movement is highly vibrant and has strong link to the Ugandan politics through aforementioned disability representatives called disability councillors. This very link, however, causes internal fragmentation within the disability movement due to disability politics.
