The Heller School for Social Policy and Management
The Lurie Institute for Disability Policy

Publications on International Disability

  • Hu, L., & Wang, T. (2024). Can disabled people be teachers in China? Disability & Society, 1–6.
  • Hu, L. (2024). Inclusion, exclusion, agency, and advocacy: Experiences of Chinese women with physical disabilities, with worldwide implications. Information Age Publishing Inc.
  • Bixby, L. (2024). Review of Hacking the underground: Disability, infrastructure, and London's public transport system by Raquel Velho. H-Sci-Med-Tech, H-Net Reviews.
  • Zandam, H., Sulaiman, S. K., & Hamza Mohammad, A. (2024). Too little, not enough: Impact of safety nets on food security among households with disabled members in Nigeria. Ecology of Food and Nutrition, 1–12.
  • Xu, Y., Hu, L., Shen, C., & Guo, J. (2024). A participatory action research project with people with disabilities and seniors in China during the COVID-19 pandemic. Review of Disability Studies: An International Journal, 18(4). https://rdsjournal.org
  • Hu, L., & Cui, F. M. (2024). Special Double Issue on China and Disability. Review of Disability Studies: An International Journal. Plain-language of all abstracts may be accessed at: https://rdsjournal.org/index.php/journal/China-plain-language-abstracts.
  • Zandam, H., Mitra, M., & Mitra, S. (2022). Awareness and access to mass media sources of information about modern family planning methods among women with Disabilities in Nigeria: An analysis of 2018 demographic and health survey. Frontiers in Global Women's Health, 3. https://doi.org/10.3389/fgwh.2022.746569
  • Hu, L. J. (2022). Opportunities and challenges: An examination of educational landscape for people with visual impairment in China. Current Issues in Comparative Education, Winter 2022 Issue.
  • Akobirshoev, I., Valentine, A., Zandam, H., Nandakumar, A., Jewkes, R., Blecher, M., & Mitra, M. (2022). Disparities in intimate partner violence among women at the intersection of disability and HIV status in South Africa: A cross-sectional study. BMJ Open, 12(9), e054782. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-054782
  • Li, X., Xu, S., & Hu, L. J. (2022). Protection or restriction: An analysis of the blind massage policy for employment rights of persons with visual impairment in China. Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness.
  • Zandam, H., Akobirshoev, I., Nandakumar, A., & Mitra, M. (2021). Utilization of HIV testing and counselling services by women with disabilities during antenatal care in Uganda: Analysis of 2016 demographic and health survey. BMC Public Health, 21(1), 1984. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-12045-4
  • Daniels, E., Gaumer, G., Newaz, F., & Nandakumar, A. K. (2021). Risky sexual behavior and the HIV gender gap for younger adults in sub-Saharan Africa. Journal of Global Health Reports, 2021. https://doi.org/10.29392/001c.28074
  • Zandam, H., & Mitra, M. (2021). Building back to leave no-one behind: Disability-inclusive COVID-19 response and recovery in Africa. Harvard Africa Policy Journal.
  • Akobirshoev, I., Zandam, H., Nandakumar, A., Groce, N., Blecher, M., & Mitra, M. (2021). The compounding effect of having HIV and a disability on child mortality among mothers in South Africa. PLOS ONE, 16(5), e0251183. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0251183
  • Women Enabled International & The Lurie Institute for Disability Policy at Brandeis University’s Heller School. (2019). Joint submission to the Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review of the United States, Third Cycle. Retrieved from https://www.womenenabled.org/pdfs/WEI%20Lurie%20Institute%20Joint%20U.S.%20UPR%20Submission%20Oct%202,%202019.pdf