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In a recent global survey of disability advocates, 87 percent of the organizations surveyed reported that HIV/AIDS is of immediate concern to the disabled populations that they serve. In this paper our advisor on disability and AIDS discusses the issues faced by disabled populations with HIV in conflict situations in northern Uganda.
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People with disabilities, and especially women with disabilities, are at a heightened risk of contracting HIV/AIDS yet they are not being reached by treatment and prevention campaigns. The case studies explored in this paper demonstrate successful local and nationwide responses to the spread of HIV/AIDS amongst people with disabilities. The disabled peoples' and AIDS organizations highlighted are addressing the intersection of disability and AIDS in holistic, gender-sensitive and integrated ways. Some are doing this work in the midst of conflict zones; all work in under-resourced areas. These models demonstrate the potential of what is possible and what is necessary to fully address the HIV/AIDS pandemic as well as the human rights of people with disabilities. The paper highlights the urgent need for mainstream AIDS organizations to ensure that HIV education, intervention and services reach individuals with disabilities worldwide. The authors call for a comprehensive and sustainable response to the needs of people with disabilities from the international AIDS community.
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 “I don’t want my story to become just a song that I sing over and over,” says Alfonsine, a tiny, soft-spoken 30-year-old who survived an unimaginable rape, and has just been invited to be a spokesperson at the launch of a national campaign against sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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Third Annual Meeting of the Canadian Association for Disability Studies, May 2007
This paper builds on the ideas previously presented by the author three years earlier in “Bridging the Gap”. In addition to calling for cooperation between AIDS and disability activists, the paper examines real-life successes and challenges faced by projects implementing such alliances.
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In July 2006, the office of the UN Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa wrote a position paper describing what's wrong with the UN's sexist, outdated approach to half the world's population and how it must change, and submitted a critique to a High-Level Panel charged with suggesting measures to reform the world body. Four months later, the panel presented its recommendations to the General Assembly — high among them, the long overdue creation of United Nations agency for women.
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