Disability and Mobility in Bangladesh – A Participatory and Inclusive Qualitative Study

This paper presents the findings of a qualitative study which explores the perceptions of mobility for people with disabilities in Bangladesh. Participatory methods and inclusive approaches produced rich and highly personalised accounts of experiences from groups who are commonly marginalised in this context (specifically people with multiple/complex impairments – deafblindness, and women and girls with disabilities). Analysis of the data against a time geography framework revealed that there are multiple internal, external and structural factors that determine the inclusion or exclusion of people with disabilities in terms of mobility in Bangladesh.