Food Security and Nutrition among Adults Living with Disability in Nakuru County, Kenya

disability as a curse in the society makes them feel as if they do not belong to our society.Most people view the disabled as burdensome people [4].In addition, majority do not access health, environmental and economic resources [5,6].Most need special education which is not well structured in the current education system.The community lack awareness about the disabled people.Social support by the society would go a long way in helping cope with their conditions.Individuals living with disabilities are faced with structural barriers like institutional misunderstanding and employer misunderstanding [7].People living with disability (PLD) often do not benefit from the same level of services as the other members of the society who are non-disabled [8].Most of them are unable to engage in agricultural activities due to physical challenges [9].This has prompted a good number of the disabled people to live and earn their living through begging from the streets of major commercial towns due to lack of employment [10].The KNSWPWD reported that a third of the PWDs' worked on own family business with a quarter doing no work.Only 16% worked for a pay and 1 out of 10 were reported to be homemakers.About 80%