AZANOR OVIE FRIDAY

Educational Foundations and Counselling Psychology

At the Educational Foundations And Counselling Psychology department office

Appointment on Visitation important

#	Certificate	School	Year
1.	Ph.D (Special Education/Hearing Impairment)	Special Education/University of Ibadan	2021

Matchmaking, Genetic and Parental Counselling as Antidotes for Marital Delays and Challenges among Adults Living with Disabilities in Nigeria

Marital challenges before and after marriage are common phenomenal worldwide. However, a group of persons in Nigeria face more of these challenges due to their disabling condition worsened by the social and cultural viewpoints of the society towards persons with disabilities and disability related issues. Extant and indigenous literature has established the fact that all categories of persons with disabilities are generally discriminated against in all spheres of life including marriage. They have hard times finding partner for the marriage because the society cannot look beyond the appearance of a disability. Although, most persons with disabilities experience marital delay and difficulty before and in marriage, there is a clear variation in the level of marital challenges face in terms of gender and categories of persons with disabilities in Nigeria. Males with visual impairment, hearing impairment, physical disabilities seem to be a little favoured in marriage than their female counterparts and males with intellectual disabilities. Women with disabilities face marital discrimination more as no man, even men with disabilities, come to ask for our hands in marriage.

AZANOR FRIDAY is a Lecturer II at the Department of Educational Foundations and Counselling Psychology

AZANOR has a Ph.D in Special Education/Hearing Impairment from Special Education/University of Ibadan