REVIEW OF DISABILITY STUDIES: AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL Volume 15 Issue 2 Page 1 Research Article Job-Related Challenges of Teachers with Physical Disabilities in Kumasi Moses Danso-Afriyie, MS, Isaac Owusu, MA, Reindolf Anokye, MS, & Wisdom Kwadwo Mprah, PhD Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology Kumasi, Ghana Abstract: This study aimed to establish the job-related challenges of Teachers with Physical Disabilities (TWPD) within the Kumasi Metropolitan Education Unit in Ghana. Twenty-one (21) TWPDs completed the study. A cross-sectional study design was used and an interview guide was utilized to solicit responses. Thematic content analysis was employed in analyzing the data collected. Relative to the nature of impairment, ‘pain’ and ‘weakness’ emerged in relation to impairments associated with TWPDs. ‘Mobility on school compound’ and ‘writing on the board’ were specific task related challenges encountered by TWPDs. However, additional job-related challenges existed in the form of attitudinal barriers. Due to the prevailing job-related challenges, most TWPDs had employed specific coping mechanisms to offset some of the challenges. Prominent among these coping mechanisms were being dependent on others for physical support and taking frequent breaks from tasks that were physically demanding. Overall, most TWPDs asserted they felt disadvantaged compared to their colleagues without physical disabilities due to the numerous job challenges they encountered. In light of these, it is recommended that the Ghana Education Service (GES) should profile the respective work-related challenges of TWPDs to come up with policies and interventions that would gradually eliminate these challenges. Keywords: Job-Related; Challenges; Teachers; Physical Disabilities; Kumasi Introduction The term ‘physical disability’ (PD) is defined broadl y to cover a wide range of disabilities and health-related issues, including both congenital and acquired disabilities (Belson, 2003). Conditions that may pass for physical disabilities include muscular dystrophy, leg-length discrepancies, amputations, third-grade nerve injuries, spinal cord injuries and chronic fatigue syndrome. Other conditions such as cerebral palsy, spina bifida, arthritis, multiple sclerosis, stroke and auto-immune diseases could lead to physical disabilities. PD typically manifests in the form of restrictions in physical activities including walking, ability to negotiate obstacles, difficulties with using common tools and equipment and easy fatigability (Cockerham, 2007). According to the World Health Organization (2011), of the one billion of the world’s population that has a disability, 80 million of them live in Africa, 737,743 of those in Africa live in Ghana (Ghana Statistical Service, 2012). Nearly 150 million persons with disabilities in the world experience extremely dire difficulties in life. Persons with Physical Disabilities (PWPD) have different job-related experiences that