Wisdom was born and raised in Ghana, West Africa; where he began his professional career as a teacher. With a Teacher’s Certificate ‘A’ and a Diploma in General Agriculture from the University of Ghana, Legon, he taught basic science and agriculture science at junior secondary school level for six years.

 

On relocating to the UK, Wisdom joined the British Army in 2002, and served with the Royal Logistics Corp; with dedication and an ‘exemplary’ conduct- the highest within the British Army grading. In 2006, Wisdom left the military, enrolled at Oxford Brookes University (in the same year), where he graduated with a BA (Hons) Social Worker in 2009; and subsequently with an MA in Development and Emergency Practice (International Development and Disaster Management) from the same university, in 2011. Wisdom is currently enrolled at the University of Bristol (Department of Social Policy and Law), where he is studying for the Postgraduate Diploma in ‘Disability Studies- Inclusive Theory and Research’.

 

Wisdom’s interest in disability issues actually began in 2007, during his first social work placement, where he was actively involved in setting up Mates ‘n’ Dates- a dating agency for adults with learning difficulties in Oxfordshire, England. Since then, Wisdom continues to interact and work with persons with disabilities (PWD) plus their families/carers and other stakeholders, within the health and social care industry. He has served in various capacities and within different directorates, to redress social inequality- working with pwd to attain a degree of independence and wellbeing. These include internships, front-line care and qualified (locum) social work roles with statutory (Reading Borough Council, South Oxfordshire County Council, West Berkshire Council, and currently Swindon Borough Council), private and voluntary organisations (Style Acre, Guideposts Trust and Leonard Cheshire) here in England.

 

Inspired by this invaluable experience he has gained in the UK; Wisdom undertook a self-funded fieldwork in Ghana in 2011, where he explored the livelihoods of poor disabled urban dwellers for his Masters dissertation (in Development and Emergency Practice). This unpublished dissertation is by no means an empirical study; but nonetheless, it is servicing as a resource material for a small group of pwd and NGOs in Ghana.