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Advantages And Disadvantages Of People With Disabilities In Ireland

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There are endless ways to divide humans into various categories; sadly, people predominantly do it in a prejudice or malicious way. One separation in particular is that between people with disabilities and people without disabilities. In the July 2012 Value for Money and Policy Review of Disability Services in Ireland, Ireland’s Department of Health states a goal of, “Full inclusion and self-determination for people with disabilities through access to the individualized personal social supports and services needed to live a fully included life in the community.” This goal would help decrease the disadvantages of people with disabilities and help make them more socially included within society. People with disabilities tend to face social …show more content…

This confirms that rights cannot be denied to people with disabilities, just because they have disabilities. A person having a disability is not a justification for denying them any of the rights within the Declaration; furthermore, people with disabilities cannot be excluded from the rights that the rest of society also …show more content…

This act protects the rights to education given by Article 26 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (United Nations). By denying a person, with a disability, an inclusive educational experience or one that does not fit the needs of the person, that person would be isolated, have an unfulfilled education, and severely set back in terms of being a functional member of

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