People with Disability in India have come a long way surviving in the society. They have gone through a lot of trouble just to make themselves visible in the society. Research recommends that women with Disability will probably endure more abusive behavior at home and rape than women without disability. Also, women with disability report manhandle that endures longer and is more serious than women without disability.
Like other women with or without disability for the most part are manhandled by somebody they know, for example, an acquaintance or a relative. Also, women with disability confront the danger of misuse by social insurance suppliers or parental figures. Guardians can withhold solution and assistive gadgets, for example, wheelchairs
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It ensures the provisions required by them on a daily basis. Such as wheel chair accessibility in every building, railway stations, airports and other important places. It further provides special protection for women with disability. UNCRPD provides with laws to protect and ensure that women with disability.
‘Article 16 of the UNCRPD under the head “Freedom from Exploitation, Violence and Abuse” mandates that:
“1. State Parties shall take all appropriate legislative, administrative, social, educational and other measures to protect persons with disabilities, both within and outside the home, from all forms of exploitation, violence and abuse, including their gender-based aspects.
2. States Parties shall also take all appropriate measures to prevent all forms of exploitation, violence and abuse by ensuring, inter alia, appropriate forms of gender and age-sensitive assistance and support for persons with disabilities and their families and caregivers, including through the provision of information
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States Parties shall ensure that protection services are age, gender and disability-sensitive.
3. In order to prevent the occurrence of all forms of exploitation, violence and abuse, States Parties shall ensure that all facilities and programmes designed to serve persons with disabilities are effectively monitored by independent authorities.
4. States Parties shall take all appropriate measures to promote the physical, cognitive and psychological recovery, rehabilitation and social reintegration of persons with disabilities who become victims of any form of exploitation, violence or abuse, including through the provision of protection services. Such recovery and reintegration shall take place in an environment that fosters the health, welfare, self-respect, dignity and autonomy of the person and takes into account gender and age-specific needs.
5. State Parties shall put in place effective legislation and policies, including women and child-focused legislation and policies, to ensure that instances of exploitation, violence and abuse against persons with disabilities are identified, investigated and, where appropriate,
Ontario (Disability Support Program) v. Tranchemontagne, 2010 ONCA 593: Case analysis Introduction In a unanimous and significant ruling on a human rights issue, in 2010 the Court of Appeal for Ontario has held that denying disability benefits to those who are severely disabled by alcoholism or drug addiction is discriminatory and violated the Ontario Human Rights Code. The Court of Appeal affirmed a Divisional Court ruling that the prohibition of benefits to those disabled due to addiction according to the Ontario Disability Support Program Act, is a case of discriminatory legislation1. According to the Court of Appeal the respondent or Director of Disability Support Program was needed to show that the distinction between the disabled did
It sets up Adult Protection Committees to review provisions for protecting vulnerable adults and expands causes of vulnerability to disability,
There are numbers of legislation and regulation that have been created in order for people to safeguard vulnerable adults. These laws are passed by authority like the parliaments. These regulations include: • safeguarding vulnerable groups Act 2006 • Protection of vulnerable groups Scotland act 2007 • The police Act 1997 • The sexual Offence Act
The Rehabilitation Act prohibits federal agencies from discriminating against any person(s) with a current disability or history of a disability. The ADA extends those regulations to private companies, employers, unions, public services and public accommodations. Employers are required to provide reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees unless it would create significant undue hardship for the employer. Harassment of any kind is also illegal by employers, employees, clients or customers
World Health Organization (WHO) has defined disability as an umbrella term for impairments. Disability is an individual with a health condition such as Down syndrome cerebral palsy and depression, body functioning or structure on activity limitation. WHO, (2016) supported that people with learning difficulties they deserve privacy and dignity like everyone The Health and community Care Act 1990 protect people service users from abuse or neglect so that deterioration can be prevented or to promote physical or mental health and to allow independence and social inclusion. It also to improve opportunities and life chances, to help families and to protect human rights around people in need of the services. It has been argued Department of health, (2015) state that “people are living longer, which means there are likely to be more people with complex
People with disabilities and their caretakers are stigmatized for not being able to keep up, but they are not viewed as not having a “real” disability if they are too productive. Instead of viewing this as a symptom for their disease or disability, Hillyer believes this is a healthier way of living, and she encourages her readers to adopt similar techniques for managing their responsibilities. She especially criticizes the unrealistic, fast-paced speed that women are expected to maintain, despite personal obstacles. Hillyer, having lived in the intersection between the feminist and disability communities for most of her life, emphasizes the importance of allowing women to abandon the traditional concept of a highly productive “superwoman” and instead replace it with the knowledge that every woman dealing with a disease or disability, in themselves or loved ones, is a
As the first legislation to bring full legal citizenship to Americans with disabilities, the ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) was signed in 1990. It essentially protects citizens with physical disabilities, intellectual disabilities, sensory disabilities, and mental health disabilities. It mandates local, state, and federal governments and programs to be easily accessible. Companies are required to provide reasonable accommodations for disabled workers. Many restaurants and stores are required to provide reasonable modifications to ensure accessibility.
Individuals with disabilities are required to have equal access to all benefits of the job. • I would use this term at work by always following the rules under the Act and provide equal treatment to all employees. I will make sure others provide equal treatment to those who have disabilities. 2.
feeblemindedness (Radford 1991). Another 22,000 sterilizations were performed in 27 states to prevent ID and other conditions thought to be heritable between the years of 1943 and 1963 (Reilly, 1987) In 1928, research by Penrose and contemporaries revealed multiple etiologies for mental illness including individual with disabilities the explanation causes not only heredity but include environmental factors, such as infection, trauma, and endocrine disturbance. (Beirne-Smith et al. 2006).
Society from time immemorial has struggled with how to integrate those persons born with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Often lumped in with those that could be defined as mentally ill, one of the most prevalent solutions for dealing with both categories of people was shutting them away from society, or in other words, permanent or semi-permanent treatment in a mental institution. However, beginning in the mid twentieth century, a new trend entitled ‘deinstitutionalization’ began transitioning the care of thousands of intellectually and developmentally disabled persons out of institutions and into community care programs. Ultimately, this trend has managed to successfully integrate thousands of intellectually and developmentally disabled persons back into society and make a marked improvements on their quality of life. Although, work to integrate this community back into society is far from over.
So many federal laws and regulations have paved the way for individuals with disabilities to be able to have the equal opportunity for success. Education was not always an option for everyone, there was a time when receiving an education was a privilege. When writing about IDEA Garguilo states that “we consider this law to be one of the most important pieces, if not the most important piece, of federal legislation ever enacted on behalf of children with special needs” (page 45). This law allowed for all children with disabilities to receive a free appropriate education. IDEA changed the way for these individuals allowing for a: FAPE, LRE, IEP, procedural due process, nondiscriminatory assessment, and parental participation.
In this report I will discuss both the Social and Medical Models, define their pros and cons and give a short reflection on my own opinion of the two models in everyday use today. Both the medical and the social models of disability describe how they see disability and how they feel disabilities and those suffering should be treated. Both models have very different views on the causes of, how disabilities should be taken care of and by whom and both have their strengths and weaknesses when it comes to caring for those with disabilities. Medical Model
Disability is defined by World Health Organisation as “an umbrella term, covering impairments, activity limitations, and participation restrictions. Impairment is a problem in body function or structure; an activity limitation is a difficulty encountered by an individual in executing a task or action; while a participation restriction is a problem experienced by an individual in involvement in life situations”. Disability remains a major challenge throughout the world with disabled people facing hostile socioeconomic outcomes than people without disabilities, such as less education, worse health outcomes, less employment, and higher poverty rates (1). Physical disability is defined as: “an acquired or congenital physical and/or motor impairment
As an organization, it is important to understand thoroughly what is lawful when dealing with workers who have disabilities. This type of information, can prevent employer/organizations from being viewed as discriminatory which will overall negatively impact an organization and could possibly result in a lawsuit. The Americans with disability act was put in place in 1990. This act is for companies that have more than 15 employees and it instructs employers on how not to discriminate against employees that are considered disabled.
And a disabled person’s ambition is like all other human beings, the looks of pity and compassion negatively affect that ambition. People should embrace the disabled person and give them a helping hand, and they should have laws, which defend their rights, which should be respected. However, most societies do not have laws that ensure an equal life for the disabled population. It is a shame that the rights of the disabled people has turned many times to mere slogans.