Disabilty issues in inda

People with disabilities are one of the most marginalized sectors of

our society. The societal view has led to disability being seen as a
stigma, which makes parents feel ashamed of their children, who in
turn don’t want to take their disabled children out of their homes. This
not only makes lives of persons with disabilities miserable, but they
continue to be depressed throughout their lives.
Barriers to Health Care: The lack of appropriate services for people
with disabilities is a significant barrier to health care. Affordability of
health service and transportation are two main reasons why people
with disabilities do not receive needed health care.

Attitudinal Barriers: Attitudinal barriers which help in

stigmatisation and discrimination, deny people with disabilities
their dignity and potential and are one of the greatest obstacles to
achieving equality of opportunity and social integration.
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abled abd disable in the room.

Low Representation: The Disabled person has a very low

representative in fields like government jobs, politics, economy
etc. (gvtt jobs min 40% and depends on the job) (Additional
benefits such as reservation in higher education (not less than
5%), government jobs (not less than 4 %), reservation in
allocation of land, poverty alleviation schemes (5% allotment)
etc. have been provided for persons with benchmark disabilities
and those with high support needs.) (nnot less than 3%)
Every child with benchmark disability between the age group of 6
and 18 years shall have the right to free education.

Education System: School buildings are not accessible. Teachers

are not well trained to help such students. Even the curriculum
does not take care of the disabled person.

Inaccessibility: Most of the government buildings or private

offices and other infrastructure are inaccessible for disabling
population.

Suggestion

All the attempts made till to date in India for providing equal rights
and opportunities for the persons with
disabilitiesarepurelybasedonmedical model and lack the
social,economic,and legal perspective making such protection
discriminatory. According to the RPWD Act, 2016, responsibility
has been cast upon the appropriate governments (central gvt and
state gvt) to take effective measures to ensure that the persons with
disabilities enjoy their rights equally with others. Although the
number of types of disabilities has been increased to 21 (7 to 21),
(Speech and Language Disability and Specific Learning Disability
have been added for the first time. ) dyslexia
but still there are many people who will be left out. The list should
be further expanded to include more people who are struggling with
lesser known types of disabilities. (ADHD NOT INCLUDED)
• The Right to Access to Court is an essential component of
guaranteeing the enjoyment of any right therefore, all
buildings which are related to the justice system, including
courts and police stations, should be made accessible to
persons with disabilities.
• Let's take a look at the series of orders passed by the
Supreme Court under this case:
• On August 11, 2017, the Supreme Court of India directed all
organisations to abide by the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Act, 2016, asking them to see its provisions are carried out with
promptness.
• All this started when the Supreme Court heard a case lodged by
a medical aspirant who asked for her rights as she falls into the
category of persons with benchmark disability, according to the
2016 Act.sc orders within 5yrs (Disabled Right Group vs
Union Of India)

• Participation of People with Disabilities: The principle of

“Nothing about us without us” should be propagated to
ensure that people with disabilities are consulted at all levels
of decision making.

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• Push for Implementation Civil society has to be more
vigilant. It is not just the Government that we should focus
on. Private sector should also be made accountable. There
 are many tools available for advocacy and these have to be
utilised strategically to demand accountability and to ensure
effective implementation of the Act.
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• Adequate Resources should be allocated by not only
constituting the StateFund as per the Act but also asking the
various concerned Ministries/Departments to allocate
necessary funds to implement the provisions of the Act.
Disability Budgeting should be introduced in the various
relevant Ministries/Departments.

• Partnership: Civil society can work in partnership with

Governmentbodies, wherever possible, and share their
expertise in various aspects.

• Conclusion

• In India, the numbers of disabled are so large, their

problems are complex, available resources also scarce,
social stigma still attached and people attitudes so
damaging. It is evident from the review given in the
preceding paragraphs that the worldwide disabilities rights
movement has initiated a new thinking among non-disabled
persons that people with disabilities must also be provided
with equal opportunities and equal treatment by society.
• However,the new laws cannot bring the rights of the disabled
until we as human beings, thinks that in addition to access,
education, health care, rehabilitation services and employment,
all people with disabilities need a safe, secure and accessible
environment which is respectful of their dignity. We need to
learn to care for all human beings as human beings, with due
respect for all theirdifferences.