People with Disabilities According to World Health Organization (WHO), 15% of the worlds total population have disabilities. This is approximately 600 million people wherein three out of every four are living in developing countries, half are of working age, half are women and the highest incidence and prevalence of disabilities occurs in poor areas. people with disabilities can be improved, allowing them to have a better interaction in society by widening their scope of activities. • Give disabled people a powerful tool in their battle to gain employment • Increase disabled people’s skills, confidence, and self-esteem • Integrate disabled people socially and economically into their communities; • Reduce physical or functional barriers and enlarge scope of activities available to disabled persons To enable persons with disabilities to live independently and participate fully in all aspects of life, States Parties shall take appropriate measures to ensure to persons with disabilities access, on equal basis with others, to the physical environment, to transportation, to information and communications, including information and communications technologies and systems, and other facilities and services open or provided to the public, both in urban and rural areas.
Posted on: Sun, 16 Nov 2014 20:10:16 +0000
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