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Measuring support provisions for people living with disabilities in South Asia: an accessibility index
- Authors:
- AHMAD Mahtab, AHMAD Mokbul Morshed
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Service Research, 37(4), July 2011, pp.439-455.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
The vast majority of people with mild and moderate physical disabilities in South Asia are entitled to the locally available rights-based support provisions for enhancing the economic capacity of the poor. However, there is no proper mechanism to gauge specifically the trend of inclusion on a regular basis of disabled people in such provision. The purpose of this article is to propose an index to measure the level of achievements of disabled poor in rights-based economic empowerment support entitlements. Following a review of the empowerment support provisions in public policies, 5 components were chosen for the index: ability; employment; vocational skill; microcredit; and safety net provisions. The developed index was tested in 245 individuals with physical disabilities in 2 districts in Pakistan. The results demonstrate that, despite promising policy statements for equal citizenship, a gulf exists between the rhetoric of disability rights and their implementation. Most empowering development initiatives support a ‘cost/benefit’-based philosophy, rather than the ‘means–ends’ goal, where the disabled poor are viewed as unproductive and risky payers, instead of giving them an opportunity to exercise their potential. The article suggests that the index might be a useful option for local use to track the inclusion trend of the disabled poor regularly and guide policymakers accordingly.
Extra agreement under the International Agreement on the Rights of Disabled People
- Author:
- INSPIRED SERVICES
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Work and Pensions
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 9p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is an international human rights treaty that makes it clear that disabled people have, and should be able to enjoy, the same human rights as others. The Convention sets an internationally recognised benchmark for the human rights of disabled people against which countries, including the UK, will be measured. The Convention also has an additional section called the Optional Protocol. This Protocol allows individuals who believe that their rights under the Convention have been breached to bring complaints to the UN Committee established to monitor the Convention. The Committee can also undertake enquiries into alleged grave or systematic violations of the Convention. The Convention applies to all disabled people and covers all areas of life including access to justice, personal mobility, health, education, work and recreation. This document is the easy read version of the Convention, and outlines how: disabled people - or groups of disabled people - can complain to the special Committee if they feel they are not getting their rights under the International Agreement; anyone who makes a complaint has to give their name, or the name of their group; when a complaint is made the Committee will privately tell the government of the country where it happened what it is about; in a very urgent and serious case the Committee may ask a country to do something straight away to help the person who has made the complaint. It also explains how the Committee will talk about complaints in private. Afterwards it will send its views to the government of the country and the person who complained.