According to the World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Bank estimates of 2011, Persons wi... more According to the World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Bank estimates of 2011, Persons with Disabilities institute at least 15%of the worldwide population. In the framework of the EAC area, this percentage would transform into at least 18 million persons with disabilities. However, there is possibilities for average percentage to be higher in Africa because of communal, ethnic and civil war induced disability. More extremely for Africa, people with disability tend to belong to the poorest strata in culture. It is projected that on average, less than 2% of People with Disability in Africa have access to primary school education and that there are no tangible prospects for rehabilitation. Taken an example applying the WHO recommended 10 per cent to today’s Kenyan population of approximately 36 million, would indicate that there may be some 3 million disabled people. The total number of people with disabilities in Africa lives in an economic predicament and constitute a large section of those who live below the poverty line and unable to afford basic amenities. It is obvious as poverty and disability are intertwined. Many disabled people in Africa, as in most developing countries in the world, live in poverty, have limited opportunities for accessing education, health, and suitable housing and employment opportunities (ILO 2009). Defining disability is a complex and controversial task because it is a multi-dimensional concept and its definition has strong cultural influences (Mattioli, 2008). Understanding disability can be deduced from three models. Disabilities is define as a term, ensconcing impairments, activity limitations, and participation restrictions. Disability is a multifarious occurrence, showing an interface between features of a person’s body and that of society in which he or she lives. Technically, the correct word for disability is Impairment such as not being able to function naturally. Meanwhile, disability is the term used to define impairment of ability to perform a normal daily activities. There were different types of disabilities; physical disability, intellectual disability, developmental disability and nonvisible disabilities. The context of United Nations General Assembly in 1975 adopted a Declaration, which defined “disability” and conferred social, economic, civil and political rights on people with disability. Also, the UN has adopted numerous Declarations and Conventions regulations which uphold disability rights and protection of persons with disabilities against discrimination. This lead to international recognitions of the African Union framework that persons with disabilities have equal human, civil, political, social, economic and cultural rights.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Bank estimates of 2011, Persons wi... more According to the World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Bank estimates of 2011, Persons with Disabilities institute at least 15%of the worldwide population. In the framework of the EAC area, this percentage would transform into at least 18 million persons with disabilities. However, there is possibilities for average percentage to be higher in Africa because of communal, ethnic and civil war induced disability. More extremely for Africa, people with disability tend to belong to the poorest strata in culture. It is projected that on average, less than 2% of People with Disability in Africa have access to primary school education and that there are no tangible prospects for rehabilitation. Taken an example applying the WHO recommended 10 per cent to today’s Kenyan population of approximately 36 million, would indicate that there may be some 3 million disabled people. The total number of people with disabilities in Africa lives in an economic predicament and constitute a large section of those who live below the poverty line and unable to afford basic amenities. It is obvious as poverty and disability are intertwined. Many disabled people in Africa, as in most developing countries in the world, live in poverty, have limited opportunities for accessing education, health, and suitable housing and employment opportunities (ILO 2009). Defining disability is a complex and controversial task because it is a multi-dimensional concept and its definition has strong cultural influences (Mattioli, 2008). Understanding disability can be deduced from three models. Disabilities is define as a term, ensconcing impairments, activity limitations, and participation restrictions. Disability is a multifarious occurrence, showing an interface between features of a person’s body and that of society in which he or she lives. Technically, the correct word for disability is Impairment such as not being able to function naturally. Meanwhile, disability is the term used to define impairment of ability to perform a normal daily activities. There were different types of disabilities; physical disability, intellectual disability, developmental disability and nonvisible disabilities. The context of United Nations General Assembly in 1975 adopted a Declaration, which defined “disability” and conferred social, economic, civil and political rights on people with disability. Also, the UN has adopted numerous Declarations and Conventions regulations which uphold disability rights and protection of persons with disabilities against discrimination. This lead to international recognitions of the African Union framework that persons with disabilities have equal human, civil, political, social, economic and cultural rights.
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The total number of people with disabilities in Africa lives in an economic predicament and constitute a large section of those who live below the poverty line and unable to afford basic amenities. It is obvious as poverty and disability are intertwined. Many disabled people in Africa, as in most developing countries in the world, live in poverty, have limited opportunities for accessing education, health, and suitable housing and employment opportunities (ILO 2009). Defining disability is a complex and controversial task because it is a multi-dimensional concept and its definition has strong cultural influences (Mattioli, 2008).
Understanding disability can be deduced from three models. Disabilities is define as a term, ensconcing impairments, activity limitations, and participation restrictions. Disability is a multifarious occurrence, showing an interface between features of a person’s body and that of society in which he or she lives. Technically, the correct word for disability is Impairment such as not being able to function naturally. Meanwhile, disability is the term used to define impairment of ability to perform a normal daily activities. There were different types of disabilities; physical disability, intellectual disability, developmental disability and nonvisible disabilities. The context of United Nations General Assembly in 1975 adopted a Declaration, which defined “disability” and conferred social, economic, civil and political rights on people
with disability. Also, the UN has adopted numerous Declarations and Conventions regulations which uphold disability rights and protection of persons with disabilities against discrimination.
This lead to international recognitions of the African Union framework that persons with disabilities have equal human, civil, political, social, economic and cultural rights.
The total number of people with disabilities in Africa lives in an economic predicament and constitute a large section of those who live below the poverty line and unable to afford basic amenities. It is obvious as poverty and disability are intertwined. Many disabled people in Africa, as in most developing countries in the world, live in poverty, have limited opportunities for accessing education, health, and suitable housing and employment opportunities (ILO 2009). Defining disability is a complex and controversial task because it is a multi-dimensional concept and its definition has strong cultural influences (Mattioli, 2008).
Understanding disability can be deduced from three models. Disabilities is define as a term, ensconcing impairments, activity limitations, and participation restrictions. Disability is a multifarious occurrence, showing an interface between features of a person’s body and that of society in which he or she lives. Technically, the correct word for disability is Impairment such as not being able to function naturally. Meanwhile, disability is the term used to define impairment of ability to perform a normal daily activities. There were different types of disabilities; physical disability, intellectual disability, developmental disability and nonvisible disabilities. The context of United Nations General Assembly in 1975 adopted a Declaration, which defined “disability” and conferred social, economic, civil and political rights on people
with disability. Also, the UN has adopted numerous Declarations and Conventions regulations which uphold disability rights and protection of persons with disabilities against discrimination.
This lead to international recognitions of the African Union framework that persons with disabilities have equal human, civil, political, social, economic and cultural rights.