World Report on Disability

1. World Report on Disability

2. World Report on Disability • Assembles the best available scientific information on disability today • Recommends national and international action to improve the lives of people with disability • Supports the implementation of the UN Convention of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), which approaches disability both as both human rights and development issue.

3. Framework and definitions • International Classification of Disability Functioning and Health (ICF, WHO 2001) adopted as the conceptual framework • Defines disability as an umbrella term for impairment, activity limitation and participation restrictions. • Disability refers to the negative aspects of the interaction between individuals with a health condition and personal and environmental factors (such as negative attitudes, inaccessible transportation and public buildings and limited social support)

4. Disability is a part of human condition • Almost everyone will be temporarily or permanently impaired at some point in life • Those who survive to old age will experience increasing difficulties in functioning • Disability is complex and the interventions to overcome the disadvantage associated with disability are multiple and systemic – varying with the context

5. What do we know about disability? • Higher estimates of prevalence: 15 percent with some form of disability; 110-190 million with profound difficulties in functioning • Growing numbers: aging, chronic health conditions, road traffic injuries, work related injuries, natural disasters, wars and civil conflicts… • Diverse experience: negative interaction between an individual with impairment and her/his environment varies greatly • Disproportionately affects vulnerable populations

6. What are disabling barriers? • Environment has a crucial role in facilitating or restricting functioning and participation for people with disabilities • Report documents evidence of widespread barriers, including: • Inadequate policies and standards • Negative attitudes • Lack of provision of services • Problems with service delivery • Inadequate funding • Lack of accessibility • Lack of consultations and involvement • Lack of data and evidence

7. How are the lives of people with disabilities affected? The Report documents: • Poorer health outcomes • Lower educational achievements • Less economic participation • Higher rates of poverty • Increase dependency and restricted participation

8. Addressing barriers and inequalities • The Report synthesis the best available evidence with good and promising practice examples on how to overcome barriers in: • Health • Rehabilitation • Support and assistance • Environments (built environment, transportation and information and communication including ICT) • Education • Labor markets

9. recommendations • Enable access to all mainstream policies, systems and services. • Invest in specific programmes and services for persons with disabilities. • Adopt a national disability strategy and plan of action. • Involve people with disabilities. • Improve human resource capacity. • Provide adequate funding and improve affordability. • Increase public awareness and understanding. • Improve data collection. • Strengthen and support research.

10. Content overview 1. Understanding disability 2. Disability – a global picture 3. General healthcare 4. Rehabilitation 5. Assistance and support 6. Enabling environments 7. Education 8. Work and employment 9. The way forward

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