Population/Types of Disabilities, Assessment, Prevention, Education and Awareness in Pakistan Scenario

1. Dr. HumairaBano Assistant Professor Department of Special Education University of the Punjab, Lahore Population/Types of Disabilities, Assessment, Prevention, Education and Awareness in Pakistan Scenario

2. Projected Formula and Pop. PWDs HHRD • 2.65% than 2.54% • Facing social & economic disadvantage & denial of most basic fundamental rights

3. Disability wise Population in Pakistan • Approximately (2. 54%) of the total population comprise on PWDs and about 2.49% (registered) Ref. (Guidelines, 2012) Which is about about 3.2 million of 184 million • According to Census 1998 (2.54% )of total population is consists on PWDs • Blind (8.06%), Deaf & Hard of hearing (7.43%), Physically handicap (18.93%), Severely M.R. (6.39%), M.R. (7.60%), Having more than one disability (8.23%), Others (43.36) (UNICEF, 2003) • Total enrollment is about 28,000 children with disabilities. This comes to 4% of the total school age children with disabilities. And 5% with new projected formula

4. Disability Wise Distribution of Organizations in Pakistan(Education, Assessment, Prevention, Rehabilitation and etc.)

5. Services provided to PWDs in Pakistani Institutions

6. Need to Do for PWDs

7. Need to Do for PWDs • e Source: Guidelines for Promoting Rehabilitation and Inclusion of People with Disabilities in Mainstreaming Development, 2012

8. Actual Problem • Less employments opportunities with reference to need of PWDs • If available , didn't match to level of disability, education , skills, or functional level • Problem in Job sustainability (accessibility, mobility, low income, less job guidance) • No survey to identify disability oriented jobs with reference to latest market needs • No in-service training for PWDs • Less disability oriented infrastructure leading to accessibility problem to PWDs • Less Co-ordination of organizations of PWDs working by themselves at National/Provincial/Local (District & Thesil) Level • No sheltered workshops at Schools/ Colleges/ Universities • None availability of relevant literature to identify vocations with reference to disability needs in local context • Lack of CBR in at local /national level

9. Possible Solutions • Need of authentic data with reference to Type of Disability, Level of Disability, Skills identifications of PWDs (*Females) • District Education Councils must have identified list of Public/private organizations to refer the PWDs according to their skills & type of disability • Identification and Networking of organizations of PWDs at Village /Provincial/National Level to connect them with various public & private organizations • Emphasis on Vocational Education in regular curricula • Capacity development through teachers training programs at degree awarding institutions in vocational skills along the literacy skills at special/regular setup • Establishment of a cell to manufacture low cost equipments for the PWDs • Approval of Law to look in to rights with right base approach

10. Possible Solutions • Identifications of vocational skills with regard to gender specific as well as micro financing for them by Govt./ INGOs • Development of CBR strategies to monitor and implement employment quota of PWDs in consultation with funding organizations of Govt. and INGOs, • Development of manual (based on various skills ) in consultation with Public/Private Industries , PWDs and professionals of D.A.I. for Vocational education • Counseling of PWDs as well their contemporaries at job places to enhance the job sustainability • Need to review the salary packages of PWDs with reference to market value • Development of sports activities for all to make them more socially included • Media utilizations by specifying sort of programs or times to aware the community

11. Thank you