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What is disability?

What is disability?. Module 1. Objective. Module flow. Introduce participants to the current human rights approach to disability and explain the evolution of other approaches. How disability works Approaches to disability Charity approach Medical approach

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What is disability?

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  1. What is disability? Module 1

  2. Objective Module flow • Introduce participants to the current human rights approach to disability and explain the evolution of other approaches • How disability works • Approaches to disability • Charity approach • Medical approach • Consequences of charity and medical approaches • Social approach • Human rights approach • Key principles of a rights-based approach • Convention’s concept of disability • Language and terminology

  3. How disability works Personal factors Environmental factors Interaction Social participation

  4. Some personal factors

  5. Environmental factors‏

  6. PERSONAL FACTORS ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS Physical (inherent) Accessibility Policy/legal Socioeconomic (individual impact) Socio-economic Services The interaction Interaction

  7. Four approaches todisability Convention Time Charity approach Medical approach Social approach Human rights approach

  8. Charity approach Poor people, we should help them, if we can and want to… Charity house

  9. Charity approach

  10. Medical approach Poor people, we should fix them, so they can participate. Rehabilitation centre

  11. Medical approach

  12. Consequencesofcharity/medical approaches

  13. Social approach We need to eliminate the barriers to enable the participation of persons with disabilities. School Hospital

  14. Social approach

  15. Personswithdisabilities are partofhumandiversity

  16. Humanrights approach We, persons with and without disabilities, are part of the same society and we have the same rights and obligations State Equal participation Non- discrimination Convention Now!

  17. Humanrights approach

  18. Key principles of a human rights approach

  19. The Convention’sconceptof disability Disabilityisanevolvingconceptandresults from the interactionbetweenpersons with impairmentsandattitudinal and environmentalbarriersthat hinders their full and effective participation in society on a equal basis withothers

  20. Language and terminology

  21. Sources • Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities • OHCHR, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs and Inter-Parliamentary Union, From Exclusion to Equality: Realizing the Rights of Persons with Disabilities—Handbook for Parliamentarians on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its Optional Protocol (HR/PUB/07/6) • OHCHR, FAQ on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Disability/Pages/FAQ.aspx (accessed 2 August 2012)

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