Disabled People

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Disabled People

• Disabled People

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Definition of disability

• Disability is a physical or mental impairment
  which has real and long-term adverse effect on
  the persons ability to carry out normal
  day-to-day activities.

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The World Health Organizations definition

• Disability is an umbrella term, covering
  impairments, activity limitations, and
  participation restrictions. An impairment is a
  problem in body function or structure an
  activity limitation is a difficulty encountered
  by an individual in executing a task or action
  while a participation restriction is a problem
  experienced by an individual in involvement in
  life situations.

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• Thus disability is a complex phenomenon,
  reflecting an interaction between features of a
  persons body and features of the society in
  which he or she lives.

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Disability as an imprecise concept

• People dealing with long-term or short-term
  issues
• People disabled from birth or disabled later in
  life
• People who define themselves as disabled and
  those who do not
• People who meet the criteria of any of a number,
  or those who do not

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Multidimensionality

• Disability is conceptualized as being a
  multidimensional experience for the person
  involved. There may be effects on organs or body
  parts and there may be effects on a person's
  participation in areas of life.

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Three main dimensions

• Three dimensions of disability are recognized
• 1.body structure and function (and impairment
  thereof)
• 2. activity (and activity restrictions) and
• 3. participation (and participation
  restrictions).

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Categories of disability

• Autism
• Deaf-Blindness
• Daefness and hearing impairment
• Visual impairment including blindness
• Emotional disturbance
• Mental retardation
• Multiple disabilities
• Orthopedic impairment
• Specific learning diability
• Speech or language impairment
• Traumatic brain injury

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Disability facts

• Only 17 of disabled people were born with their
  disabilities
• One in four people will be affected by mental ill
  health
• Mental health problems, such as anxiety and
  depression, now account for more incapacity
  benefit claims than back pain
• One in four men and one in five women will suffer
  a critical illness before they are 65

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Famous disabled persons

• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vA9Z06EeIhFM

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Disabled people in Great Britain
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Disabled people in Great Britain

• There are around 10 million disabled people in
  Great Britain (one in five of the adult
  population)
• 7 of them live in communal establishments,
  others independently in their own homes

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Employment

• Over 1 million disabled people are not working
  and are on benefits, but are keen to work
• Disabled people are denied an opportunity to
  enter or remain in work because of fears and
  stereotypes about their abilities

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Workers with disabilities

• 58 found it difficult to get an interview
• 57 need flexible hours
• 35 have been harassed by a boss
• 25 need adapted equipment or technology
• 15 need adaptation of building or work space

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Services for the disabled

• Provided by local social services who have to
  identify the number of disabled people in their
  area
• Include day services, advice and help, day
  centres, adaptations to the home paid by local
  authorities

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Disability Discrimination Act of 1995

• Illegal to treat disabled people less favourably
  at work
• The right of access to goods and services
  (reasonable adjustments have to be made)
• National Disability Council established

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The Equality Act 2010

• From 1 October 2010, the Equality Act replaced
  most of the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA).
• The Equality Act 2010 aims to protect disabled
  people and prevent disability discrimination.

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Equality Act 2010

• It provides legal rights for disabled people in
  the areas of
• employment
• education
• access to goods, services and facilities
  including larger private clubs and land based
  transport services
• buying and renting land or property
• functions of public bodies, for example the
  issuing of licences

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Rights of carers

• The Equality Act also provides rights for people
  not to be directly discriminated against or
  harassed because they have an association with a
  disabled person. This can apply to a carer or
  parent of a disabled person.

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The definition of disability under the
Equality Act 2010

• In the Act, a person has a disability if
• they have a physical or mental impairment
• the impairment has a substantial and long-term
  adverse effect on their ability to perform normal
  day-to-day activities

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Disabled persons in Croatia
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Terminology

• In Croatia there is no single definition of
  persons with disabilities. Different systems also
  use different terms, sometimes resulting in small
  or large practical problems.

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The Law on Vocational Rehabilitation and
Employment of Persons with Disabilities 2002

• The person with a disability is any person with
  is a physical, sensory or mental impairment which
  results in a permanent or reduced possibility of
  meeting personal needs in everyday life.

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Share of disabled persons

• Croatia has 4,290,612 inhabitants, according to
  preliminary results of the 2011 census (Central
  Bureau of Statistics). There were 531,506 persons
  with disabilities registered, of which 318,169
  males (59.9) and 213,337 females (40.1),
  comprising approximately 12 of the total
  population of the Republic of Croatia.

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Ombudswoman for persons with disabilities

• On 30 May 2008 by unanimous vote of the Croatian
  Parliament Ms Anka Slonjsak was appointed the
  first Croatian ombudswoman for persons with
  disabilities.

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The National Strategy

• Government of the Republic of Croatia is issuing
  a new document the National Strategy of
  Equalization of Possibilities for Persons with
  Disabilities from the Year 2007 till the Year
  2015 with the goal of advancing and strengthening
  protection of persons with disabilities and
  children with developmental difficulties.

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The aim of the Strategy

• to achieve accessibility of all civil, political,
  social, cultural and economic rights to persons
  with disabilities.

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From the Constitution

• Article 57
• The State shall ensure the right to assistance
  for weak, helpless and other citizens unable to
  meet their basic needs owing to unemployment or
  incapacity to work.

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