Category Part 2
Laws/Policies: Despite Brazil’s growing population the means to support individuals with a disability in all aspects of their lives has also continued to grow. More specifically, Brazil has what is known as an International Labour Organization that has specific guidelines… Continue Reading →
Disability in India With a population of almost 1.3 billion, India is the second most largely populated country in the world. Such a large population means the government must face challenges in meeting the unique individual needs of its people…. Continue Reading →
The National Coordinating Council on Disability (NCCD) was established in 2001. On October 6, 2015, the Prime Minister of Vietnam changed NCCD to the National Council on Disability (NCD), in order to comply with provisions of the Convention on the… Continue Reading →
Legislation and Policy While legislatively Haiti meets most human rights standards, many provisions are not regarded. With political instability and a history plagued by the presidency of Francois Duvalier who ruled with a blatant disregard to human life and rights…. Continue Reading →
Laws/Policies impacting disability in Norway: In the late 1990s, Norway worked on developing mental health care reform and policies. Out of this came the “National Programme for Mental Health” aimed at expanding funding, organization and structure and types of services… Continue Reading →
Legislation Sweden estimates about 1.5 million people are living with a disability within its borders (Sweden, 2018). In order to preserve the quality of these individuals’ lives, Sweden has developed a disability policy. Personally, I think its absolutely incredible. The… Continue Reading →
One of Germany’s recent laws passed in 2016 is called the “Bundesteilhabegesetz” law, or “federal participation law” (Knight, 2016.) This law was passed for people considered to be “seriously disabled” to keep their benefits regardless of their partners income. Additionally,… Continue Reading →
Legislation Ukraine is arguably lacking in legislation to protect those with disabilities. There are broad discrimination laws, such as those found in the Labor Code of Ukraine, that protect from overall discriminatory practices, but there is few specific to protect… Continue Reading →
A set of scales Laws and Policies Afghanistan has taken quite a few policy measures in the last few years to ensure equal rights and protections for people with disabilities. In 2004 the Constitution of Afghanistan has passed several Articles… Continue Reading →
Laws/Policies impacting disability: Equalization Opportunity Law (Act no. XXVI of 1998): The aim of this act is to “define the rights of persons living with disability and the instruments for the exercise of these rights, further to regulate… Continue Reading →