Disabled People Definition of disability Disability is a

Disabled People

Definition of disability Disability is a physical or mental impairment which has real and long-term adverse effect on the person’s ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities.

The World Health Organization’s definition Disability is an umbrella term, covering impairments, activity limitations, and participation restrictions. An restrictions. 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. impairment - oštećenje activity limitation - ograničenje aktivnosti participation restriction - restrikcija sudjelovanja

How you see me Thus disability is a complex phenomenon, reflecting an interaction between features of a person’s body and features of the society in which he or she lives. “How you see me”: https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=bw. W 6 m. Yd. J 7 Xc

The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its Optional Protocol was adopted on 13 December 2006 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, and was opened for signature on 30 March 2007 The Convention is intended as a human rights instrument with an explicit, social development dimension. It adopts a broad categorization of persons with disabilities and reaffirms that all persons with all types of disabilities must enjoy all human rights and fundamental freedoms.

The CRPD clarifies and qualifies how all categories of rights apply to persons with disabilities and identifies areas where adaptations have to be made for persons with disabilities to effectively exercise their rights and areas where their rights have been violated, and where protection of rights must be reinforced.

From CRPD (Article 1) The purpose of the present Convention is to promote, protect and ensure the full and equal enjoyment of all human rights and fundamental freedoms by all persons with disabilities, and to promote respect for their inherent dignity.

Translate the following: Persons with disabilities include those who have longterm physical, mental, intellectual or sensory impairment which in interaction with various barriers may hinder their full and effective participation in society on an equal basis with others.

Disability as an imprecise concept People dealing with long-term or shortterm 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

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.

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).

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 etc.

Conditions causing disability are classified by the medical community as: 1. Inherited =genetically transmitted 2. Congenital = caused by a mother's infection or other disease during pregnancy, (embryonic or fetal developmental irregularities, or by injury during or soon after birth) 3. Acquired = conditions caused by an illness or injury or of unknown origin

The social model of disability sees the issue of "disability" as a socially created problem and a matter of the full integration of individuals into society. In this model, disability is not an attribute of an individual, but rather a complex collection of conditions, many of which are created by the social environment.

Equal access as a human rights issue The issue is both cultural and ideological, requiring individual, community, and large-scale social change. From this perspective, equal access for someone with an impairment/disability is a human rights issue of major concern. Medical humanities can bridge the gap between medical and social model of disability.

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

Famous disabled persons List some of (relatively) new disabilities: https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=GGCnh. CXSQBg

International Day of Persons with Disabilities is annually held on December 3 to focus on issues that affect people with disabilities worldwide.

Translate the following: Osoba s invaliditetom ima svuda u svijetu i na svim društvenim razinama. Prema procjenama UN invaliditet je mnogo rašireniji nego što se inače misli: od deset stanovnika svake zemlje bar je jedan u izvjesnoj mjeri osoba s invaliditetom, što čini oko 450 milijuna ljudi u svijetu

Disabled people in Great Britain

Disabled people in Great Britain There 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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

The definition of ‘disability’ under the Equality Act 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 For the purposes of the Act, these words have the following meanings: ‘substantial’ means more than minor or trivial ‘long-term’ means that the effect of the impairment has lasted or is likely to last for at least twelve months (there are special rules covering recurring or fluctuating conditions) ‘normal day-to-day activities’ include everyday things like eating, washing, walking and going shopping

Protected characteristics The Equality Act protects people against discrimination because of the protected characteristics that we all have. Under the Equality Act, there are nine protected characteristics: age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.

Types of discrimination (EA 2010) Direct discrimination – where someone is treated less favourably than another person because of a protected characteristic Associative discrimination – this is direct discrimination against someone because they are associated with another person who possesses a protected characteristic Discrimination by perception – this is direct discrimination against someone because others think that they possess a particular protected characteristic. They do not necessarily have to possess the characteristic, just be perceived to. Indirect discrimination – this can occur when you have a rule or policy that applies to everyone but disadvantages a person with a particular protected characteristic Harassment – this is behaviour that is deemed offensive by the recipient. Employees can now complain of the behaviour they find offensive even if it is not directed at them. Victimisation – this occurs when someone is treated badly because they have made or supported a complaint or grievance under this legislation. Translate types of discrimination!

associative discrimination diskriminacija na osnovi povezanosti, sudiskriminicija discrimination based on (arising from) disability diskriminacija na temelju invaliditeta discrimination by perception diskriminacija na osnovi percepcije direct discrimination izravna diskriminacija indirect discrimination neizravna diskriminacija harassment uznemiravanje victimisation viktimizacija

Match the term with its definition: TERM DEFINITION 1. harassment a. discrimination against someone because they are associated with another person who possesses a protected characteristic b. having a rule or policy that applies to everyone but disadvantages a person with a particular protected characteristic c. direct discrimination against someone because others think that they possess a particular protected characteristic d. treating someone badly because they have made or supported a complaint or grievance e. treating someone less favourably than another person because of a protected characteristic f. behaviour that is deemed offensive by the recipient 2. direct discrimination 3. victimisation 4. associative discrimination 5. indirect discrimination 6. discrimination by perception

Disabled persons in Croatia

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.

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.

Share of disabled persons Croatia has 4, 290, 612 inhabitants, according to the 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.

Ombudswoman for persons with disabilities The Ombudsman examines citizens’ complaints pertaining to the work of the state bodies, bodies of local and regional self-government units, legal persons vested with public authority and, in accordance with special laws, of the legal and natural persons. In 2013 Ms Lora Vidović was appointed as the Ombudswoman of the Republic of Croatia.

The National Strategy Government of the Republic of Croatia issued the National Strategy of Equalization of Possibilities for Persons with Disabilities from 2007 until 2015 with the goal of advancing and strengthening protection of persons with disabilities and children with developmental difficulties. The aim: to achieve accessibility of all civil, political, social, cultural and economic rights to persons with disabilities.

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.

Translate and comment the following: (New York) – The Croatian government should urgently heed the calls by United Nations disability rights experts to improve its disability rights record, Human Rights Watch said today. On April 17, 2015, the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities recommended that the Croatian government should do more to protect the rights of people with disabilities, including legal reform and ensuring that everyone with a disability who is in an institution has the opportunity to move into the community.

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