Disabled people are more or less absent in everyday life, politics and policy, development, interventions and research in India. Political exclusion and lack of access to basic services like health and education exacerbate the deep-rooted social stigma and cultural marginalisation and devaluation of this oppressed group. the plight of women with disabilities is even worse. It is only now in an era of human rights that their legitimate concerns are being taken up at different levels by the state, civil society, the media and the academy. This process has been acelerated by Indias...
Disabled people are more or less absent in everyday life, politics and policy, development, interventions and research in India. Political exclusio...
Since the 1970s, the international disability rights movement, the United Nations and national governments across the world have attempted to ameliorate the status of the disabled population through a range of legislative and policy measures primarily in the areas of health, education, employment, accessible environments and social security. While the discourse in the disability sector in India has shifted from charity and welfare to human rights and entitlements, disability studies - as an interdisciplinary academic terrain that focuses on the contributions, experiences, history and...
Since the 1970s, the international disability rights movement, the United Nations and national governments across the world have attempted to ameli...
