Visual Impairment and Human Rights
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.47672/ajl.929Keywords:
Human rights, Enforcement, Visually Impaired.Abstract
Introduction: It is important to recognize the extent to which views on persons with visual impairment have changed over the years. From looking at this issue as a medical condition, it is nowadays being regarded as a human rights issue which has today been embedded into legally binding instruments at the national, regional and the international levels.
Purpose: The purpose of this work is to address the human rights aspect of visual impairment, the challenges faced and to assess if the rights of persons with visual impairment are effectively enforced.
Methodology: The qualitative methodology of research was used to gather information such as observation and unstructured interviews.
Findings: We discovered that there is the inadequate provision of support needs to persons with visual impairment as well as inaccessibility to infrastructures.
Unique contribution to theory and practice: In theory, this piece of work is beneficial to the entire academic society as it contributes to the existing body of literature. In practice, it raises awareness on the need for the promotion and protection of persons with visual impairment. As concerns policy recommendations, we tackled the Government, institutions and the Community. As one of the policy recommendations to the government in particular, we saw the need to address the fact that they should be louder on raising awareness on the existence of such rights by teaching the human rights of persons with visual impairment in educational institutions. The institutions should organise talks or conferences which will help them identify challenges these people face while the community can contribute in creating a conducive atmosphere for these people by being warm and receptive.
Downloads
References
Books
Beresford,P.(2006).Poverty and Disabled People: Challenging dominant debates and policies. New York: Wiley Network.
Buthelezi, M.M. (2014).Exploring challenges experienced by physically challenged students at a Further Education and Training College in KwaZulu-Natal Province. Doctoral dissertation, University of South Africa. South Africa.
Digby, A and Wright,D.(Eds.)(2002). From idiocyto mental deficiency: Historical perspectives on people with learning disabilities. London: Routledge.
Groce,N.,Kett,M.,Lang,R.andTrani,J.F.(2011). Disability and Poverty: the need for a more nuanced understanding of implications for development policy and practice. Third World Quarterly, 32(8), 1493-1513. Washington, D. C.: Brown School of Publications.
Kasambula, A. H. (2015).Persons with Physical and Sensory Disabilities and their Working life, A Case Study of Finnish People with physical disabilities in Järvenpää. Finland: Diaconia University of Applied Sciences.
Lee,S.S.(2013). Disability, underemployment and social change. Doctoral dissertation. Toronto, Canada: University of Toronto.
Ngwena, C.,Grobbelaar-duPlessis,I.,Combrinck,H.andKamga,S.D.(Eds.).(2013).African Disability Year Book. Pretoria, South Africa: Pretoria University Law Press.
Susan,S-Y.L.(2013). Disability,Under employment and Social Change. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
Toritsyn, A. and Monjurul, K.A.H.(2013).Promoting the Human Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Europe and the Common wealth of independent States: Guide. Slovak Republic: United Nations Development Programme.
Vogelzang, L.(2018).Disability is not Inability: a case study of empowerment of young persons with disabilities in Zambia. Zambia: University of Amsterdam.
Zimba, Y.(2015).Disability welfare and development cooperation: Zambia & Finland. Finland: Global South.
Journal Articles
Cockburn,L.,Hashemi,G.,Noumi,C.,Ritchie,A, and Skead,K.(2017). Realizing theEducational Rights of Children with Disabilities: An Overview of Inclusive Education in Cameroon. Journal of Education and Practice, 8(6),1-11.
Forbus, R. and Gomes, S. (2009). Physical challenges and disabilities.AEJMC,5(1), 12.
GED/PARDEV(2015). ILO and Disability Inclusion Menze, J.(Ed.)Retrievedon18thSeptember 2020 from, https://www.ilo.org/ged.
Handicap International-Humanity and Inclusion International Rescue Committee UN High Commissioner for Refugees (2019).Working withholder persons in forced displacement.
Washington, D. C.: Human Rights Documents.
Laddha,C.(2016).Rights of person with disabilities: A human right approach. SSRN Electronic Journal, 10.2139/2763440.
Mitra, S and Samba moorthi, U. (2008). Wage differential by disability status in an Agrarian labour market in India. SSRN Electronic
Internet Sources
Covid-19 and persons with visual impairment (n.d).Retrieved on10thNovember 2020 from, http://disability rights fund.org
Disability rights world report (2011). Retrieved on 09th November 2020 from, http://www.who.int/disabilities
Inclusion of persons with disabilities in national employment policies.(n.d).Retrieved on 11th November 2020 from, http://www.ilo.org/ilolex/cgi-lex/convde.pl?C159
Lives of persons withdisabilities (n.d).Retrievedon12th November2020from, https://www.living-with.disabilities/com
Northern Officers' Group definition on impairment and disability (n.d).Retrievedon12th November 2020 from https://disability-studies.leeds.ac.uk
Opoku,M.P, Mprah,W.K.,Mckenzie,J.,Sakah, B.N and Badu,E.(2020).Lives of persons with disabilities in Cameroon, 3.Retrieved on12th November 2020 from http://www.tandfonline.com
Taormina-Weiss,W. (2018). Social constructions of disability: Digital and internet technologies. Retrieved on 12th November 2020 from, https://www.disabled-world.com/editorials/technology/social-constructions.php
Disability and poverty (n.d). Retrieved on 09th November 2020 from, https://www.ohchr.org
Reports
The Annual Report on Human Rights by the Commission on Human Rights, (2015).Vol, 5.
The Annual Report on Human Rights by the Commission on Human Rights, (2017).Vol, 7.
The Annual Report on Human Rights by the Commission on Human Rights, (2018).Vol, 8.
United Nations (2010).Monitoring the convention on the rights of persons with disabilities. (Series 17, Rep.). New York and Geneva: United Nations.
World Health Organization/World Bank, World Report on Disability (2011). Vol, 26.
Downloads
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
Copyright (c) 2022 Shomsang Elvine Bendung
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgment of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
