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2021, Vol. 2, Issue 1, Part A

A social construction of disability: Women with disabilities and policy problems in Nepal


Author(s): Tulasi Acharya

Abstract: People with disabilities in Nepal, especially women are hampered by social attitudes and cultural beliefs towards them. Disability intersects with gender and socio-cultural perceptions of disability in Nepal. To understand and analyze the disability, disability policies, and policy problems, a social construction of disability model is required. There are many models to disability introduced, such as medical and social. The former emphasizes the medical diagnosis and the treatment of the disabled, and the later emphasizes the need of recognition of the disabled as human variations (KC, 2018). This paper argues that without a clear understanding of the social construction of disability in Nepali society, it will be difficult to address the problems in policies that have been formed to address the conditions of the disabled, especially women in the context of Nepali society where women are deemed as inferiors to men. Citing Nepali disability policies, this paper discusses the existing Nepali disability policies and the social construction of disability in policymaking. This paper asked the following questions: Do Nepali disability policies address the psychological and social issues of people with disabilities, especially women or not? Or do they merely reflect social perceptions of disability?

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How to cite this article:
Tulasi Acharya. A social construction of disability: Women with disabilities and policy problems in Nepal. International Journal of Intellectual Disability. 2021; 2(1): 10-17.
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