2023, Vol. 4, Issue 1, Part A
Review of special education services and legislative provisions in higher education for women with disabilities
Author(s): Sultan Singh and Sara Begum
Abstract: According to Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru†When women move forward, the family moves, the village moves. But in India, women have been victims of stigma and discrimination, oppression, violation since decades. As far as disability is concerned, women with disability become double source of discrimination, isolation and stigma on the ground of gender and impairment. Though the world celebrated international year of women in 1975 and year of disabled in 1981. They are deprived of many opening available in the society and especially women with disability deprived of access to many facilities and services. Women with disabilities are the most vulnerable in Indian society. Disability affects hundreds of millions of families in developing countries. Currently around 10% of the world’s population or roughly around 650 million people live with disability. Around 21 million people have different types of disabilities. According to census 2001, the total population of disability is 21906769 out of which 9301134 are women (Census, 2001). As per Census 2011, in India, out of the 121 Cr population, about 2.68 Cr persons are ‘disabled’ which is 2.21% of the total population. In an era where ‘inclusive development’ is being emphasized as the right path towards sustainable development, focused initiatives for the welfare of disabled persons are essential. This emphasizes the need for strengthening disability statistics in the Country (Disability Report, 2016). As far as Education is concerned, education is seemed less important for girls in Indian society as they are not expected to become bread winners. Disabilities limit their opportunities even more. The higher education system in India is a powerful tool to build a knowledge-based society.The United Nations Convention on Rights of People with Disabilities (UNCRPD) that was adopted in 2006 is a landmark convention which first time in history, talks about the concerns and issues of people with disabilities at a global forum. Before this in 2000, ‘The Biwako Millennium Framework’ already talked in seven principles about the Right Based Society and Women with Disabilities. The present study will review the special education services and legislative provisions related to women with disabilities in all aspects like social and educational etc. in India. In this paper the investigator will find out the reasons for not getting the benefits of government policies and programs for women with disabilities and discuss experience in the field of rehabilitation related to women with disabilities. The researcher will also explain the provisions of education for women with disabilities with reference to Right to Persons with Disabilities Act 2016.
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Sultan Singh and Sara Begum. Review of special education services and legislative provisions in higher education for women with disabilities. International Journal of Intellectual Disability. 2023; 4(1): 50-54.
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