Disability covers a broad range of physical, mental, sensory and emotional or learning difficulties.
Disabled people are infants, children, teenagers, adults, and elderly both male and female.
Each person with a disability will have different information and communication needs. This paper outlines regional and national key policy strategies which are aimed at reducing the barriers which handicap disabled people in society. It is the intent of the paper to alert information and information technology professionals of the need to integrate people with disabilities in the National Information Infrastructure and thereby provide them with an equal opportunity to gather and generate information. The principal objectives are the eradication of absolute poverty, the realization of distributive justice and the enhancement of popular participation. Disadvantaged and vulnerable social groups including people with disabilities are to be given special attention by governments in the national policies and programmes which they develop.