page_title: Disability in Malaysia
section_title: Categories
hierarchical_section_title: Disability in Malaysia / Categories
caption_attribution_description: English: Mahkota Parade, Melaka City, Central Melaka, Melaka, Malaysia
context_page_description: Disability in Malaysia refers to the people with disability in Malaysia. As of 2007, there are 197,519 people in Malaysia with various category of disability. The country is a state party to the United Nations' Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, having signed on 8 April 2008 and ratified the treaty on 19 July 2010.
context_section_description: The Department of Social Welfare Malaysia lists disabilities into seven categories, which are hearing, visual, speaking, physical, learning, mental and multiple disabilities.
caption: Dedicated parking lot for the mobility impaired in Melaka City, Melaka.
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