Table 1. Census-based disability prevalence by type of question “Do you have a disability?” Yes/No List of diagnoses/conditions Functioning/activity based Country Year Disability prevalence (%) Year Disability prevalence (%) Year Disability prevalence (%) Brazil 1991 0.9 2000 14.5 Mexico 2000 1.8 2010 5.1 Uganda 1991 1.2 2002 3.3 Source: Uganda 1991 and Brazil 1991: DISTAT; Brazil 2000, Mexico 2000 and Uganda 2002: Mont (2007); Mexico 2010: Velázquez Lerma (2015). Box 4. Washington Group of Short Questions on Disability The next questions ask about difficulties you may have doing certain activities because of a HEALTH PROBLEM. 1. Do you have difficulty seeing, even if wearing glasses? 2. Do you have difficulty hearing, even if using a hearing aid? 3. Do you have difficulty walking or climbing steps? 4. Do you have difficulty remembering or concentrating? 5. Do you have difficulty (with self-care such as) washing all over or dressing? 6.Using your usual (customary) language, do you have difficulty communicating, (for example understanding or being understood by others)? Each question has four response categories: (1) No, no difficulty, (2) Yes, some difficulty, (3) Yes, a lot of difficulty and (4) Cannot do it at all.
China 2006 Second National Survey of Disabled Persons Households with disabled adults: 8% to 43% Households with disabled children: 18% to 31% Vietnam68 2006 Vietnam Household Living Standards Survey Any Disability 12% UK 2007-8 Family Resources Survey Older people below median disability level: 21% Older people above median disability level 39% UK 1998-99 Household Expenditure Survey Any Disability 29% Moderate: 30% Severe: 40% UK74 1996/97 Family Resources Survey; 1999-2000 British Household Panel Survey Mild: 11% Moderate: 34% Severe : 64%
proportion to the cost of the other renovations Australia Disability Discrimination Act The Act calls for the elimination of discrimination against persons with disabilities in accesses to premises. Article 23 (Access to Premises) states it unlawful to refuse persons with disabilities use of any premises that the public is entitled to 1992 Canada Canadian Human Rights Act, the Employment Equity Act, and the Canadian Labour Code Canadian Human Rights Act (1985) encourages the Governor in Council to prescribe standards of accessibility that make it a discriminatory practice to deny access to any service or facility to any individual. The Canadian Labour Code (1985) calls for reasonable care to ensure that all of the persons granted access to the work place. 1985, 1995, 1985 Norway Discrimination and Accessibility Act The Act defines lack of accessibility as discrimination and obliges public authorities to implement universal design in their areas. The Act refers to legislation regarding accessibility in built environment and transport 2008 France Law nr 2005-102 dates 11 Feb 2005 on the equalities of rights and opportunities, participation and citizenship of persons with disabilities Establishments open to the public, whether public or private, must be accessible for persons with disabilities, regardless of the type of disability 2005 UK Equality Act The Act calls for the improvement of physical environments schools for the 2010
Ghana: Persons with Disability Act (2006) South Africa: Employment Equity Act (1998) legal framework for equal pay for equal work Cuba, Brazil, Mongolia employment quota systems China, India, Japan, Mongolia, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Indonesia, Ethiopia, Mauritius, Tanzania, Kuwait, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, Azerbaijan, Mongolia, Turkmenistan explicitly mentioning persons with disabilities in employment policies and programme Sri Lanka: National Human Resources and Employment Policy, 2012 Ethiopia: National Employment Policy and Strategy, 2009 inclusion of persons with disabilities in public procurement policies, public employment programmes and other public works programmes South Africa: Preferential Policy Framework Philippines: Executive Order 417, 2005 India: Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Act mainstreaming disability in technical and vocational education and training Government initiatives: Bangladesh, Mongolia, Zambia, Uganda, Burkina Faso, Initiatives from private companies: Nigeria (L’Oreal), India (Tata Consultancy Services), Brazil (Extra and Pão de Açucar, Sodexo), Thailand (Novotel Bangkok), Egypt (cell phone operator Mobinil) quotas for persons with disabilities in technical and vocational training Bangladesh: 5% of seats in polytechnics and technical schools and colleges are reserved for persons with disabilities (Ministry of Education order, 2015) creation of services that support the employment of persons with disabilities Ethiopia (Ethiopian Centre for Disability and Development) Lebanon (Lebanese Physical Handicapped Union) Peru (Yanbal International) creation of programmes to deal with return to work for persons who have Malaysia (Return to Work Program, 2007)
Program Aboriginal Human Resources Development Strategy National Youth Solvent Abuse Program students with moderate, severe, or profound behavioural and/or physical challenges have access to the services and support required, providing access to special education programs and services that are culturally sensitive and meet the relevant provincial or territorial standards. The Strategy is a Federal program that funds 79 Aboriginal organizations to provide employment support and human resources programs across Canada. It has earmarked $3 million out of the total budget of 1.6 billion (2%) for aboriginal people with disabilities who have never worked before. The programme provides access to culturally appropriate, community-based prevention, intervention, treatment, and aftercare programs to First Nations youth who are addicted to or are at risk of becoming addicted to solvents. Ecuador Project 2015 – 2017 for supporting indigenous The project promotes self-employment of indigenous women and youth with