Critical Analysis of Right to Health of Persons with Disabilities: National and International Perspective
Erika Yagnik, LLM, UGC-NET
Abstract
Disability has been an ever-evolving concept that has been contested and debated about its meaning and relevance. Right to health of the persons with disabilities becomes all the more important if they belong to poor section of the society. They are eventually excluded from the mainstream society. As a result of societal exclusion and discrimination, individuals with disabilities are unable to develop properly within society, resulting in negative interactions between the individual with a disability and his or her contextual factors, which include environmental and personal factors. Right to health gives them the strength to fight disability. Hence, effective enforcement right to health of the persons with disabilities and their accessibility to the healthcare services provided by the government should be ensured. They form a major part of our society and should be treated at par with the other members of society.
Keywords: disability, health, society, discrimination
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