IDPD 2025 calls for comprehensive facilities for persons with disabilities
News Kashmir Analysis
A large percentage of Human population faces disabilities of diverse nature.
International Day of Persons with Disabilities is observed annually on December 3rd to promote the rights and well-being of people with disabilities and raise awareness of their political, economic, social, and cultural situations. Proclaimed.
The theme for IPD 2025 is
Fostering disability inclusive societies for advancing social progress.
Across all regions, persons with disabilities and their households face challenges and barriers in the attainment of social development objectives. The facts throughout world are worrying .
An estimated 1.3 billion people experience significant disability. This represents 16% of the world’s population, or 1 in 6 of us.
Some persons with disabilities die up to 20 years earlier than those without disabilities.
Persons with disabilities have twice the risk of developing conditions such as depression, asthma, diabetes, stroke, obesity or poor oral health.
As a matter of fact, the
annual observance of the International Day of Disabled Persons was proclaimed in 1992, by the United Nations General Assembly resolution 47/3. The observance of the Day aims to promote an understanding of disability issues and mobilize support for the dignity, rights and well-being of persons with disabilities. It also seeks to increase awareness of gains to be derived from the integration of persons with disabilities in every aspect of political, social, economic and cultural life.
In Jammu and Kashmir too persons with disability faces many issues. Lacs of disable population in Jammu and Kashmir face huge number of multiple worrying problems. The lack of quality public transport makes disability people quite vulnerable, and coupled with lack of infrastructure in important institutions like ramps adds to their miseries. The Schools catering to needs of the children of disability children in Jammu and Kashmir are very few. The job creation for disability humans in Jammu and Kashmir is also very poor.
The expert pulse is that we need to have great infrastructure and many employment opportunities for specially abled persons across countries.
The need of the hour is that need to have an inclusive mindset, inclusive education, employment. Equality and equity both hand in hand for this place to be a better one.
The disability facing children face many stigma and pain. For disability facing children the availability of the Early intervention centres, good developmental care, paediatric care and having rehabilitation centres. The infrastructure is not upto the mark.
We need to ensure quality life for persons with disabilities.
