According to Dr. Jody Heymann, after analyzing factual depictions realized that disabled people come in the last category of people whose rights have been recognized. However, in the ten years since, the United Nations has acknowledged this case and formed resolutions, which resulted in development along with many prevalent hurdles.
One lawsuit was won in Guatemala City considering the availability of staircases, but no ramps. But many bigger problems still prevail, which show that the countries still have a long way to go. As well as education is concerned, the goal is to guarantee quality education for disable people.
But reality is not even close to that with only 28% of the United States constituting the right to education, as the NPR says. Special children are being excluded from schools, being considered harmful to other children and being denied proper learning because of many people's objections.
Many schools don't even have proper programs to educate such kids and most don't even want to do the effort. Considering employment, the aim is to provide these people with an open and accessible work environment - and this is also very important because half a billion of the working population is disabled.
Consequently, according to The Huffington Post, 18% of 193 countries have established this right, but the situation in the rest of the countries is something like this: discrimination in hiring, no equal pay for equal work and lack of promotions or training. Yet, some countries have set up rules and fines to be paid if any of the aforementioned acts take place at the workplace.
Though, the fine is low enough that employers pay it rather than justifying their wrongdoings. Furthermore, the highest possible standard of health care for disable people is what is set as the target bearing in mind the health situation. But the actuality shows only 26% of countries following the reforms. In these countries, perks are given to disable people and/or their parents.
On the other hand, in some areas quality health care is poor for everyone, which just makes it an even harder battle for people with disabilities.
