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Disability is a silent crisis that not only affects the disabled persons and their families but also the social and economic development of entire society. The society has a moral responsibility to see and also to provide persons with disabilities all kinds of opportunities in order that the concerned disabled persons enjoy all human rights and fundamental freedom. Discrimination faced by disabled persons in education and in the employment sector and their continuous exclusion from the society at large, their potentialities remain untapped by the society. The United Nations declared 1981 as the International Year of Disabled Persons, in order to draw the world attention towards the plight of the disabled, recognize that disability as the first and foremost a human rights issue. Government of India already implemented various acts for the welfare of the disabled. The more familiar among them is the Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995. The present examines various contemporary issues of disability and human rights. It is hoped that the present edition of this book will be beneficial to all concerned of the society, in general and students, lawyers, advocates, academicians, human rights institutions, researchers and NGOs working in education field, in particular.
ISBN - 9788182206618
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Pages : 328
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