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Rights of people with disabilities

According to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), persons with disabilities have the right to work on an equal basis with others. This includes the right to the opportunity to gain a living by work freely chosen or accepted in a labour market and work environment that is open, inclusive and accessible to persons with disabilities. Article 27 of the CRPD requires States parties to take adequate measures to safeguard and promote the realisation of the right to work of persons with disabilities, including

people with disabilities have the right to work
  • prohibiting discrimination on the basis of disability with regard to all matters concerning employment, including conditions of recruitment, hiring and employment, continuance of employment, career advancement and safe and healthy working conditions;
  • protecting the rights of persons with disabilities, on an equal basis with others, to just and favourable conditions of work, including equal opportunities and equal remuneration for work of equal value, safe and healthy working conditions, including protection from harassment, and the redress of grievances;
  • enabling persons with disabilities to have effective access to general technical and vocational guidance programmes, placement services and vocational and continuing training;
  • promoting employment opportunities and career advancement for persons with disabilities in the open labour market, both in the public and private sectors; and
  • ensuring that reasonable accommodation is provided to persons with disabilities in the workplace.

Meaning of accessibility

Ways to help the disabled

Ways to Help the Disabled

Helping the disabled is a very honorable cause and there are plenty of opportunities to do it. Here are a few that you should explore so you can reach out to those who are in need.
Make a donation to a charity that caters to the needs of the disabled. These charities put a lot of focus on creating awareness about the importance of caring for the disabled and making a donation to these charities can help advance that program of awareness. If you need to cut your personal budget on hair moisturizer, then go ahead as long as it is for a great cause.
Volunteer at a local school for creating awareness about disability. The best time to teach kids about caring for, respecting, and helping the disabled is when they are still young. Volunteerism can go a long way into making sure these are nurtured at such a young age so as kids grow, they continue to see the importance of helping those in need. This is not a “get it now” move but it can certainly pay off in the future.
Show that you treat the disabled with all the respect that they deserve. It’s one thing to talk about helping the disabled or make donations; it’s another issue altogether when you have to act out in front of one. Remember; this is not like movie trailers online and there are re-takes. You need to have genuine care for people with disabilities so you can also genuinely express your support and respect for them in the moments you interact with them in public.


Take advantage of programs from other big companies that promise donations for people the disabilities if you purchase their products. A great example of this surfaced some years back when Coca Cola promised to donate wheelchairs to charities if customers bring back in the pop-out tab from their Coke cans. You can find similar programs from something as basic as electronic cigarette reviews. You only need to look hard and be willing to take advantage of these programs so you can extend help to the disabled community.

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Vulnerable social groups- before and after the crisis

‘Vulnerable social groups’ groups of people considered to be

at risk of poverty or social exclusion because of

  • physical disabilities,
  • age factors,
  • ethnic origins,
  • lack of housing, or
  • substance abuse.

These people, who were already struggling with financial, social and employment difficulties before the 2008 economic crisis, have become further disadvantaged, and the gap between them and the rest of society has grown even wider. Three subgroups stand out as being most affected by the European economic and financial crisis. The number of people experiencing in-work poverty is rising, with economic constraints forcing them to work in increasingly precarious jobs or obliging them to accept self-employed status.

Disabled people, already confronted by barriers hindering their full and effective participation in society on an equal basis with others, have, as a result of the crisis, lost a great deal of social, economic and mobility support and their chances of re-entering the labour market have diminished. Finally, changes in family structure mean that the number of single parents, especially single mothers, has increased in recent years.

These parents struggle to achieve a work-life balance on account of their multiple obligations, and as a group they are also suffering from the effects of the crisis. The situation of vulnerable groups has been of concern to the European institutions for the last decade, from the point of view of poverty as well as of labour market participation and gender equality.

 

Source: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/thinktank/en/document.html?reference=EPRS_BRI(2016)586605