scholarly journals Unidentified Persons With Disabilities in India- A Study Based on 76th Round of NSS (2018-19) Data

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Radhe Shyam Mishra ◽  
Sanjay K Mohanty ◽  
Srei Chanda
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Mental Retardation ◽  
Sample Survey ◽  
Visual Disability ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Unadjusted Odds Ratio ◽  
Hearing Disability ◽  
Locomotor Disability ◽  
The Disabled ◽  
Made In

Abstract Background: Identification of the disabled and providing them a disability certificate is the first step for provisioning educational, employment, and other social benefits in a welfare state. Deprivation from disability certificate deprives persons with disability (PwDs) from government policy and programme. Though studies examined the extent, variation, and pattern of disability, no attempt has been made in understanding the extent and variation of unidentified PwDs in India. The study aims to examine the variation in unidentified PwDs by type of disability, state and socio-economic correlates.Data and methods: The unit data from the 76th round (schedule 26) of Nation Sample Survey, 2018 is used in analyses. A total of 1,06,894 disabled across seven types of disabilities; any disability, locomotor, visual, hearing, speech, mental retardation, mental illness, and other disability have been analysed. Descriptive statistics and logistic regression analyses are used.Results: 7 in 10 disabled person in India don’t have a disability certificate. The percentage share of PwDs with a disability certificate varies 12% among those with hearing disability to 47% with mental retardation. Unadjusted odds ratio shows that person with hearing disability (OR=0.30 CI 0.303-0.304) are less likely to hold a disability certificate compare to locomotor disability followed by mental illness (OR=0.52 CI 0.519 0520), and visual disability (OR= 0.74 CI 0.736 0.738). Person with mental retardation are two times more likely to hold the disability certificate (OR 2.05 CI 2.046 2.047) than the visual disabled. States variation in percent share of disability certificate is found to be large. The result depicts that there remains a high variation in the access of disability certificates across states in India. Conclusion: A nationwide drive to include the unidentified disabled is recommended with documentation and inclusion in the administrative processes.

scholarly journals Roadblock on the Way of Disabled Students in the Higher Education

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 97-102
Author(s):  
Aditi Pandey
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Educational Institution ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Equal Rights ◽  
Disabled Students ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Locomotor Disability ◽  
Legal Provisions ◽  
The Disabled

The development of any nation depends on its citizens. Every citizen has their contribution to the development of a nation even the disabled person. They also have an equal rights to get a higher education. Higher education increases the chance of employability, thus, affirming dignified life for persons with disabilities. As per Census 2011, in India, out of the 121 Cr population, about 2.68 Cr persons are ‘disabled’ which is 2.21% of the total population. But it has been seen that very few of these people reach higher education. According to census 2011, 61% of the disabled children aged 5-19 years are attending an educational institution, 12% attended educational institutions earlier while 27% never attended educational institutions. That makes the author think and ask about how our higher education institutions are accessible for disabled students. How inclusive are our higher education institutions? In the light of the above-mentioned problems the present paper has discussed the education of children with special needs in higher education specifically with respect to visual impairment, hearing impairement, locomotor disability, and speech-related impairment. The discussion starts with what all kind of legal provisions and reservations which are there for them in higher education and how many are utilized and used by them. What all things are there in the new education policy for them specifically in higher education, whether their needs have been realized in detail or it has been just touched superficially and at the end, few suggestions related to all these issues have been discussed.

scholarly journals Economic gradient of onset of disability in India

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Radhe Shyam Mishra ◽  
Sanjay K. Mohanty ◽  
Jack Cordes ◽  
Umakanta Sahoo ◽  
Rajeev R. Singh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Mental Retardation ◽  
Age Of Onset ◽  
National Sample ◽  
Sample Survey ◽  
Linear Regression Models ◽  
Kaplan Meier ◽  
Disability Rate ◽  
Speech Disabilities ◽  
Nationally Representative

Abstract Background Disability in India is associated with increasing non-communicable diseases, rising longevity, and increasing accidents and injuries. Though studies have examined prevalence, patterns, and socioeconomic correlates of disability, no attempt has been made in estimating age of onset of disability in India. Objective This paper investigates the economic gradient of age of onset of locomotor, visual, hearing, speech, mental retardation, mental illness, and other disabilities in India. Method We use nationally representative data of 106,894 disabled individuals from the 76th round of National Sample Survey (NSS), 2018. Descriptive statistics, kernel density, Kaplan-Meier survival curves, and linear regression models are used in the analysis. Result The disability rate in India was 2184 per 100,000 persons. The disability rate was highest for locomotor (1353) followed by hearing (296), visual (234), speech (228), mental retardation (158), and mental illness (131). Over 85% of mental retardation and 80% of speech disabilities occur at birth, while 82% of locomotor and 81% of visual disabilities occur after birth. Among those who had disability after birth, the median age for mental retardation was 2 years followed by mental illness (28 years), speech (29 years), locomotor (42 years), visual (55 years), and 56 years for hearing disability. Adjusting for socioeconomic covariates, the age of onset of locomotor and speech disabilities among the poorest individuals were 7 and 11 years earlier than the richest, respectively. Conclusion The economic gradient of onset of locomotive and speech disabilities are strong. The age of onset of disability was earliest for mental retardation followed by mental illness and speech disability.

scholarly journals An end to psychiatric detention? Implications of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

2014 ◽  
Vol 204 (3) ◽  
pp. 174-175 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brendan D. Kelly
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
The Disabled ◽  
United Nations Convention ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Uk

SummaryThe United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is a welcome articulation of the rights of the disabled. However, as its definition of disability appears to include mental illness, the UK appears to violate it by linking mental illness with detention. Clarity and, possibly, change are needed.

Training Police Officers About Persons with Disabilities

1995 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
JAMES K. McAFEE ◽  
STEPHANIE L. MUSSO
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Learning Disabilities ◽  
Mental Retardation ◽  
New Hampshire ◽  
Police Officers ◽  
Police Training ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Physical Impairments

Directors of police academies in the 50 states were contacted regarding training policies for new officers. Only Massachusetts and New Hampshire failed to provide any information. Thirty-Six states require instruction on persons with disabilities as part of initial police training; another four states provide some training but do not require it. An analysis of training topics reveals a wide variety of content, but most academies provide training about mental illness. Few academies include training about learning disabilities, mental retardation, or physical impairments (see note 1).

(The Social Situation of the Disabled in the Russian Federation, Subject to the Provisions of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities)

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lyudmila Georgievna Ragozina ◽  
Dmitriy M. Rogozin ◽  
Sergey Anatol'evitch Vasin ◽  
Alexandra Burdyak ◽  
Alla Tyndik ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
Social Situation ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Disabled ◽  
The Russian Federation

Characterization of Auditory Disability and Its Relation to the Resilience

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 15
Author(s):  
Bibian Bibeca Bumbila García ◽  
Hernán Andrés Cedeño Cedeño ◽  
Tatiana Moreira Chica ◽  
Yaritza Rossana Parrales Ríos
Keyword(s):  
Social Integration ◽  
Conceptual Analysis ◽  
Disabled People ◽  
Disabled Students ◽  
Hearing Disability ◽  
Technical University ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Made In

The objective of the work is to establish the characterization of the auditory disability and its relationship with resilience at the Technical University of Manabí. The article shows a conceptual analysis related to the inclusion and social integration of disabled students. Based on the fact that the person with disabilities grows and develops in the same way as that of people without disabilities and what usually happens is that disabled people are rejected and discriminated against based on a prefabricated and erroneous conceptualization of these people. The results associated with the application of the SV-RES test prepared by the researchers are shown (Saavedra & Villalta, 2008b). Characterization of the auditory deficit is made in the students, and the limitations that derive from it are pointed out. We analyze the particularities related to communication with students who have a hearing disability and resilience in this type of student, where some personal highlights that in this sense constitute an example of resilience. Finally, the results related to the study of the relationship between students' hearing disability and the level of resilience dimensions are shown.

scholarly journals Burden of mental health disability in Kerala: A secondary time trend analysis from 2002 to 2018

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (Supplement_5) ◽  
Author(s):  
J Joseph ◽  
H Sankar ◽  
D Nambiar
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Mental Retardation ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Human Resources ◽  
Mental Health Disorders ◽  
The State ◽  
The Public ◽  
Health Infrastructure ◽  
Health Disorders

Abstract The fourth target of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 3 advocates for the promotion of mental health and wellbeing. The Indian state of Kerala is recognized for its gains in health and development but has substantial burden of mental health ailments. Historical analysis is vital to understand the pattern of mental health morbidity. The current study focusses on comparable estimates available from three largescale population-based surveys in India to explore trends in prevalence of mental health disorders over the years and map resources and infrastructure available for mental health care in Kerala. We undertook a secondary analysis of national demographic surveys from 2002 to 2018 which reported information on mental health and availability of health infrastructure and human resources. Data were collated and descriptive analyses were conducted. We compared the national and state level estimates over the years to study the trend in the prevalence of mental health disability. The prevalence of mental retardation and intellectual disability in Kerala increased from 194 per hundred thousand persons in 2002 to 300 per hundred thousand persons in 2018, two times higher to the national average. The prevalence of mental illness increased from 272 per hundred thousand people to 400 per hundred thousand people in sixteen years. The prevalence was higher among males (statistical significance was not indicated) in mental illness and mental retardation. 2018 data showed that the public sector had 0.01 hospitals and 5.53 beds per hundred thousand persons available for mental health treatment. Results showed a substantial increase in mental health illness over the 16-year study period that has affected males and females, as well as all social classes of the state. The current health infrastructure and human resources in the public sector of the state are inadequate to meet the current burden of the problem and to ensure universal access to care for its population. Key messages The trend in prevalence of mental health disorders in the state is increasing across the years. There is a mismatch between the extend of the problem and resources available in public sector.

scholarly journals Disability and work intensity in Italian households

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elena Calegari ◽  
Enrico Fabrizi ◽  
Chiara Mussida
Keyword(s):  
Labour Market ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Family Relationship ◽  
Market Participation ◽  
Work Intensity ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Labour Market Participation ◽  
The Family ◽  
Welfare Systems ◽  
The Disabled

AbstractThe 2030 Agenda of the United Nations clearly sets the inclusion of persons with disabilities in the labour market as a main goal. However, especially in care welfare systems characterized by a low level of social services, disability not only impacts the labour market participation of disabled people themselves but may also affect the labour opportunities of other members of their household. Using EU-SILC data to compute individual work intensity-as a better measure of the actual level of labour attainment-this paper aims to disentangle direct and indirect correlations between disability and labour market participation in Italian households. In confirming the negative direct correlation between disability and labour market participation, the results also show a negative indirect correlation that depends on the family relationship between the disabled person and household members.

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