Disability is not Inability

33 Bomas Draft Part II on Fundamental Rights and Freedoms, Section 42 on Persons with Disabilities:

1) Persons with disabilities are entitled to enjoy all the rights and freedoms set out in the Bill of rights, and to be full participants in society.

2) Persons with Disabilities have a right to –

a) respect and human dignity including to be treated, addressed and referred to, in official or private contexts, in a manner and in words that are not demeaning or derogatory;

b) access to education, to institutions and facilities for persons with disabilities that are as integrated into society as a whole as is compatible with the interests of these persons;

c) access to all places, to public transport and to information and communication;

d) use of sign language, Braille and other appropriate means of communication;

e) participation in decision-making at all levels; voting decisions can improve opportunities for us...

f) equal rights to inherit, have access to and to manage property;

g) access to materials and devices to overcome constraints arising from those disabilities; and

h) treatment and opportunities in all spheres of life that are both fair and equal to those members of society.


(3). The state shall take legislative and other measures to ensure that persons with disabilities enjoy all the rights referred to in clause

(2) above.

(4). Legislation and policy measures provided for in clause (3) shall make special provision for women with disabilities.

(Section 43 of the so called Referendum Draft)

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