Disability is not Inability

:: Discrimination

To “discriminate” means to accord different treatment to different persons solely or mainly as a result of their disabilities and includes using words, gestures or caricatures that demean, scandalise or embarrass a person with a disability.... Persons with Disability ACT.


When you cannot be served by a nurse in a public health facility, or hear statements expressing negative attitude because of your disability, lack of access rumps, disability insensitive administrative systems, insensitive communication systems: that according to this definition is discrimination.

Discrimination of persons living with disabilities occurs is in many forms including and starting at the household level, in education (classroom level, college), In health Services like (hospital services). Discrimination in employment.

There are various types of Disabilities who are categories as the vulnerable groups essentially due to either disability itself or the resultant difficulties related to access HIV/AIDS services providers.

The physically disabled, the deaf, the blind, the Deafblind and the mentally challenged. All need specific and specially designed HIV/AIDS management strategies that are sensitive to the lifestyle and cultures that emerge as a result of their disability.

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