World report on disability / World Health Organization [and] The World Bank. 6

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Contributor(s): World Health Organization.;World Bank 5 6 [] |
Language: Unknown language code Summary language: Unknown language code Original language: Unknown language code Series: ; Geneva, Switzerland : World Health Organization, [2011];copyright 201146Edition: Description: 28 cm. xxiii, 325 pages : illustrationsContent type: text Media type: unmediated;unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9789241564182 (paperback);9241564180ISSN: 2Other title: 6 []Uniform titles: | | Related works: 1 40 6 []Subject(s): -- 2 -- 0 -- -- | -- 2 -- 0 -- 6 -- | 2 0 -- | -- -- 20 -- | | -- -- Civil rights.;Legal status, laws, etc.;Services for.;Rehabilitation.;Law and legislation. People with disabilities;People with disabilities;People with disabilities;People with disabilities;Barrier-free design -- -- 20 -- | -- -- -- 20 -- --Genre/Form: -- 2 -- Additional physical formats: DDC classification: | 362.1 W893 2011 LOC classification: | HV1568 | .W675 20112Other classification:
Contents:
Chapter 1. Understanding disability. What is disability? -- Disability and human rights -- Disability and development. 2. Disability: a global picture. Measuring disability -- Prevalence of disability: difficulties in functioning -- Health conditions -- Demographics -- The environment -- Disability and poverty -- Needs for services and assistance -- Costs of disability -- Conclusion and recommendations. 3. General health care. Understanding the health of people with disabilities -- Addressing barriers to health care -- Conclusion and recommendations. 4. Rehabilitation. Understanding rehabilitation -- Addressing barriers to rehabilitation -- Reforming policies, laws, and delivery systems -- Developing funding mechanisms for rehabilitation -- Increasing human resources for rehabilitation -- Expanding and decentralizing service delivery -- Increasing the use and affordability of technology -- Expanding research and evidence-based practice -- Conclusion and recommendations. 5. Assistance and support. Understanding assistance and support -- Barriers to assistance and support -- Addressing the barriers to assistance and support -- Conclusion and recommendations. 6. Enabling environments. Understanding access to physical and information environments -- Addressing the barriers in buildings and roads -- Addressing the barriers in public transportation -- Barriers to information and communication -- Addressing the barriers to information and technology -- Conclusion and recommendations. 7. Education. Educational participation and children with disability -- Understanding education and disability -- Barriers to education for children with disabilities -- Addressing barriers to education -- Conclusion and recommendations. 8. Work and employment. Understanding labour markets -- Barriers to entering the labour market -- Addressing the barriers to work and employment -- Conclusion and recommendations. 9. The way forward: recommendations. Disability: a global concern -- Recommendations -- Conclusion.
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Chapter 1. Understanding disability. What is disability? -- Disability and human rights -- Disability and development. 2. Disability: a global picture. Measuring disability -- Prevalence of disability: difficulties in functioning -- Health conditions -- Demographics -- The environment -- Disability and poverty -- Needs for services and assistance -- Costs of disability -- Conclusion and recommendations. 3. General health care. Understanding the health of people with disabilities -- Addressing barriers to health care -- Conclusion and recommendations. 4. Rehabilitation. Understanding rehabilitation -- Addressing barriers to rehabilitation -- Reforming policies, laws, and delivery systems -- Developing funding mechanisms for rehabilitation -- Increasing human resources for rehabilitation -- Expanding and decentralizing service delivery -- Increasing the use and affordability of technology -- Expanding research and evidence-based practice -- Conclusion and recommendations. 5. Assistance and support. Understanding assistance and support -- Barriers to assistance and support -- Addressing the barriers to assistance and support -- Conclusion and recommendations. 6. Enabling environments. Understanding access to physical and information environments -- Addressing the barriers in buildings and roads -- Addressing the barriers in public transportation -- Barriers to information and communication -- Addressing the barriers to information and technology -- Conclusion and recommendations. 7. Education. Educational participation and children with disability -- Understanding education and disability -- Barriers to education for children with disabilities -- Addressing barriers to education -- Conclusion and recommendations. 8. Work and employment. Understanding labour markets -- Barriers to entering the labour market -- Addressing the barriers to work and employment -- Conclusion and recommendations. 9. The way forward: recommendations. Disability: a global concern -- Recommendations -- Conclusion.

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