Hard life for the disabled

Nepal is failing to adequately protect persons with disabilities from discrimination and marginalisation.

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities says that persons with disabilities include those who have long-term physical, mental, intellectual or sensory impairments which, in interaction with various barriers, may hinder their full and effective participation in society on an equal basis with others. As per the World Health Organisation and the World Bank’s World Report on Disability, more than 1 billion of the world’s total population have disabilities. The report further argues that the population of young persons with disabilities worldwide ranges from 180 million to 220 million, mainly in developing nations.