Disability & Society
Assignment #2 (Final)
(2500 words) (40%)
Length expectation: 2,500 words not including title page, appendices, and references (APA format) with 25% leeway over or under (1875-3125 words). Submitted assignments outside this range may be docked marks depending on the discretion of the professor.
Students will prepare an essay that will:
present a thesis (outlining and proving an argument),
use relevant sources,
the sources shall be researched and analyzed by the student and
the sources will be properly cited / referenced.
be well written
PROPOSAL
Brief paragraph proposal that:
a) identifies the specific Article of the CRPD they intend to focus on,
b) outlines the basic argument they plan to present
c) presents a sample of the resources and information available upon which to base the paper.
CHOSEN ARTICLE IS: Article #25: https://www(dot)un(dot)org/development/desa/disabilities/convention-on-the-rights-of-persons-with-disabilities/article-25-health.html
Attachment for Session 8 provides further information surrounding this topic.
Other links for information surrounding this article:
http://publications(dot)gc(dot)ca/Collection-R/LoPBdP/EB/prb012-e.htm
http://en(dot)healthnexus(dot)ca/topics-tools/health-equity-topics/health-equity
TOPIC
Students will select one of the Articles of the CRPD highlighted in this course as the focus of their paper. The purpose of the paper is to argue to what extent Canada has met its obligations as a State Party to the CRPD. The thesis (or argument) of the paper should focus on providing (and proving) the student's assessment of how well a particular jurisdiction in Canada has done in this regard.
Students should:
(a) explain the meaning, intent and scope of the Article they have chosen,
and
(b) outline what is required of State Parties to meet their obligations under the Article.
The paper should then analyze how well the Canadian Federal government or one of the Provinces has responded to the specific Article of the CRPD, outlining what specific action has been taken, what legislation or policy has been implemented (or amended) and what, if any, major promises have been made for action in the future. Using this information the paper will argue that the specific province or the Federal government has either met their obligations under the specific Article of the CRPD or that they have failed to meet some or all of the relevant obligations. Students should also provide some argument as to what factors may have influenced the extent to which their chosen jurisdiction has met or failed to meet their obligations.
Disability and Society - Article 25 CRPD
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Disability and Society - Article 25 CRPD
Article 25 of CRPD provides the details on how people with disabilities should be handled. Firstly, people with disabilities have the right to quality health care, and it should be provided without discrimination. Secondly, state parties should take the full obligation to protect and provide food, healthcare, and shelter to people with disabilities. The CRPD Convention was established to give guidelines on how to support people with disabilities. It is critical to understand the challenges of a disability, such as poverty (United Nations, 2015). Poverty is an extensive challenge to the disabled, and it is difficult for them to succeed if they do not get extraordinary support from the government and other stakeholders. This paper aims to explore the state parties in Canada and determine whether or not they adhere to the guidelines of Article 25 of CRPD.
Scope of the Article
Health equity is very important, and Article 25 of the CRPD convention provides the guidelines and measures for achieving these standards. This article intends to provide a crystal-clear approach to how state parties should handle people with disabilities in health provision. The CRPD article states that state parties shall provide people with disabilities health services at equal measures. In this case, if other physically fit people get free health programs, the disabled should be provided the same services without discrimination (United Nations, 2015).
Secondly, they should provide all health services needed by the disabled; for example, if health services can help stop or slow disability, they should be administered accordingly. Thirdly, disabled people have challenges in commuting; therefore, it is important to bring the services to their homes. Fourth, health practitioners should provide the same services with equity. For example, human rights awareness should not be discriminative but rather applicable to the disabled. Fifth, all state parties should not deny people with disabilities health insurance; they should provide the health policies articulated by the law. Lastly, state parties should ensure people with disabilities are not denied food or fluids in the healthcare system due to disability (United Nations, 2015).
Analysis
According to the Canadian government, there are more than four million people with disabilities (both children and adults). As far as health care is concerned, Canada's federal government, through the 1982 charter, states that people with disabilities should not be discriminated against based on their physical conditions. The State of Ontario has specific laws that protect the disabled from exploitation, and it gives guidelines on how health services should be rendered. According to the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, health care services should be accessible to the disabled (United Nations, 2015).
The act AODA act was established to ensure that disabled people can access health care services without discrimination. This particular policy applies to every health care provider or practitioner within the Ontario state. The Act has several obligations as far as health is concerned; firstly, health care providers shall provide equal services to the disabled. Secondly, improvise alternatives to ensure disabled people get the appropriate services without hindrances. For example, hospitals should have staircases and lifts specifically improvised to serve people with disabilities. The Act also calls for proper communication when handling people with disabilities, and it involves considering the needs of a person before treating them (United Nations, 2015).
Additionally, the AOD act calls for assistive devices to enable ease of movement in and out of health facilities. Some of the assistive devices mentioned in the Act include hearing aids to enhance communication, wheelchairs to ease their movement in the wards, and oxygen tanks in case the patient requires them. Notably, health cares in Ontario state should give notices if they are carrying out renovations to ensure the health of disabled people is not compromised. Through this process, they can plan in adverse on which health facilities to visit during that period. Most importantly, health facilities and providers are required to provide training to the workers to ensure they understand the needs of disabled people appropriately.
Therefore, the State of Ontario has observed all the guidelines presented in the CRPD convention. However, the State has failed to make health services to the residential homes, and accessibility is one of the laws set on Article 25 of CRPD. Additionally, there are no promises set by the state or local government to improve the health services to the disabled in the Ontario state.
Alberta is in the eastern province of Canada, and it has several health policies that are made to meet the health needs of disabled people. However, it does not offer clear definitions of disability. Article 25 of CRPD conventions gives clear directives on how the disabled should be handled when it comes to healthcare. The state party does not make health services accessible to disabled people. In this case, they have to commute to seek these services, which is quite disheartening and against the law. As earlier discussed, there are more than four million people with disabilities in Canada as a whole. Therefore, it would have been a great effort if the State provided acts that would support and protect the interests of disabled people. Alberta health care act touches only a few areas to provide health services to people with disabilities (United Nations, 2015).
For example, it only caters to people with a developmental disability. Developmental disability is usually characterized by behaviors and learning, such as autism and down syndrome. The health act allows people with a developmental disability to have access to health services without discrimination. The Act is too shallow, and it does not comply with the CRPD regulations. What does the Act mean? Most health facilities in this region do not have assistive devices, which can help disabled people access health facilities easily. For instance, they do not have wheelchairs and earing devices that can help in communication and movement. Additionally, they do not have staircases to help the disabled access hospital rooms.
In overview, the Alberta state does not observe the rules set by the CRPD act. Notably, since the establishment of the Alberta health act, there have been no other laws set to protect the health of disabled pe...