• Captain Dr.V.Venkatesulu

Benjamin snow in his essay “Attitudes about people with Disabilities” rightly mentioned “disability is natural. We must stop believing that disabilities keep a person from doing something because that’s not true having a disability doesn’t stop me from doing anything. Before we discuss the problems of women with disabilities it is very important to ken about disability. According to the Rights of Persons with Disability Act, 2016 “person with disability” means a person with long term physical, mental, intellectual or sensory impairment which, in interaction with barriers, hinders his full and effective participation in society equally with others. Usually we use the terms disability, impairment, and handicap synonymously. It is very important to know the basic difference between these three terms. 'Impairment' is concerned with the abnormalities of body structure and appearance or of organ and system functioning, resulting from any cause.' Disability' is the functional consequence of impairment, in terms of altered functional performance and activity by the individual. 'Handicap' relates to the disadvantages experienced in society by the individual, as a result of his/her disability. From the above definitions it is clear that, the term handicapped is not a character of a person. This term denotes the relationship between the disabled person and with his or her environment or the society in which he or she lives. Person with disabilities may not be handicapped in all contexts. After 74 years of independence in India still the women of our country are not only facing the gender inequality but also facing multitudinous problems. Especially Problems of disabled women belonging to Indian society are myriad. As per census 2011 In India out of the 121 crore population, 2.68 crore persons are disabled which is 2.21% of the total population. Among the disabled population 56% (1.5 crore) are males and 44% (1.18 crore) are females. In the total population, the male and female population are 51% and 49% respectively. In fact, this number will be more as most of the families are reluctant to disclose the details of disabled members of their families. Moreover, in the Rights of Persons with Disability Act, 2016 the list of disabilities augmented from 7 to following 21. Blindness, Low-vision, Leprosy-cured persons, Hearing Impairment (deaf and hard of hearing), Locomotor Disability, Dwarfism, Intellectual Disability, Mental Illness, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Cerebral Palsy, Muscular Dystrophy, Chronic Neurological conditions, Specific Learning Disabilities, Multiple Sclerosis, Speech and Language disability, Thalassemia, Hemophilia, Sickle Cell disease,, Multiple Disabilities including deaf-blindness Acid Attack victim, Parkinson’s disease. Disabled women in Indian society experience two-fold discrimination, as one hand they face gender-based discrimination and on the other hand they face disability-based discrimination. Women with disabilities face significantly more difficulties – in both public and private spheres – in attaining access to adequate housing, health, education, vocational training and employment. They occasionally participate in economic decision making. Above all women and girls with disabilities are more vulnerable to sexual violence in India for various reasons. In rural areas, women with disabilities tend to face more challenges than their counterparts in urban areas. Negligence of women with disabilities, Stereotypical stigmas towards disabled women, Lack of felicitous disability studies are some of the flogs in addressing the problems of differently able women belonging to Indian society. The policies and acts related to persons with disabilities are not properly implemented due to lack of cognizance of these policies and acts in our society. This paper assays some of the problems encountered by Indian women with disabilities and possible measures to overcome their problems.

Problems of Women with Disabilities Belonging to Indian Society

"Problems of Women with Disabilities Belonging to Indian Society", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.4, Issue 3, page no.665-668, March-2017, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1703114.pdf

"Problems of Women with Disabilities Belonging to Indian Society", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.4, Issue 3, page no. pp665-668, March-2017, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1703114.pdf