Letters to the editor – Monday, August 1, 2022

Much more needs to be done

Persons with disability should be included in everyday activities and encouraged to have roles similar to their peers who do not have a disability.

This involves more than simply encouraging people; it requires making sure that adequate policies and practices are in effect in the community; it requires  making sure everybody has the same opportunities to participate in every aspect of life to the best of their abilities and desires.

Persons with disability face barriers that stop them from taking part in society. File photo: Shutterstock.com

In the last half century, Malta made significant progress in the disability sector. Malta signed and ratified the United Nation Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD), an international human rights convention which sets out the fundamental human rights of persons with disability.

We started thinking and talking about the social model of disability, which is a way of thinking about disability. This model was created by the persons with disability themselves. This is because persons with disability face barriers that stop them from taking part in society.

It is the physical, social and...