The Rights Of Persons With Disabilities And Access To Healthcare: Analysing Healthcare Accessibility For Disabled Individuals Across Nations

Preeti Gajanan Naik, B.A. L.L.B, School of Legal Studies, REVA University, Bengaluru

Divyanshu Vats, B.A. L.L.B, School of Legal Studies, REVA University, Bengaluru

ABSTRACT

From time immemorial, the disabled people have undergone discrimination, prejudice, neglect, and exclusion in every step of their lives. The disabled people were eradicated by killing programmes and sterilisation and were deemed to be non-persons or referred to as second-class citizens. The connotation that disability, health, and healthcare access being related is complex, While the incidence of a health condition is the primary cause of an impairment, People with disabilities undergo greater vulnerability as they might develop further secondary health issues. The health of people with disabilities is somewhat a deserted and overlooked area of study. Socio- economic reasons of poor health must be identified and the interface between such factors is to be comprehended. This paper attempts to gauge the association between people with disability and health care accessibility. Persons with disabilities encounter obstacles in accessing health care services. This paper addresses the obstacles, despite their elevated need the process becomes tedious due to opaque environments and discriminatory belief systems. Such circumstances make them more susceptible to other comorbidities in their health, compelling them to accommodate such compromises regarding quality of life. Consequently, people with disabilities have a necessity of special healthcare. This paper emphasizes that people with disabilities and their problems need more visibility, and the governments need to introduce discourse on all levels. Further, the paper delves into a comparative study on healthcare accessibility for disabled individuals across nations as people with disabilities are considered as the largest minority in the world with an extensive population of which the majority belong to developing countries.

Keywords: Accessibility, Aid, Healthcare, Persons with Disabilities