Barriers and Facilitators to Providing Assistive Technologies to Children with Disabilities in Afghanistan
UNICEF Office of Research - Innocenti
; 2022.
Article
in English
| ProQuest Central | ID: covidwho-1981284
ABSTRACT
Due to the impacts of the ongoing conflict, Afghanistan's child population is at high risk of being born with or acquiring a primary or secondary disability. According to a recent estimate, up to 17% of Afghanistan's children live with some form of disability. Assistive Technologies -- the systems, services and products that enhance the functioning of people with impairments -- are likely to be required by a large proportion of children with disabilities in Afghanistan. Afghanistan has signed and ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which includes a commitment to provide assistive technologies equitably to all who need it. However, little action has been taken to meet this commitment, and there continues to be a vast gap between need and provision. This work presents the the barriers and facilitators to provision and provides recommendations to begin to close the gap.
ERIC, Resources in Education (RIE); Afghanistan; Pandemics; Civil Rights; Access to Health Care; Disabilities; War; Foreign Countries; Incidence; COVID-19; Children; Proximity; Poverty; Social Values; Government Role; International Organizations; Donors; Conflict; Barriers; Assistive Technology; Social Bias; Nongovernmental Organizations; Adults; Rehabilitation; Agency Role
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Databases of international organizations
Database:
ProQuest Central
Type of study:
Prognostic study
Language:
English
Journal:
UNICEF Office of Research - Innocenti
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
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