Out of 7 billion people around the world, over 1 billion people have some form of disability, that’s 1 in 7. There are more than 100 million disabled persons are children and children with disabilities are almost four times more likely to experience violence than non-disabled children. It is interesting to know that 80% of all people with disabilities live in a developing country and 50% of disabled persons cannot afford health care. So far 153 countries signed the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. These facts tells us how important is to take up the issue and work for solution. I have been discussing an issue which is related to disability in all my youth programmes. Whenever I talk of education as career then I mention about special education and its importance. We must make a society inclusive of all where every human being could get their rights.
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