{"id":14096,"date":"2019-10-10T06:22:14","date_gmt":"2019-10-10T06:22:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/?p=14096"},"modified":"2019-10-10T06:22:14","modified_gmt":"2019-10-10T06:22:14","slug":"people-with-disabilities-plead-for-inclusion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/people-with-disabilities-plead-for-inclusion\/","title":{"rendered":"People with disabilities plead for inclusion"},"content":{"rendered":"

While the World celebrates the International Day of Disability on every October 9th, Burundians living with disabilities still face some challenges like access to information, transport, buildings, health care\u2026 <\/strong><\/p>\n

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Ad\u00e9laide Nyigina: \u201cWe don\u2019t want to always be assisted. We want to live like normal people\u201d.<\/p><\/div>\n

Ad\u00e9laide Nyigina, Chairperson for the Union of people living with disabilities in Burundi-UPHB has said the rights for people living with disabilities are not respected in Burundi. She said people living with disabilities don\u2019t have access to information easily. \u201cThere aren\u2019t qualified people to inform them\u201d, she said adding that it\u2019s terrible when they go to hospital to benefit from the health care. \u201cThey are wrongly treated because health officials and people living with disabilities don\u2019t understand each other\u201d, she said.<\/p>\n

She also said the same challenge is observed in schools. \u201cThere is a lack of teaching staff and materials for deaf and dump people\u201d, she said. Nyigina said people living with disabilities are then underestimated and discriminated as they don\u2019t benefit the same advantages like people without disabilities.<\/p>\n

UPHB Chairperson also said to have access to buildings is a serious issue for people living with disabilities. \u201cFew buildings have appropriate ways for them. Buildings on floors have stairs or elevators which are not suitable for them\u201d, he said adding that they are discriminated when they apply for jobs.<\/p>\n

Ad\u00e9laide Nyigina pleads for the inclusion of people living with disabilities. \u201cIf we were consulted before implementing any project, those barriers would be removed step by step\u201d, she said adding that decision-makers would also consider their views. \u201cWe don\u2019t want to always be assisted,\u201d she said adding that people living with disabilities should not be considered as good- for- nothing while they are able to work.<\/p>\n

In 2014, Burundi signed the International Convention on the Rights for people with disabilities. In 2018, the country also signed a law governing people living with disabilities. \u201cWe are waiting for the establishment of a team that will follow closely the action plan for the implementation of both that convention and that law,\u201d said Nyigina.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

While the World celebrates the International Day of Disability on every October 9th, Burundians living with disabilities still face some challenges like access to information, transport, buildings, health care\u2026 Ad\u00e9laide Nyigina, Chairperson for the Union of people living with disabilities in Burundi-UPHB has said the rights for people living with disabilities are not respected in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":14092,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[21],"tags":[113,120],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14096"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14096"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14096\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14097,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14096\/revisions\/14097"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}