In search for a new disability assessment system in the light of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the idea of independent life Cover Image

W poszukiwaniu nowego systemu orzekania o niepełnosprawności w świetle Konwencji OZN o prawach osób niepełnosprawnych i idei niezależnego życia
In search for a new disability assessment system in the light of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the idea of independent life

Author(s): Zbigniew Głąbiński, Krzysztof Kurowski
Subject(s): Politics, Sociology
Published by: Szkoła Główna Handlowa w Warszawie
Keywords: human rights model of disability; Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; disability; disability assessment

Summary/Abstract: The article concerns the possibility of building a new disability assessment system based upon the human rights model of disability and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The commentary on the current disability assessment system, based on a medical model of disability, as well as the discussion about the projected nomenclature regarding the up- coming reform of the Polish disability assessment system, have led to the demand for the development of a new system based on the principle of dignity of people with disabilities. The new system of positive assessment is focused on capabilities of a person and a need of support in contrast to the foregoing systems based on deficits. The proposal contains areas of persons’ with disabilities lives necessary to consider regarding disability assess- ment, as well as new solutions related to the benefit and annuities system.

  • Issue Year: 20/2018
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 23-43
  • Page Count: 21
  • Language: Polish