The Connection of Disability in the Society (Essay Sample)

Disability and society-Article 25 CRPD
Student’s Name
Institution affiliation
Professor
Date
Introduction
Article 25 of CRPD provides the details on how people with disabilities should be handled. Firstly, people with disabilities have the right to quality health care, and it should be provided without discrimination. Secondly, state parties should take full obligation in terms of protecting and providing, food, healthcare and shelter to people with disabilities. The CRPD Convention was established to give guidelines on how to support people with disabilities. It is very critical to understand the challenges that come along with disability such as poverty (United Nations, 2015). Poverty is an extensive challenge to the disabled, and it is difficult for them to succeed if they do not get extraordinary support from the government and other stakeholders. This paper aims to explore the state parties in Canada and determine whether or not they adhere to the guidelines of Article 25 of CRPD.
Scope of the Article
Health equity is very important, and Article 25 of the CRPD convention provides the guidelines and measures for achieving these standards. The intent of this article is to provide a crystal-clear approach to how state parties should handle people with disabilities in terms of health provision. The CRPD article states that state parties shall provide people with disabilities health services at equal measures. In this case, if other physically fit people get free health programs, the disabled should be provided the same services without discrimination (United Nations, 2015).
Secondly, they should provide all health services needed by the disabled; for example, if health services can help stop or slow disability, they should be administered accordingly. Thirdly, disabled people have challenges in commuting; therefore, it is important to bring the services to their homes. Fourth, health practitioners should provide the same services with equity. For example, the aspect of human rights awareness should not be discriminative but rather applicable to the disabled. Fifth, all state parties should not deny people with disabilities health insurance; they should provide the health policies as articulated by the law. Lastly, state parties should ensure people with disabilities are not denied food or fluids in the healthcare system due to disability (United Nations, 2015).
Analysis
According to the Canadian government, there are more than four million people with disabilities (both children and adults) in the country. As far as health care is concerned, Canada's federal government, through the 1982 charter, states that people with disabilities should not be discriminated against based on their physical conditions. The State of Ontario has specific laws that protect the disabled from exploitation, and it gives guidelines on how health services should be rendered. According to the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, health care services should be accessible to the disabled (United Nations, 2015).
The act AODA act was established to ensure that disabled people have access to health care services without discrimination. This particular policy applies to every health care provider or practitioner within the Ontario state. The Act has several obligations as far as health is concerned; firstly, health care providers shall provide equal services to the disabled. Secondly, improvise alternatives to ensure disabled people get the appropriate services without hindrances. For example, hospitals should have staircases and lifts specifically improvised to serve people with disabilities. The Act also calls for proper communication when handling people with disabilities, and it involves considering the needs of a person before treating them (United Nations, 2015).
Additionally, the AOD act calls for assistive devices to enable ease of movement in and out of health facilities. Some of the assistive devices mentioned in the Act include hearing aids to enhance communication, wheelchairs to ease their movement in the wards, and oxygen tanks in case the patient requires them. Notably, health cares in Ontario state should give notices in case they are carrying out renovations to ensure the health of disabled people is not compromised. Through this process, they can plan in adverse on which health facilities to visit during that period. Most importantly, health facilities and providers are required to provide training to the workers to ensure they understand the needs of disabled people appropriately.
Therefore, the State of Ontario has observed all the guidelines presented in the CRPD convention. However, the State has failed to make health services to the residential homes, and accessibility is one of the laws set on Article 25 of CRPD. Additionally, there are no promises set by the state or local government to improve the health services to the disabled in the Ontario state.
Alberta is in the eastern province of Canada, and it has several health policies that are made to meet the health needs of disabled people. However, it does not offer clear definitions of disability. Article 25 of CRPD conventions give clear directives on how the disabled should be handled when it comes to healthcare. The state party does not make health services accessible to disabled people. In this case, they have to commute to seek these services, which is quite disheartening and against the law. As earlier discussed, there are more than four million people with disabilities in Canada as a whole. Therefore, it would have been a great effort if the State provided acts that would support and protect the interests of disabled people. Alberta health care act touches only a few areas in terms of providing health services to people with disabilities (United Nations, 2015).
For example, it only caters to people with a developmental disability. Developmental disability is usually characterized by behaviors and learning, such as autism and down syndrome. The health act allows people with a developmental disability to have access to health services without discrimination. The Act is too shallow, and it does not comply with the CRPD regulations. What does the Act mean? Most health facilities in this region do not have assistive devices, which can help disabled people access health facilities easily. For instance, they do not have wheelchairs and earing devices that can help in communication and movement. Additionally, they do not have staircases to help the disabled access hospital rooms.
In overview, the Alberta state does not observe the rules set by the CRPD act. Notably, since the establishment of the Alberta health act, there have been no other laws set to protect the health of disabled people. Most importantly, disabled people have no access to health care programs such as insurance policies (Degener, 2016).
Alberta is among Canadian states which have not adhered to the regulations of CRPD. Notably, the federal government of Canada ratified the CRPD in 2010 and it has not yet put the necessary effort to fully comply with the regulations. There is a huge difference between supporting and complying; Canada supports the CRPD but it has not complied fully. However, there is some progress in terms of achieving the goals of the CRPD act; for example, Manitoba province has set some important bills to support the health for the disabled. Firstly, the government of Manitoba is committed to providing equal health services to people with disabilities.
Additionally, they have set a day to celebrate people with disabilities, but it is not set on the CRPD act. Perhaps all these gestures it is just a way of pretending to cater for the disabled people. There is no strong evidence to show that the federal government of Canada is committed to having equity in terms of health services to the disabled. Most hospitals in the country do not have the required equipment to support the well-being of disabled people. There are no lifts set to cater to the movement of disabled people in and out of hospital facilities. Secondly, the are no laws governing the training of health practitioners who serve disabled people (United Nations, 2015).
These pieces of training are very important since every disabled person has unique health issues; hence it is important to understand them appropriately. The Canadian health act does not breakdown the steps to be taken when providing health insurance policies. For example, in the USA, disabled people have the chance to access free medical care through Medicaid programs (Degener, 2016).
The Canadian parliament has not passed bills that would see disabled people have access to quality health care since its ratification in 2010. Furthermore, the CRPD seeks healthcare systems and providers to give quality health services to people with disabilities. Quality health care entails subsidized or free insurance covers and low-cost drugs. Disability is a lifetime challenge, and it would be hard to meet the needs of families if disabled people cannot meet their families' needs, which reflects poverty (Health equity, 2018).
One way to fight poverty in people with disabilities is by providing health care services. Most hospitals have a general definition of disability; thus, they do not meet the standards of CRPD. Several factors have led to the delay of CRPD implementation. Firstly, the federal government of Canada has not set funds to cater to the CRPD program (Degener, 2016). The process of implementing article 25 requires a lot of funds; hence it will take much longer to comply with the laws. The argument by most state agencies is quite inappropriate because Canada has invested a lot of money in th...