Effective implementation of Disability Rights

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Samenvatting

In this research project Yunho Bae made a comparison between the implementation of disability rights in the Netherlands and South-Korea. The main focus was on legislation and policies regarding employment and education for people with disabilities.

In the last couple of years South-Korea has improved policy for the disabled significantly. Despite such progress, however, people with disabilities are still not protected adequately and tend to remain on the periphery of society and enjoy only incidental benefits. Especially the intellectually disabled also suffer serious discrimination and violations of their human rights. Therefore, the National Human Rights Commission of South-Korea is looking for good practices and policy implications from cases of the Netherlands that has implemented policies based on spirits of respecting people for a long time.

Doelstelling

The aim of this project was to make a comparison between the implementation of disability rights in the Netherlands and South-Korea. The main focus was on legislation and policies regarding employment and education for people with disabilities.

Methode

Firstly, the status of disability rights in Netherlands is based on the report of ANED (Academic Network of European Disability Experts) and interview with José Smits who wrote the report. Secondly, mechanism of disability discrimination remedy in Netherlands is primarily based on mid term report (see Downloads) to DSiN (Disability Studies in Netherlands). Lastly, Bae reviewed employment and education policies for the disabled in the Netherlands through recent data and materials.

Resultaten

Main findings are, amongst others:

Employment

Employment rates of people with disabilities are much lower than employment rates of people without disabilities in both NL and Korea
There are big differences between policies for employment of people with disabilities in both countries. These differences concern 1) hiring quota; 2) the concept of disability; 3) wage subsidies.

Education

The education policies for students with disabilities in both countries leaves quite a little to be desired. Seen from the cases of both countries, inclusive education is demanding three challenges. The first is educational inclusion such as individualized education program or inclusive method in a course of study for students with special needs. The second is environmental inclusion such as environment accessible for students with disabilities. The last is emotional inclusion. This means understanding and support of those who relate to the students with disabilities such as teacher, classmates and parents. If even one thing mentioned above is missed in inclusive education, as we can see cases of both countries, it can bring students with disability greater frustration and despair over academic achievement and relationship building. Therefore, in order to realize inclusive education, three things must be for sure taken into consideration.

Projectinformatie

Duration of the project: april 2014 - april 2016.