DOI: 10.36347/sjahss.2018.v06i02.028

Pages: 481-484

The paper has discussed the problem of disability with human being from a holistic perspective, not merely from a social and cultural context. An attempt has been made to highlight national & international initiatives to protect human rights of the differently abled persons. The paper argues while there is no dearth of laws and provisions (both inclusive & exclusive), still human rights of the disabled people in society is not properly respected, precisely due to lack of a community concern and civil society response [1]. At this backdrop, the present paper makes an objective assessment of status of differently abled persons in our society with respect to protection of basic human rights and civil society response to it.