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Barriers and Facilitators to Providing Assistive Technologies to Children with Disabilities in Afghanistan

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Title: Barriers and Facilitators to Providing Assistive Technologies to Children with Disabilities in Afghanistan
Language: English
Authors: Whittaker, Golnaz, Wood, Gavin, UNICEF Office of Research – Innocenti (Italy)
Source: UNICEF Office of Research - Innocenti. 2022.
Availability: UNICEF Office of Research - Innocenti. Via degli Alfani 58, 50121, Florence, Italy. Tel: 39-055-20330; Fax: 39-055-2033220; e-mail: florence@unicef.org; Web site: https://www.unicef-irc.org/
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 47
Publication Date: 2022
Document Type: Reports - Research
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Barriers, Assistive Technology, Disabilities, Nongovernmental Organizations, Government Role, Social Values, Incidence, Children, Adults, International Organizations, Proximity, Poverty, Social Bias, Donors, Agency Role, Civil Rights, Access to Health Care, Rehabilitation, COVID-19, Pandemics, Conflict, War
Geographic Terms: Afghanistan
Abstract: Due to the impacts of the ongoing conflict, Afghanistan's child population is at high risk of being born with or acquiring a primary or secondary disability. According to a recent estimate, up to 17% of Afghanistan's children live with some form of disability. Assistive Technologies -- the systems, services and products that enhance the functioning of people with impairments -- are likely to be required by a large proportion of children with disabilities in Afghanistan. Afghanistan has signed and ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which includes a commitment to provide assistive technologies equitably to all who need it. However, little action has been taken to meet this commitment, and there continues to be a vast gap between need and provision. This work presents the the barriers and facilitators to provision and provides recommendations to begin to close the gap.
Abstractor: As Provided
Entry Date: 2022
Accession Number: ED620403
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:Due to the impacts of the ongoing conflict, Afghanistan's child population is at high risk of being born with or acquiring a primary or secondary disability. According to a recent estimate, up to 17% of Afghanistan's children live with some form of disability. Assistive Technologies -- the systems, services and products that enhance the functioning of people with impairments -- are likely to be required by a large proportion of children with disabilities in Afghanistan. Afghanistan has signed and ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which includes a commitment to provide assistive technologies equitably to all who need it. However, little action has been taken to meet this commitment, and there continues to be a vast gap between need and provision. This work presents the the barriers and facilitators to provision and provides recommendations to begin to close the gap.