More than 83 million people with disabilities live in China (Human Rights Watch, 2013) (action verb). Discrimination against the disabled is common, and many disabled people in China are barred from even the most basic human rights. Even though China has ratified the United Nations’ Convention on Rights of Persons With Disabilities, the government still has no strategy to achieve the goals set out by the conference (Farrar, 2014). In China, the disabled are seen as outcasts and worthless to society (Tsao, 2000). Children with disabilities in China are often abused or neglected or even put in orphanages; laws need enforcement and schools need to put disability awareness into school curriculum to resolve the problem of disability discrimination. …show more content…
In fact, “to have a disabled child was fail not only your family, but your country and your people”(Palmer, 2014). It is also seen as “some sort of punishment” to the parents (Tsao, 2000). Chinese tradition shames parents who have children that are disabled because “superstitions in Asian culture [say] bad things only happen to people who have done wrong”(Tsao, 2000). These children “are confined within the house and kept away from outside eyes”(Palmer, 2014). Given that abuse and kidnappings are common for the disabled, parents often hide their child with disabilities. Laws failing,China currently provides limited options to parents for their child with disabilities, and as a result, children are often abandoned in orphanages (absolute). In fact, “John Giszczak, a former China programmes manager for Save the Children says ‘95 percent of Chinese orphans have special needs’”(Palmer, 2014). It is true that “almost all of China’s unwanted children have disabilities”(Ripley, …show more content…
China has a great foundation of laws to start on. In China: End Discrimination of Children With Disabilities, Human Rights Watch (2013) reports, “The Chinese government ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in 2008”. Not only does the convention assert the rights of the disabled people to be recognized and respected, it also states the government needs to remove the barriers that impede the rights of the disabled (Mepham, 2010). But in order to make any difference, the Chinese government needs “a clear and consistent strategy” to reach the goals of the convention (Human Rights Watch, 2013). Developing this strategy and then enforcing the laws laid out by the convention is a probable solution to preventing disability
Chinese parenting is competent at times but there are other times where it is more suitable to follow other forms of parenting such as the Western style.These findings have important consequences for the broader domain of parent-child relationships. Whether it is Chinese parenting or Western parenting the relationship between family members is crucial. According to Amy Chua, Chinese parenting is more effective in helping the child attain a better future through the parents’ interests, while Western parenting style reflects mainly the interests of the child.
According to the article, “Parents’ Mistreatment towards Physically Disabled Children”, a study showed “the level of mistreatment with a disabled child was high for a reason like the marital status of the parents and the child’s order within family” ( Jumma and Cerkez 527). But not all parents are like that mistreatment their child that has a disability. Some parents that live in a foreign country abandoned their children. Jumma and Cerkez go on to say “in many eastern communities [people] believe that having a disabled child in a family is a punishment for their fault and will bring evil and a misfortune to the family and community” (528). This type of abandon happen in the novel and also in real life. That has a physically disability because they don’t have the money to care for them. Also, some parents give their child up for adoption to get a better care for
When one thinks of China it is common to conjure up images of rice fields and of the great wall, but also of crowded cities teeming with people and bicycles and cars. One rarely thinks of a nation populated mostly by men and boys, with a noticeable yet surreal absence of women. While this is a bit of an exaggeration, it has been noted over the past several decades that there is an alarmingly imbalanced sex-ratio. The policy has clearly contributed to the nation’s unnatural gender imbalance, as couples use legal and illegal means to ensure that their only child is a son. There are 117 men to each 100 women in China (Goodkind, 2004). In the 1979, when the one-child policy was enacted, the intention was not to create this imbalance, but to control the population of a rapidly growing nation. Unfortunately the one-child policy as it stands, illustrates a cultural favoritism toward males, and degradation of women to a lower social status in which they have little control of their reproductive rights.
Traditions can change, but since China has always been so rigidly structured, no one has been able to freely change anything. Common beliefs about disabled children have been passed down for decades and it is hard to change that image of someone who is not identical. Normal people provide and add to the challenges that disabled children face, such as discrimination, stereotypes, and common beliefs. The traditional belief is that all d...
Firstly, the relationship expectations in Chinese customs and traditions were strongly held onto. The daughters of the Chinese family were considered as a shame for the family. The sons of the family were given more honour than the daughters. In addition, some daughters were even discriminated. “If you want a place in this world ... do not be born as a girl child” (Choy 27). The girls from the Chinese family were considered useless. They were always looked down upon in a family; they felt as if the girls cannot provide a family with wealth. Chinese society is throwing away its little girls at an astounding rate. For every 100 girls registered at birth, there are 118 little boys in other words, nearly one seventh of Chinese girl babies are going missing (Baldwin 40). The parents from Chinese family had a preference for boys as they thought; boys could work and provide the family income. Due to Chinese culture preference to having boys, girls often did not have the right to live. In the Chinese ethnicity, the family always obeyed the elder’s decision. When the family was trying to adapt to the new country and they were tryin...
Historically, we have been taught that people with disabilities are different and do not belong among us, because they are incompetent, cannot contribute to society or that they are dangerous. We’re still living with the legacy of people with disabilities being segregated, made invisible, and devalued. The messages about people with disabilities need to be changed. There needs to be more integration of people with disabilities into our culture to balance out the message. Because of our history of abandonment and initialization, fear and stigma impact our choices more than they would if acceptance, community integration, and resources were a bigger part of our history.
People who have physical disabilities often experience negative situations and connotations that they must overcome to thrive in society. People who offer narratives about their disabilities often give the most accurate representation about the challenges those with disabilities face. Ms. Marenge, reported that one of the hardest things about leaving the rehabilitation center after becoming paralyzed was living in a house that was inaccessible, and having to rely on her family to carry her up and down the house (Casey Marenge, 2011). Similarly, a student with muscular dystrophy, says that she wishes more places were wheelchair accessible, because when they aren’t she feels that society is holding her back, and she can’t reach her full potential. Alisha also reported that t making friends is hard because some kids would ignore her at school because of her situation and she is often separated from the mainstream students at school. Alisha, doesn’t want to be defined by her disability, however, she believes that many people who look at her only see her wheelchair (Alisha Lee, 2011). Despite the many negative ways people who suffer from physical disabilities are affected, it is important to note that they don’t always feel bad for themselves, and that having a disability doesn’t stop them from loving
The World Health Organisation, WHO, (1980) defines disability in the medical model as a physical or mental impairment that restricts participation in an activity that a ‘normal’ human being would partake, due to a lack of ability to perform the task . Michigan Disability Rights Coalition (n.d.) states that the medical model emphasizes that there is a problem regarding the abilities of the individual. They argue that the condition of the disabled persons is solely ‘medical’ and as a result the focus is to cure and provide treatment to disabled people (Michigan Disability Rights Coalition, 2014). In the medical model, issues of disability are dealt with according to defined government structures and policies and are seen as a separate issue from ordinary communal concerns (Emmet, 2005: 69). According to Enabling Teachers and Trainers to Improve the Accessibility of Adult Education (2008) people with disabilities largely disa...
Disability: Any person who has a mental or physical deterioration that initially limits one or more major everyday life activities. Millions of people all over the world, are faced with discrimination, the con of being unprotected by the law, and are not able to participate in the human rights everyone is meant to have. For hundreds of years, humans with disabilities are constantly referred to as different, retarded, or weird. They have been stripped of their basic human rights; born free and are equal in dignity and rights, have the right to life, shall not be a victim of torture or cruelty, right to own property, free in opinion and expression, freedom of taking part in government, right in general education, and right of employment opportunities. Once the 20th century
According to the World Health Organisation (2011), there are more than 1 billion people with disabilities in the world, with this number rising. Many of these people will be excluded from the regular situations we, ‘the ordinary’, experience in everyday life. One of these experiences is our right to education. Article 42 of the Irish Constitution states that the state shall provide for free primary education until the age of 18, but is this the right to the right education? Why should being born with a disability, something which is completely out of your control, automatically limit your chances of success and cut you off from the rest of society due to being deemed ‘weaker’ by people who have probably never met you? With approximately 15% of the world’s population having disabilities, how come society is unable to fully accept people with disabilities? In order to break this notion, we must begin with inclusion.
Children with disabilities are more in the public eye than years ago, although they are still treated differently. Our society treats them differently from lack of education on special needs. The society labels them and make their lives more difficult than it has to be becau...
People with intellectual disabilities have faced discrimination, alienation and stigma for a very long time. History around the world is full of horrid episodes where the intellectual disabled have faced the worst treatments. Though some positive strides have been made in respect to their the rights, even today they face a myriad of challenges and are yet to fully access and exploit opportunities in the society. It is important to note that people with intellectual disability are also human, thus they are entitled to all human rights without any discrimination. They are the most marginalized people in the society and are excluded from social, cultural, educational and economic opportunities. (Nora, E., 2004). This paper looks into the issues of human rights for the intellectually disabled persons, the challenges that they face and how their human rights can be enhanced.
Science has long since tried to explain a great many phenomena within society and the scientific world, explain great mysteries of the world that are difficult to understand. Along with phenomena within the world, there are phenomena within the science of society and understanding the various developments and changes within societies. The philosophy of social science can be described broadly as having two aims. Firstly, it seeks to produce a rational reevaluation of social science in a detailed way. This entails describing the philosophical assumptions that underline the practice of social inquiry, just as the philosophy of natural science seeks to lay bare the methodological assumptions that guide scientific investigation of natural phenomena. To investigate social phenomena through the scope of a philosophical viewpoint a specific examination must take place. Through this analysis, I will seek to explain why certain societies tend to abandon certain social norms that have existed in such societies for long periods of time. The specific social norm that is analyzed is the One-Child Policy of the Chinese government and its evolution over time, from its genesis period in 1979 to the present at which time the government of China is rethinking parts of the policy and the phasing out of this 30-year-old policy may be coming to a close. Firstly to adaquatly address the one-child policy and its effect on the social normative structure of China, the policy first needs to be evaluated and an understanding needs to be built about why the policy was enacted and how the former administration believed that the general populace could bene...
Whether born from ignorance, fear, misunderstanding, or hate, society’s attitudes limit people from experiencing and appreciating the full potential a person with a disability can achieve. This treatment is unfair, unnecessary, and against the law (Purdie). Discrimination against people with disabilities is one of the greatest social injustices in the country today. Essential changes are needed in society’s basic outlook in order for people with disabilities to have an equal opportunity to succeed in life. To begin with, full inclusion in the education system for people with disabilities should be the first of many steps that are needed to correct the social injustices that people with disabilities currently face.
The right to have access to education is a concern for people with disabilities. They were treated poorly and often desegregated from society. The response to the concerns of parents and educators over the exclusion of children with disabilities created the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. The public law “guaranteed a free, appropriate public education to each child with a disability in every state and locality across the country”. In the 1970's children with disabilities entered schools and over the years, the number of students in special education has grown dramatically, from 4.3 million students in 1990 to 6.9 million students in 2003 (The Council of Chief State School Officers , 2007).