CROSS DISABILITY APPROACH

       CROSS DISABILITY

              APPROACH                     

INTRODUCTION:- The ultimate goal of our action, all our thinking, all our activities are the empowerment of people with disability. For empowerment of the person with disabilities there are so many model s available and each model/approach has its own strength and all these models have contributed in their own way in advancing the agenda of empowerment. Now the new model is cross “disability”.

HISTORY:- In the past blind people and with together and with union of the blind people came in existence. They demand their rights.

After that the tradition was to being in school for mentally retarded.                    

We have not seen many strong organizations of locomotors disabled people, intellectual disabled people and others. There were so many movement in past to include disabled in mainstreaming, but the movements were especially for specific disability like blind and deaf.

Different type of disabled has different needs and each group or organization for particular or specific help assistance and special programme. Government did well in this field but it was very difficult to fulfill the needs separately. So there is a need to change the view for different disability/new approach by which all disabled to get together to fit in mainstreaming resulting in a new approach “CROSS DISABILITY”.

ABOUT CROSS DISABILITY APPROCAH:-  This historical fact changed with the emergence of DPI(Disabled people international) the slogan of DPI is “nothing about us without us”.

DIFINITION:-  it is an approach that does not distinguish between types of disability.

In other words – it is an approach which comprehensively takes in to account all different kinds of disabilities together and promote collective planning

In this approach focusing on particular subgroup should b avoided whenever possible because “distinction often leads the most vulnerable people to further stigmatization.”  This is about making policy decision collectively and gives equal wattage across all disabilities for the disabled people themselves. This approach seeks co-operation and network on various categories of disabled. 

Includes different disabled persons and with different abilities. NEEDS OF CROSS DISABILITY:-

For fulfillment of right to equality there is very n

ecessary to include all the persons in a same frame work unless they have different abilities.

·        Better access to decision-making.

Without involvement of all disabled/differently able in a same context, it is not easy to access to making decision on their rights and needs.

Disabled people should be participated their own policies decision and programme for themselves.

We cannot access the needs of disabled people because the disabled people know their needs very well. So participation of disabled people is very necessary.

·        Main need is equal opportunities.

·        Equal Membership to the society and respect of the individual and equal right is necessary.

For respect of the equal right, there should be equal membership of the entire person (normal/disabled) to the society is needed.

·        Need to be protected, need to be promoted and spread out.

BENEFITS OF CROSS DISABILITY APPROACH: - The cross-disability movement has rainbow approach to include all those who are given a disability label in fact some have named it the movement of the dis-labled.

It leads to-

·        Independence: as we have discussed cross disability approach provide exposure to disabled to mix in society ,the disabled learn to live independent, work independent for achieving   equality level.

·        Full citizenship: in past disabled person did not considered as a full citizen because they were not an active part of society due to disability, but cross disability approach provided opportunities in making decision and participation, they considered as full citizen.

·        Total inclusion:

·        Promote leader ship:

·        Full enforcement and implementation of disability related laws.

·        Programme-to enhances the life and it reduces the poverty and unemployment.

·        It ensures the right to live.

·        Uniformity in the terminology of the disability.

·        To educate the public and government policy makers regarding issues and affecting people with disability.

Conclusion:

·      This approach does not distinguish between types of disability

·      This is a rainbow approach to include all those who are given a disability label.

·      Over all we can say that it is a golden approach by which we can reach our goal of inclusion and normalization, and conservation of right to equality is possible.