Access to rights-based support for persons with disabilities 2017, para. 20
Párrafo- Paragraph text
- Support is a normal part of community life, with families serving as the first source of support for everyone. For many persons with disabilities, family support serves as a bridge to access other assistance needed to fully enjoy their human rights. However, when no other options are available and families are the sole source of support, the autonomy of persons with disabilities and their family members is reduced. Those being supported have no choice or control over the assistance they require to pursue their life plans, and questions of overprotection and conflict of interest commonly arise. Families - especially the poorest - are also under significant pressure as unpaid familial support also affects social relationships, income levels and the general well-being of the household. Women and girls are disproportionately affected, as in practice they are the main providers of support within the household, reducing their freedom and choices to pursue their own life plans.
- Condicón jurídica
- Non-negotiated soft law
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Medio de adopción
- N.A.
- Temas
- Equality & Inclusion
- Personas afectadas
- Families
- Girls
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Año
- 2017
- Tipo de párrafo
- Other
- Reference
- SR Disability, Report to the HRC (2017), A/HRC/34/58, para. 20.
- Paragraph number
- 20
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