Women with Disabilities - A Vulnerable Group | Western Cape Government

Women with Disabilities - A Vulnerable Group

(Western Cape Government)
Gender inequalities in work, income and benefits are central issues facing women with disabilities.

Cartoon illustrating difficulties women with disabilities have getting to places that only have staircase access.

International Day for Persons Living with Disabilities is held on 3 December and forms part of the 16 Days of Activism.

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    Down syndrome     Mongol or mongoloid
    Person with cerebral palsy     Cerebral palsied and spastic
    Person with an intellectual disability, or
    person with a psychiatric disability
    Mentally retarded, Insane, Slow
    learner, Learning disabled and Brain damaged
    Person with epilepsy or with a seizure disorder     Epileptic
    Disabled person or person with disabilities     Physically challenged or differently
    abled person
    Person of short stature     Dwarf or midget
    Person with paraplegia or quadriplegia     Paraplegic or quadriplegic
    Uses a wheelchair     Wheelchair-bound or Confined to a wheelchair
    Disability     Physically/mentally challenged
    (who isn't?) or cripple
    Able-bodied or people without disabilities     Normal and whole
    Person with diabetes     Diabetic
    Deaf with a capital "D"     Deaf-mute or Deaf and Dumb

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The content on this page was last updated on 15 March 2014