Mainstreaming disability through employment policies
Mainstreaming disability through employment policies is a move towards making human rights meaningful for people with disabilities (Flynn, 2013). It is also a strategy to recognise disabled persons as an untapped reservoir for labour demands for sustainability of self and …show more content…
Cultural practises play a big role in how disability is perceived and influences the disability employment landscape. The quota systems appear to favour persons with disabilities, but in essence one needs to scrutinise them profoundly as in reality they aggravate the problem of unemployment of persons with disabilities. Beyond the quota systems, there is need to open up avenues for self-employment and mainstream disability. The labour market has to open to persons with disabilities and include them in ways that show a paradigm shift from disabilities to