Govt. of Pakistan    Govt. of NWFP

Project on the Promotion of Social Participation of Persons with Disabilities

Home News About Project Survey Calendar Publish Link

Survey

Changes after the assessment of Disabled People(Updated on Sep. 2010) Assessment of Non-Disabled People(Updated on Aug. 2010) Changes after the assessment of PWDs      From July to August, 2010, the survey has been done to make sure the effectiveness of the assessment of PWDs by PWDs as the following purpose and method. Purpose      The purpose of the survey is to make sure the effectiveness of the assessment of PWDs by PWDs, which was held from May 2009 to March 2010.      Also to make sure the importance of Disabled Peoples' Organizations and Self Help Organizations, which would take the responsibilities of these kind of activities. Target      PWDs, living in the 12 Union Councils, Abbottabad, who were interviewed by the project staff from May 2009 to March 2010. Targets was selected at random Method      Interview by 6 staff with disabilities and 1 sign language interpreter (Sister of the staff with hearing disabilities). Interview sheet(MS-Word:38.5kb) Result No. of Interview Female 12, Male 42, Total 56 Effectiveness of information provision Did you got the disability certificate after the assessment? Female 57%, Male 48%, Average 50% answered "Yes" The assessment included the following activities - To explane the Disability Certificate< - To provide the form of the Disability Certificate Note: It is necessary for the Disability Certificate to get the permission from the government organiation both in medical and social authority. Fig. Disability Certificate Did you get the Disability ID Card after the assessment? Female 29%, Male 38%, Average 36% answered "Yes". The assessment included the following activities - To explane the Disability ID Card Note: It is necessary for the Disability ID Card to get the permission from the government national ID card authority after getting the Disability Certificate. Fig. Disability ID Card Did you submit the Bait-Ul-Mal form? Female 21%, Male 55%, Average 46% answered "Yes" The assessment included the following activities - To explane the Bait-ul-Mal - To provide the form of Bait-ul-Mal Fig. Bait-ul-Mal Did you get the assistive device after the assessment? Female 21%, Male 24%, Average 23% answered "Yes" The assessment included the following activities - To explane the importance of the assisstive device - To provide the list of the service proovide Fig. Assistive Device Effectiveness of the peer counceling - Any change after the assessment? - Your changes in education Female 21%, Male 55%, Average 46% answered "Yes" Out of the answer "Yes", above mentioned, Female 33%, Male 45% answered "I started to go to school" Female 67%, Male 55% answered "I want to go to school, but no..." Fig. Changes in education Your change in job / house work Female 71%, Male 69%, Average 70% answered "Yes" Out of the answer "Yes", above mentioned, Female 50%, Male 37% answered "I started to work" Female 50%, Male63% answered "I want to work, but no..." Fig. Change in Job / House work Your change in the participation in the wedding partiy Female 93%, Male57%, Average66% answered "Yes" Out of the answer "Yes", above mentioned, Female 85%, Male 70% answered "I started to join the wedding party" Female 15%, Aale 30% answered "I want to join the wedding party, but no..." Fig. Participation in wedding party Your changes in Going-out Female 86%, Male 60%, Average 66% answered "Yes" Out of the answer "Yes", above mentioned, Female 83%, Male 72% answered "I started to go out" Female 17%, Male 28% answered "I want to go out, but no..." Fit. Going out Your change in the house work / the role as family member Female 64%, Male 55%, Average 57% answered "Yes" Out of the answer "Yes", above mentioned, Female 78%, Male 70% answered "I started the house work" Female 22%, Male 30% answered "I want to do the house work, but no..." Fig. House work Sharing the personal thing with family members Female 71%, Male 52%, Average 57% answered "Yes" Out of the answer "Yes", above mentioned, Female 100%, Male 83% answered "I started to share with family" Female 0%, Male 27% answered "I want to share with family, but no..." Fig. Sharing the personal thing with family Activity in Daily Life Female 50%, Male 55%, Average 54% answered "Yes" Out of the answer "Yes", above mentioned, Female 71%, Male 61% answered "I started to do by myself" Female 29%, Male 39% answered "I want to do by myself, but no..." Fig. Activity in Daily Life Assessment of Non-Disabled People      The assessment of Non-Disabled People by Disabled People had been held for six months from Feb. 2009 to Aug. 2009. The detail is as follows; Purpose Collecting Information - Basic information of Non-Disabled Peopple - Social Participation of Non-Disabled PPeople �|Prejudice & Discrimination against Disabled People Individual Awareness raising - Decrease the prejudice & Discriminatioon against Disabled People - Rising their interest in disability isssue - Providing disability related informatiion Target      Over 18 years old, who live/work/visit in twelve Union Councils, and there are no disabled people in their house or family; Method      Interview by 24 staff (Female12/Male12) based on the questionairre: Forteen Staff with physical disabilities and ten staff, who are the family member of disabled people.      Male staff interview with male on the road, in the bazaar and in front of schools, mosques and hospitals etc. Female staff interview with female mostly in interviewees' house. Reslut No. of Interview Total 3921 (Male1781/Female2140) Age distribution of the interviewee is shown in figure. Fig: Age distribution Parents' Marriage\      60% of interviewee answered that their parents got married with the first cousin. We got the same result below 30 years old, from 30 to 50 years old and above 50 years old, which means there is no decrease of the cousin marriage at least till twenty years back. Fig: Cousin Marriage Communication of Non-Disabled People 1. Can read and understand the simple articled of newspaper (Read & Think) Male82%, Female64% answered "Yes" 2. Hear the warning and can recognize the danger (Hear & Think) Male99%, Female98% answered "Yes" 3. Can write a simple letter/SMS and send (Think & Write) Male77%, Female61% answered "Yes" 4. Can have a simple discussion with others (Think & Talk) Male99%, Female98% answered "Yes" Fig: Communication of Non-Disabled People Going out 1. Going to wedding party Male59%, Female73% answered "Always" 2. Going to Mosque Male51%, Female2% answered "Always" 3. Goint to election Male60%, Female66% answered "Always" 4. Going to everywhere Male30%, Female9% answered "Everywhere" Fig: Going out Disability Model We asked about the disability model as follows; - Social Model: Disability issue is origginated from social problem - Medical Model: Disability issue is oriiginated from medical / personal problem      Male answered, Social Model: 59%, Medical Model: 62% and Mix Model: 26%. Female answered, Social Model: 55%, Medical Model: 65% and Mix Model: 26%. Female tend to think that the problem is in medical / personal problem Fig: Disability Model      The result of statistics only of un-educated interviewees is as follows; Male answered, Social Model: 56%, Medical Model: 65% and Mix Model: 25%. Female answered, Social Model: 54%, Medical Model: 67% and Mix Model: 24%. Both male and female tend to think that the problem is more in medical/personal than in society. Fig: Disability Model(un-educated) Predudice & Discriminatio against children & women with disabilities We asked as follows; - If wife become disabled, husband can gget married with 2nd wife without 1st wife's permission - Children with disabilities must go to special school      Regarding to the question about women with disabilities, male:39%, female:31% answered "Yes, they can." Female tend to think that husband must get 1st wife's permission, which means that there is gender issue as well as disability issue.      Regarding to the question about children with disabilities, male:85%, female:82% answered "Yes, they must." More that 80 % interviewees critisized the inclusive education.      On the other hand, regarding to the survey, which was held in Peshawar, 1985, by M. Miles, it was shown that 20 % interviewee critisized the inclusive education. We can say that the 25 years changes and development of this country, including establishment of special schools, enforced the people to think that the children with disabilities must go to special school. "From Inclusion to Seclusion..." Fig: Predudice & Discrimination against women & children with disabilities      The result of statistics only of un-educated interviewees is as follows; Regarding to the question about women with disabilities, male:42%, female:47% answered "Yes, they can get married without her permission."      Regarding to the question about children with disabilities, male:90%, female:87% answered "Yes, they must go to special school." Predudice & Discrimination against women & children with disabilities(un-educated)

Mail to a.star.project@gmail.com