Defining Disability:

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities states:
…Disability is an evolving concept, and it interacts with people with disabilities, resulting in attitudinal and environmental barriers that prevent them from participating fully and effectively in society on an equal basis with others.
Our focus is on inclusion, access, and participation.

While we recognize that there are legal definitions of disability as defined in the Disability Discrimination Act, the purpose of this plan is to remove barriers and ensure equality/fairness that allows us to access them.

We must pay great attention to our vision and strategic plan everywhere.

This also allows us to take actions that align with our goals and, in particular, deliver the services we promise…

Global Disabled Persons Foundation “GEV”  has a diversity of inclusive values, both material and spiritual.

Disability Statistics:

According to the World Health Organization, there are 5 disability groups and 15% of the world’s population is disabled. (1 Billion Disabled People)

Disability Groups:

1. Mentally Disabled People
2. Visually Impaired
3. Hearing and Speech Impaired
4. Physically Disabled People

Situation in Turkey:  According to data from the State Institute of Statistics (SIS), 12.29% of Turkey’s population is disabled. According to this information,  9,832,000  of the total population of  80 million are disabled. The disabled population comprises  4,321,197  males and  5,510,803 females, making the ratio of the total population to disability  12.29%.  The gender-based disability rate is  11.10 % for males and 13.45% for females.

Disability Group Percentages:

• Orthopedic Disabilities 1.5%
• Visually Impaired 60 per thousand
• 37 per thousand people with hearing impairments
• Mentally Disabled 38 per thousand
• Speech Impairment 48 per thousand
• Chronically Disabled 9.70%
• 11.40% with Multiple Disabilities.
• The rate of subsequent occurrence of disability was found to be very high in all disability groups.

Disability Employment:

Developing and improving the current and future situation in favor of people with disabilities is possible through holistic and inclusive approaches that are accurate, realistic, and informed. The lack of education and skills inherently negatively impacts and hinders the employment and dignity of people with disabilities. Of particular relevance are the statistics that show that one in three people with a disability are not meeting their clients’ needs, and that people with disabilities are significantly underrepresented in the workforce. Anticipating and meeting the needs of people with disabilities and their families is critical to achieving excellent clinical and family outcomes, reflected in hospital experience measures such as the Quality of Care report. Statistics on the employment challenges of people with disabilities suggest that this is a widespread and chronic community problem.