An innovative model for disability screening and issuing disability ID cards
Study report examining gaps in policy and practices related to disability ID card distribution and recommendations for an appropriate screening model
Highlights
The Act on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2017 has classified disability into 10 types based on the type of impairment and four types based on the degree of severity. To make disability-specific services delivery and distribution of social protection allowance effective, the government provides a disability ID card to persons with disabilities according to four disability categories. According to disability rights regulation 2020 the disability ID card is the main window to access disability-specific services such as social security allowance, free education, discounts on public transport, assistive devices, free health services, etc.
Despite all the legal provisions, different study reports and experiences of organizations of persons with disabilities (OPDs) show that a significant number of eligible persons with disabilities have not received an ID card, which means they have no access to disability -specific services. Local governments are responsible for distributing the ID cards but there are many challenges and problems that both the municipalities and persons with disabilities have been facing in identifying and measuring disabilities to provide ID cards.
In this context, this study has been carried out to
a) Identify the gap in the policy and practices related to disability ID card distribution.
b) Recommend an appropriate model of disability screening considering the current definition and classification to facilitate the disability ID card distribution.
c) Recommend appropriate application process for disability ID card distribution, registration, recording, and database of ID cardholders.
