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ERIC Number: ED620403
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2022-Feb
Pages: 47
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Barriers and Facilitators to Providing Assistive Technologies to Children with Disabilities in Afghanistan
Whittaker, Golnaz; Wood, Gavin
UNICEF Office of Research - Innocenti
Due to the impacts of the ongoing conflict, Afghanistan's child population is at high risk of being born with or acquiring a primary or secondary disability. According to a recent estimate, up to 17% of Afghanistan's children live with some form of disability. Assistive Technologies -- the systems, services and products that enhance the functioning of people with impairments -- are likely to be required by a large proportion of children with disabilities in Afghanistan. Afghanistan has signed and ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which includes a commitment to provide assistive technologies equitably to all who need it. However, little action has been taken to meet this commitment, and there continues to be a vast gap between need and provision. This work presents the the barriers and facilitators to provision and provides recommendations to begin to close the gap.
UNICEF Office of Research - Innocenti. Via degli Alfani 58, 50121, Florence, Italy. Tel: 39-055-20330; Fax: 39-055-2033220; e-mail: florence@unicef.org; Web site: https://www.unicef-irc.org/
Publication Type: Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: UNICEF Office of Research – Innocenti (Italy)
Identifiers - Location: Afghanistan
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