world report on disability

The WHO has launched the World Report on Disability. As the Guardian reports that “disability is less about health conditions and more about social and economic barriers to inclusion.” “Aid donors should not be funding projects that are not inclusive to people with disabilities,” Tom Shakespeare, one of the co-authors of the Report is quoted. “Disability must be seen as a development issue, says the report, but like obesity and ageing, it is an issue that transcends the traditional north-south distinctions,” writes the Guardian.