Definition Of Disability In Hong Kong
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Definition of disability in hong kong. So called intelligence refers to the ability of understanding remembering using information problem solving and the capacity for abstract thinking. 2 hong kong residents aged below 18 applying for disability allowance are exempted from the residence requirements in a and b above. Despite being a ratifying party hong kong seems to hang on to a narrow conception of disability rights. Equal opportunity in education for persons with disabilities in hong kong is laid down in the disability discrimination ordinance ddo.
Hong chi association p. Direct discrimination occurs when a person is treated less favorably than another person of the opposite sex with a different. The growing demand in hong kong for special education experts and teachers drives the supply of comprehensive courses and programmes in the higher education sector. 3 support for people with intellectual disabilities the growing social awareness of equal opportunity and humanitarianism gives rise to the normalisation movement in which intellectual disability is no longer considered an absolute invariable trait of a.
Before introducing hong kong s existing anti discrimination ordinances it will be helpful for you to have a general idea of what is considered to constitute discrimination in hong kong. Hong chi association page 3 4. Persons whose presence in hong kong is unlawful or persons who are permitted to stay in hong kong for a purpose other than residence for example imported workers or visitors are excluded from the scheme. In considering the residence requirement in b above consideration can be given to disregarding absences arising from full time study or paid work outside hong kong during the one year period subject to there.
Policymakers tend to skew the conversation towards employment. Definition of severely disabled a person will be considered as severely disabled within the meaning of the social security allowance scheme if he she is certified by the director of health or the chief executive hospital authority or under exceptional circumstances by a registered medical practitioner of a private hospital as falling into one of the following categories. Since the ddo came into operation in september 1996 the equal opportunities commission eoc has received many enquires from school authorities teachers students and parents and complaints relating to. Hong kong residents aged below 18 applying for disability allowance are exempted from the residence requirements in a and b above.
Introduction to the existing anti discrimination ordinances in hong kong.