Benue State University, Makurdi

Engagement of Assistive Principles for the Work-Ability of People Living with Impairments

Aderonke Esther Adegbite* and Jude Ugbede Wada**

Abstract

Many people with impairments live in abject poverty because they do not work. Factors that economically disable them include the presumption that they lack the general ability to work like others. Despite the mandate to treat everyone equally, many employers still avoid the extra liabilities and costs of assistive conditions. This situation coupled with other factors present persons with impairments as lower and incapable, in the scheme of economic participation. This research is a qualitative analysis of law, which considers how persons with impairments are often disabled from economic participation, and how laws on equality address their exclusion. The study identifies the contents of laws that promote the use of assistive technology, notwithstanding the controversies on the enforceability of socio-economic rights.

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