Disability Rights and Welfare in Sri Lanka

Abstract

People who are differently-abled is one group that often gets into trouble due to the less attention from society. Providing equal opportunity for all people is a highly considered fact worldwide. In order to establish equity and equality in society, all countries in the world urge to care about people who have become marginalized from the mainstream due to many reasons. Therefore, they should be given more welfare programs to uplift their living condition in order to protect social security. Also, there should be made special attention to empower those who have become destitute. With a view to making attempts to enable people potentiality, some countries have introduced many attractive approaches. In comparisons between developed and underdeveloped countries, there can be seen various differences among developed countries which have established more attractive welfare facilities on behalf of disabled people. Accordingly, this paper is discussed the condition of differently-abled people and to identify the contribution of government and non-government agencies to empower disabled people in Sri Lankan society.