Abstract

Disability rights are human rights inuring to persons living with disability. Persons with disability are deserving to be included and live a full life in their community, accessing the same public spaces, housing opportunities, education, and work as anyone else without disparity by reason of their disability. In many countries, disabled persons are abused countless times, denied the right to education, subjected to horrific violence, rejected in their own homes, stigmatized and abandoned often because of lack of proactive laws, absence of community based services and sensitization on disability as stated in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. There are several laws in Nigeria providing for the rights of persons living with disability, notable among them is the Discrimination Against Persons with Disabilities (Prohibition) Act 2018 which provides for the full integration of persons with disabilities into the society and establishes the National Commission for Persons with Disabilities vesting on it the responsibilities for education, health care, social, economic and civil rights of disabled persons.

Keywords: Human rights, Disability rights, Disabled persons, Proactive laws