Senator Montian Buntang has been an active figure in Thailand’s parliament for the past decade. specificationenact laws to support persons with disabilities; We have pursued better educational and career opportunities and have successfully passed policies that provide access to public infrastructure, while continuously striving to make information and communication technology accessible to all.
Blind from birth, the legislator has embodied this vital role.
“It takes a lot of guts to break down barriers through legislative and administrative actions that block opportunities to do whatever we want,” said Senator Montian. The rights of persons with disabilities while persons with disabilities themselves are disabled. These legislators indicate that a growing number of people are playing an active and contributing role in addressing the social disorders that affect their lives.
“Having the disability movement serve as our backbone and our foundation has allowed us to change the law and, like me, have been able to participate in Congress,” he says.
Full social and legislative inclusion of persons with disabilities in society is part of the landmark Jakarta Declaration on the Asian and Pacific Decade of Disabled Persons 2023-2032 adopted last year.
The Intergovernmental High-Level Meeting on the Final Review of the Asian and Pacific Decade of Disabled Persons, held in October 2022, brought together government officials, representatives of civil society PwD organizations, and experts from UN agencies to discuss the Incheon Strategy. Reviewed progress towards – A set of 10 goals with accompanying targets and indicators to further advance disability-inclusive development in the region.
This follows a 2017 mid-term review in Beijing that found the region had failed to deliver on its commitments to implement concrete policy actions, meet national disability rights and limit poverty in this community. Did. The meeting in Jakarta will also continue to keep disabled people mainstream in the fourth decade by enhancing access to education and infrastructure, as well as using innovations developed by disabled people themselves and promoting entrepreneurship. It played a role in furthering the government’s efforts to continue the efforts leading to the stream.
About 1 in 6 people in the Asia-Pacific region, or about 700 million people, live with a disability. However, this number may be an underestimate, as only about 200 million people are officially mentioned in the region.
“Society expectations become reality when they evolve to become standards that shape how people with disabilities are placed in particular places, in particular educational settings, or in particular employment pathways. Even if you are fully capable of doing many things, having a disability means that you will always be limited by social expectations. Yasuhiko Funako, a Japanese Diet member who has amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, or Lou Gehrig’s disease), said. In 2019, he was elected to the House of Councilors for the first time as a severely disabled person along with Eiko Kimura.
Considered his election to be a monumental step for Japan and the disabled community, Senator Funako is committed to promoting disability inclusion by promoting disability employment quotas and accessible infrastructure in Japan. has played a central role in fighting for
“It is really wrong to distinguish between disabled and non-disabled people. Despite my rare disease, I can be an active member of the Senate.” To improve the situation, we are serious about achieving inclusive education and living in disabled communities,” said Senator Funako. “I use my disability as my strength.”
