North Korea - Physical Disabilities
The country has limited accessibility and resources for people with physical disabilities
What is North Korea?
Isolated in the mountains
Where is North Korea's psychiatric hospital located?
Protects against discrimination and rights for people living with disabilities for access to reasonable accommodation, employment, and in public places
What is the ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act)?
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
What does IDEA stand for?
People with physical disabilities in North Korea often have difficulty accessing these due to shortages and limited support
What are mobility aids such as wheelchairs and prosthetics?
North Korea's only Psychiatric Hospital Facility
What is Ward 49?
They provide prosthetics for people in need of upper and lower limbs of all ages
What is the Hanger Clinic?
Find jobs
Prepare resumes
Fill out applications
What programs are offered by the government?
The challenge that is commonly faced by people with disabilities in North Korea because many buildings and public spaces are not designed to accommodate them
What is a lack of accessibility?
Stay in places where they benefit their health and lifestyle
Vote
File petitions with the government
Give birth
Less heavy workload
Exempt from forced labor mobilization
What are the rights that the UN enforces?
The clinic that provides patients born with disabilities or who have developed later in life and have become disabled
What is the Schwab Rehabilitation Clinic program?
Individual Education Program
What program can parents participate in their child's education?