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Diagram 12 Barriers to access and inclusion in shelter and settlements

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Flow chart depicting how impacts of the crisis are exacerbated for persons with disabilities in shelter. Impact of the crisis include insecurity, breakdown of social networks, destruction of infrastructure, displacement, closure of services. These impacts are exacerbated by barriers in the response including:

Environmental barriers:

  • - Inaccessible shelters or latrines
  • - Inaccessible information regarding shelters
  • - Lack of household items that meet the requirements of persons with disabilities
  • - Inadequate location of accessible shelters

Attitudinal barriers:

  • - Negative attitudes and stigma against persons with disabilities
  • - Lack of knowledge and awareness within humanitarian actors and organizations about how to meet accessibility and other requirements of persons with disabilities

Institutional barriers:

  • - Lack of technical capacity to promote the inclusion of persons with disabilities in shelter
  • - Sector standards, guidelines and policies do not consider requirements of persons with disabilities
  • - Lack of budget to ensure accessible shelter and settlements
  • - Building codes do not consider accessibility and universal design
  • - Institutional procedures and policies discriminate against persons with disabilities
  • - Lack of accurate data on persons with disabilities

The barriers in the response result in risk faced by persons with disabilities including violence, poverty, environmental hazards deterioration of health, exclusion, isolation.

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