Abbreviations 3 Introduction 4 Sri Lanka 4 Status of services provided to meet the special needs of the PwDs 6 (2) Residential and community support 7 (3) Interpretation and Communication Support 9 Referral procedures and Access to information 9 Partnership between State institutions and private service providers 10 Sensitivity of the services provided for the specific needs of the diverse subgroups of PwDs 10 Infants 10 Educational attainment 11 Status of Participation of PwDs in Economic Activity 12 Disabilities caused by the armed conflict 13 Mental Health 13 Women with disabilities (WwDs) 14 Participation of the PwDs in designing, planning, implementing and evaluating the support services 15 Conclusion 15 Bibliography 17 Kirinde C, ‘Education compulsory for children between 5 and 16 years’, 18 List of persons interviewed 19 Annexure I – Extracts of constitutional and legal provisions on the rights of the PwDs 21 Annexure II - Structure of state institutions dealing with disability 23 Annexure III – List of the services provided by the state 24 Annexure IV – Statistics on PwDs in DCS statistics 26 Annexure V – Sri Lanka: National Action Plan for Disability (January 2014) – A summary 27
Abbreviations 3 Introduction 4 Sri Lanka 4 Status of services provided to meet the special needs of the PwDs 6 (2) Residential and community support 7 (3) Interpretation and Communication Support 9 Referral procedures and Access to information 9 Partnership between State institutions and private service providers 10 Sensitivity of the services provided for the specific needs of the diverse subgroups of PwDs 10 Infants 10 Educational attainment 11 Status of Participation of PwDs in Economic Activity 12 Disabilities caused by the armed conflict 13 Mental Health 13 Women with disabilities (WwDs) 14 Participation of the PwDs in designing, planning, implementing and evaluating the support services 15 Conclusion 15 Bibliography 17 Kirinde C, ‘Education compulsory for children between 5 and 16 years’, 18 List of persons interviewed 19 Annexure I – Extracts of constitutional and legal provisions on the rights of the PwDs 21 Annexure II - Structure of state institutions dealing with disability 23 Annexure III – List of the services provided by the state 24 Annexure IV – Statistics on PwDs in DCS statistics 26 Annexure V – Sri Lanka: National Action Plan for Disability (January 2014) – A summary 27