Disability in Seychelles

As of 1996, there were 1,496 people with varying degree of disability in Seychelles.

History

Seychelles signed the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on 30 March 2007 and ratified it on 2 October 2009. It went into effect on 1 November 2009.

Statistics

In 1981, there were 2,908 people with disability after the country made a survey to identify the number of people with such characters. And in 1991, there were 732 people.

Classification

Disability in Seychelles is classified into several categories, which are physical, mental or intellectual impairments and sensory impairments category, which include hearing, speech and vision.

Advocacy

The Association for People with Hearing Impairment was founded in 2005 to train teachers of the deaf and to promote public awareness of Seychelles Sign Language.