A Critical Evaluation into the Zimbabwean Disabled Persons' Act 1992 in Addressing the Plight of the Disabled Persons, Its Strengths and Weaknesses

Abstract

The paper gives a critical assessment into the Disabled Persons' Act of Zimbabwe as a measure towards facilitating removal of institutional, attitudinal and environmental barriers. It is an eye opener into how able bodied persons perceive the plight of the disable, providing an assessment of the methods of intervention and their relevance to the disabled persons. Therefore, the paper sorts to outline how the Disabled Persons Act has strived to deal with attitudinal, institutional and environmental barriers, outlining on its strengths and weaknesses. The act also provided insights of possible changes as outlined in the text.