Intersubjectivity-Part 2 PDF

Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) and Underprivileged Sectors of the Society  Person’s with Disabilities (PWD’s) According to the United Nations (UN) Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the term “persons with disabilities” is used to apply to those persons who have long-te...

Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) and Underprivileged Sectors of the Society  Person’s with Disabilities (PWD’s) According to the United Nations (UN) Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the term “persons with disabilities” is used to apply to those persons who have long-term physical, psychological, intellectual, or sensory impairments which in interaction with several unreasonable or discriminatory barriers may obstruct their full and active participation as equal members of the society. Paralympics Much like us, persons with certain conditions have also dreams and ambitions in life.  Helen Keller American author, political activist 1st deaf-blind person to earn a bachelor’s degree Anne Sullivan- Hellen’s mentor who was visually-impaired as well. Published her autobiography, The Story of My Life  Nicholas James “Nick” Vujicic Australian evangelist and motivational speaker who was born with phocomelia, a condition in which a person is born with no arms or legs. Founder of Life Without Limbs, a non-profit organization and ministry. Roselle Ambubuyog 1st visually-impaired Filipino to graduate summa cum laude from Ateneo de Manila University in 2001. Despite her handicap, she was a consistent academic honoreevaledictorian (elementary & high school) Product and support manager at Code Factory, the world’s leading provider of software that allow the visuallyimpaired to access mobile devices. Underprivileged Sectors of the Society  The underprivileged is being described as the group of people that is suffering from different forms of social deprivation such as denial of the enjoyment of similar level of comfort and/or fundamental rights as most of the members of a civilized society due to several economic and social circumstances. This group is less in terms of material possessions and basic social benefits, like education and health services, in comparison to most of the people in a certain society. ❑ Furthermore, this group of individuals is facing various dimensions of poverty, such as income poverty, health deprivation, human rights violations, gender inequity, and many more. Marginalized sectors are the groups of individuals that are experiencing the so-called marginalization, which is the act of downgrading a person, a class of people, or a concept to an insignificant, secondary, or powerless situation in a society. Marginalized sectors are the groups of individuals that are experiencing the so-called marginalization, which is the act of downgrading a person, a class of people, or a concept to an insignificant, secondary, or powerless situation in a society. Globally, women and children are being subjected to oppression and different forms of exploitation  Women and children have also become victims of domestic and sexual violence. According to the philippine national police's - women and children protection center (PNP-WCPC), 602 incidents of sexual assault were recorded from march 17, 2020 to may 23, 2020 or an average of eight cases a day.  LGBTQI++ Community The members of the LGBT community are also victims of different types of violence.  According to Emmanuel Levinas (1905-1995), a French philosopher, we must go beyond ourselves and concentrate more on rendering assistance passionately and acting with concern toward others, particularly to the members of our society who have become victims of different dimensions of poverty. ❑ Also, we can help the underprivileged by sincerely and consistently joining in campaigns or movements that seek to empower them. ❑ It is our obligation to help the underprivileged, since they are considered as vulnerable to different forms of human rights violation and social deprivation. ❑ It is also important to promote inclusivity- the practice or policy of providing equal access to opportunities and resources for people who might otherwise be excluded or marginalized ❑ Most importantly, it is our moral duty to uphold human dignity and importance of life, because even though we are totally different from each other, our shared dignity and humanity is the thing that unifies us all.