Community Education and Advocacy for the Rights of Blind Individuals Denied Access to Tax Transport Services

Running head:HUMAN RIGHTS AND ADVOCACY 1
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1HUMAN RIGHTS AND ADVOCACY
Community education about the rights of the blind
The community education strategy will focus on creating awareness about the
fundamental rights and freedoms of the blind individual denied access to tax transport
services (Bell, 2014). Blind persons just like others individuals are entitled to equal and full
access to social services that are available to other members of the general public. Any action
to alienate them contradicts the principles of fairness, human right law, international law, the
disability act and other existing law and statues aimed at elevating the marginalized persons
of the community (Bell, 2014). Therefore, it is important for every community stakeholder to
effectively understand that the fundamental rights and freedoms of individuals are inherent
and not granted by the state. It is the Duty of the state to protect the rights of the disabilities
since they are God given (Obar e t al., 2012). Hence it is not a favor from any community
stakeholder including the tax driver to grant the disabled persons their rights since they are
God given (Rudbeck, 2012). .
The advocacy campaign will aim at creating general an awareness of the various the
principles enshrined in the disabilities act, the human rights law and international law which
aim at protecting the rights of the disabled in various. Much emphasis in this campaign will
focus on creating awareness of the Disability discrimination act that aims at creating equality
for all disabled persons in different arenas. As per the act it is illegal to discriminate any
disabled person in the provision of goods and services, education and employment
(Bagenstos, 2009). Therefore to strengthen the broader human rights agenda for the blind or
disabled individuals in the community setting there will be various advocacy campaign
platforms on radios, deletions, newpapers, magizines and other community engagement
platforms to ensure that the blind people are provided equal assistance just like other society
members (Eaton, 2010).