Persons with Disabilities Perspective on Disability Rights

Executive Summary 
This research on persons with disabilities 
perspective on disability rights, gives some 
insight as to the knowledge, awareness and 
attitude persons with disabilities had towards 
their own rights and carry out a training to 
build capacity. This is a descriptive cross
sectional study using quantitative data 
collection method in the form of a semi
structured questionnaire. Only 16.67% of the 
participants claimed to have heard about the 
Discrimination Against Persons with 
Disabilities (Prohibition) act, 2018, the United 
Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons 
with Disabilities, 2006 and the Rivers State 
Persons with Disability Welfare 
(Enhancement) Law, 2012 but after training, 
this increased. This was the trend throughout 
the study. For persons with disabilities to truly 
be able to advocate for their own rights, a 
sustained building of their capacities is key to 
capitalising on opportunities for advancing 
disability rights and for strategic advocacy. 
The state and other states in the South-South 
Region will gain from more of these capacity 
building activities, which will in turn promote 
disability rights.