Disability Discrimination and the Right of Disabled Persons to Access the Labour Market

Abstract

The article focuses on the employment discrimination received by persons with disabilities in workplaces in South Africa. It states that persons with disabilities have generally had difficulties in exercising their fundamental social, political and economic rights. It tells that everyone should understand how cultural, social and physical barriers continue to avoid persons with disabilities in South Africa from enjoying their constitutional rights to equality, freedom and human dignity. It says that the majority of persons with disabilities can live independent and productive lives especially if they have access to opportunities, resources and technical aids that allow them independence, dignity and responsibility.