ABSTRACT
The opinion held of a person, their value in societies throughout the world, is determined by his or her status as a disabled person, their level of dependence and independence. This informs people's community bodies, organizations and systems and determines the conditions for their power and/or powerlessness as individuals. The UN’s World Action Programme for the Disabled, passed by the General Assembly in 1982, addresses a problem. The Programme is designed to promote development which gives disabled people the same living conditions as other members of society, regardless of the level of development. The possibility for everyone to develop into a free and independent human being is one of the goals of a democratic society. Such a development is a pre-requisite for each and every person having the possibility to be an active member of society. The right to be able to move around freely is of the utmost importance.
