Disability in Namibia
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History
Namibia signed the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on 25 April 2007 and ratified it on 14 December 2007. It went into effect on 3 May 2008.[2]
Categories
As of 2001, among all people with disabilities, 35% have a visual impairment, 27% have a mobility impairment which involve hands and legs, 21% have a hearing impairment, 11% have a speech impairment and 5% have a mental impairment.[3]
