Women and Disability: What They Have to Overcome

Women in society today face many obstacles. Including disability, the struggle to deal with will be even bigger. Despite the resources, disabled women face higher levels of poverty and different forms of discrimination. Struggle as a women without disabilities was very difficult, but as other factors such as disability and poverty increase, these struggles become overwhelming.

When Australia's disabled women gather the media's attention, their personal stories and struggles to overcome obstacle challenges are more important than male counterparts, and male counterparts are in a clear sports environment Incorporating these problems within. Men with wheelchairs have higher coverage than female athletes. This difference in treatment means to be controversial. It is because women who often have disabilities can argue that it is not explained that they are progressing towards women. Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) reported increasing the number of male photographs at the 2000 Summer Paralympic Games and only 22% of women taking pictures. The overall expression of women's SMH is lower than participating in the Olympic Games. Nevertheless, Australian Louise Sauvage and Canadian Chantal Peticlerc received more coverage from SMH than other athletes.

• As with the wider community, disabled women have a less economic outcome than disabled men. According to the 2003 data, the labor force participation rate of women with disabilities is only 46.9%, and the labor participation rate of men with disabilities is 59.3%. In the same year, the unemployment rate of disabled women was 8.3%, and the unemployment rate of women without disabilities was 5.3%. In any kind of work, disabled women are more likely to engage in short-term temporary work of part-time low wages (ABS, 2004). 65