INTRODUCTION

AHSAS DISABLED PEOPLE ORGANIZATION is established in 2005.Ahsas is non-profit and non-governmental organization. The Organization operates independently of any religious, political or economic influences. Organization is registered under societies act of 1860. Head office of AHSAS is situated at Karakuram highway (Shahra-e-Rasham), Village Ichhrian P/O Haji Abad District and Tehsil Mansehra. AHSAS is broad based organization working for the people with disabilities. The basic purpose of Ahsas Disabled People Organization is welfare & well beings of disabled people. Ahsas Disabled People Organization is the outcome   of all the hatred deprivation and inferiority complex kept by society for the disabled people. Organization is founded by a disabled person as well.

AHSAS DISABLED PEOPLE ORGANIZATION lies 7 members Board of Governors.Current Board of Governors has two lifetime members / founders and 5 non-permanent members who are selected for 2 years. Among them 2 members are females and 5 members are male. Board of Governors is comprised of highly educated and experienced people from development, education and health sectors etc.

RIGHTS OF DISABLE PEOPLE BY UNITED NATION

Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its Optional Protocol was adopted on 13 December 2006 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, and was opened for signature on 30 March 2007. There were 82 signatories to the Convention, 44 signatories to the Optional Protocol, and 1 ratification of the Convention. This is the highest number of signatories in history to a UN Convention on its opening day. It is the first comprehensive human rights treaty of the 21st century and is the first human rights convention to be open for signature by regional integration organizations. The Convention entered into force on 3May 2008.
                       The Convention marks a "paradigm shift" in attitudes and approaches to persons with disabilities. It takes to a new height the movement from viewing persons with disabilities as "objects"  of charity, medical treatment and social protection towards viewing persons with disabilities as "subjects" with rights, who are capable of claiming those rights and making decisions for their lives based on their free and informed consent as well as being active members of society.
                                    The Convention is intended as a human rights instrument with an explicit, social development dimension. It adopts a broad categorization of persons with disabilities and reaffirms that all persons with all types of disabilities must enjoy all human rights and fundamental freedoms. It clarifies and qualifies how all categories of rights apply to persons with disabilities and identifies areas where adaptations have to be made for persons with disabilities to effectively exercise their rights and areas where their rights have been violated, and where protection of rights must be reinforced.
                                The Convention was negotiated during eight sessions of an Ad Hoc Committee of the General Assembly from 2002 to 2006, making it  the fastest negotiated human rights treaty.

THE GOLES OF AHSAS DPO

DPO is pleased to announce that we are developing a  khyber Pakhtunkhwa and then further Cover all the Pakistan

Ahsas Disabled Peoples' Organization is a network of national organizations or assemblies of disabled people, established to promote human rights of disabled people through full participation, equalization of opportunity and development.

The Goals of DPO
      Promote the human rights of disabled persons  
      Promote economic and social integration of disabled persons   
      Develop and support organizations of disabled persons