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From : Disability in Russia

=== The Section Below is the Lead of the article, the underlined section was their originally and what I added is not. I thought it would make sense to include the demographic of disabled people in Russia. However I don't know how to cite it because the official statistics from Russia are in document form, and I'm also unsure if It would qualify as open access. === There are 13 Million people identified as disabled in Russia, Roughly 11% of the total population. Many disabled face poor provision of facilities, and disabled children are commonly institutionalized as disability is considered shameful and must be hidden. Such discrimination is widespread even though Russia is a party to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, having signed the treaty on 24 September 2008, and ratified it four years later, on 25 September 2012.

Education
When it comes to fulfilling the needs of the disabled, the Russian education system predominantly focuses on those outlined in medical model of disability, conversely those need described by the social model of disability are of little priority. The social model of disability posits that rehabilitation is not a complete solution and that the disabled also need to be accommodated for them to function as part of society once more, and that includes education. A study in St. Petersburg concluded that most there were in support of integrated education; despite this the majority of higher education institutions lacked any form of accommodations/programs for the disabled.

United Nations CRPD
The CRPD (Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities) Obligates the Russian government to fulfil access and employment needs and ensure equal opportunity. Prior to the CRPD, the quality of life of the disabled was somewhat improved by the Russian government, in that between 1995-99 the association of disability and poverty diminished. additionally the Russian government expanded the soviet programs for the disabled to where most disabled persons are eligible for a disability pension. However the focus of these changes was on satisfying the disabled's medical needs, social needs were not as fulfilled. Following the ratification and enacting of the CRPD in 2009 Russia saw further improvements. In 2018 Russia put the equivalent of ~$800 million into crafting an accessible environment, and saw 26.4% of the disabled population employed. Despite these changes, the social integration of the disabled has not been as effective. transport although somewhat accessible has not been fully developed and education remains mostly separate.