One billion people, or 15% of the world population, experience some form of disability, and disability prevalence is higher for developing countries.
Persons with disabilities are more likely to experience adverse socioeconomic outcomes such as less education, poorer health outcomes, lower levels of employment, and higher poverty rates. Poverty may increase the risk of disability through malnutrition, inadequate access to education and health care, unsafe working conditions, a polluted environment, and lack of access to safe water and sanitation. Disability may also increase the risk of poverty, through lack of employment and education opportunities, lower wages, and increased cost of living with a disability.
Barriers to full social and economic inclusion of persons with disabilities include inaccessible physical environments and transportation, the unavailability of assistive devices and technologies, non-adapted means of communication, gaps in service delivery, and discriminatory prejudice and stigma in society.
Global awareness of disability-inclusive development is increasing. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) ratified by 185 countries, promotes the full integration of persons with disabilities in societies. The CRPD specifically references the importance of international development in addressing the rights of persons with disabilities.
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development clearly states that disability cannot be a reason or criteria for lack of access to development programming and the realization of human rights. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) framework includes seven targets which explicitly refer to persons with disabilities, and six further targets on persons in vulnerable situations, which include persons with disabilities.
The wide-reaching impacts of COVID-19 continue to affect persons with disabilities including in the sectors of health, education, and transport considerations

Children who are affected by cerebral palsy will typically experience problems with their motor skills and muscle movements. Cerebral palsy occurs as a result of a brain injury that may occur prior to or shortly after birth. The brain functions much like a computer, sending signals to your body instructing it on how to perform various actions. Children with cerebral palsy may receive incomplete instructions from the brain to the muscles due to the improper functioning of the brain’s signals. Due to this issue, children with cerebral palsy may encounter difficulties with walking, using their hands, and/or speaking.

However, cerebral palsy does not prevent children with the condition from performing many activities. For example, there are many children with cerebral palsy attending a mainstream education system, participating in games, etc. The differences in children with cerebral palsy are primarily based upon receiving additional assistance or finding alternative methods of completing activities.