Perception of persons with visual impairment on the application of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in the Republic of Croatia

Cilj ovog rada je ispitati percepciju osoba s oštećenjem vida o primjeni Konvencije o pravima osoba s invaliditetom u Republici Hrvatskoj na temelju članka 8. Podizanje razine svijesti te članka 9. Pristupačnost. Istraživanjem se ispituju i načini realiziranja odabranih prava te koji su dijelovi zanemareni ili se u potpunosti ne provode. U istraživanju su sudjelovale 53 osobe oštećena vida u radno aktivnoj dobi (18 do 65 godina) iz različitih dijelova Hrvatske, u razdoblju od veljače do ožujka 2020. godine. Svi potrebni podaci i informacije prikupljeni su upitnikom vlastite izrade temeljenim na člancima Konvencije o pravima osoba s invaliditetom te dodatnim upitnikom demografskih podataka, a rezultati su obrađeni primjerenim statističkim postupcima. Analizom rezultata istraživanja može se zaključiti da je veliki dio ispitanika nezadovoljan provedbom smjernica članaka iz Konvencije o pravima osoba s invaliditetom u Republici Hrvatskoj ili da oni nisu u potpunosti provedeni čime je potvrđena hipoteza (H1).The aim of this paper is to examine the perception of persons with visual impairment on the application of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in the Republic of Croatia on the basis of Article 8. Raising awareness of Article 9. Accessibility. The ways in which the selected rights are exercised and which parts are neglected or not fully implemented are also examined. The study involved 53 visually impaired people in working age (18 to 65 years) from different parts of Croatia, in the period from February to March 2020. All necessary data and information were collected by a self-developed questionnaire based on the articles of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and an additional demographic data questionnaire, and the results were processed by appropriate statistical procedures. The analysis of the research results shows that a large part of the respondents are dissatisfied with the implementation of the guidelines of the articles from the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in the Republic of Croatia or that they are not fully implemented, which confirms hypothesis (H1)