The study explored the opinions of the disability community regarding factors that influence their voting behaviour and disability issues that are important to them.
710 Malaysians of voting age all across Malaysia participated in the survey study. Study participants included persons with disabilities, parents of persons with disabilities, family members of persons with disabilities, professionals working in the disability field, carers, volunteers and friends of persons with disabilities.
The disability community will preferentially vote for political parties or candidates:
The disability community wants the elected government to focus on:
Some persons with disabilities do not have an OKU card because they felt that having it would lead to stigma or they did not see how the OKU card could help them. Some were not aware of disability registration.
Amending the PWD act 2008 to give it punitive powers was not ranked as highly as other areas. This implies that the PWD Act 2008 has had little impact on improving the lives of persons with disabilities and the whole disability community.
Advocacy for Disability Inclusion in Malaysia – Full report (accessible pdf)
Advocacy for Disability Inclusion in Malaysia – Full report (epub)
Advocacy for Disability Inclusion in Malaysia – Full report (DAISY)
Advocacy for Disability Inclusion in Malaysia – Executive Summary (English) - accessible pdf in progress. Alternatively, access the executive summary in English via the full report.
Advocacy for Disability Inclusion in Malaysia – Executive Summary (Bahasa Malaysia) - accessible pdf
Advocacy for Disability Inclusion in Malaysia – Executive Summary (Chinese, 中文) - accessible pdf in progress
*Note: Correction in the Full Report