AMERİKA BİRLEŞİK DEVLETLERİ’NDEKİ ENGELLİ TANIMI HAKKINDA BİR İNCELEME

Abstract

Amerika Birleşik Devletleri’nde uygulamada olan Engelli Amerikalılar Yasası, engelli kimseler açısından önemli bir yasa olup, engellilik hakkında çok yararlı uygulamalar öngörmektedir. Amerikan hukukunda engelli kavramı, kısa ve açık bir biçimde tanımlanmıştır. Geçmişte yaşanmış bozukluk/engellilik durumları ile engelli olmamasına rağmen engelliymiş gibi muamele gören kişiler de Kanunun korumasından yararlanmaktadır. Bizim hukuk sistemimizde engelli, bir çok kanunda ayrı ayrı tanımlanmıştır. Temel düzenlemeler olan “Özürlüler Yasası” (5378 sayılı Özürlüler ve Bazı Kanun ve Kanun Hükmünde Kararnamelerde Değişiklik Yapılması Hakkında Kanun) ve “Özürlülük Ölçütü, Sınıflandırması ve Özürlülere Verilecek Sağlık Kurulu Raporları Hakkında Yönetmelik”teki tanımlamalar ise engeli olmadığı halde engelliymiş gibi muamele gören kişileri kapsamamaktadır

Keywords

• Engelli, engellilik, özürlü, özürlülük

An Analysis About Disability Definition in The United States of America

Abstract

In the United States of America, the Americans with Disabilities Act is an important act for disabled people and this Act has very useful practices for the accommodation of disability. Disability is defined very concisely and clearly in American law. The ADA also protects individuals who have had impairment/disability in the past and individuals who have been treated as if they were disabled although they are not disabled. In our law system, the term disability is defined by many acts in different ways. Disability terms which are defined by the “Disableds Act” and in the “Bylaw of Disability Measure, Classification and Health Commission Report Which Will Be Given to Disableds” do not cover people who are treated like disabled although they are not disabled

Keywords

• Disabled, disability, handicapped, handicap

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