There is scanty data on the current number of persons with disabilities in Uganda, but according to the 2002 national census, every 4 out of 25 people or 16 per cent of the population are disabled.
The Persons with Disabilities (PWD) Act, 2006, defines a person with disability as "a person having physical, intellectual, sensory or mental impairment which substantially limits one or more of the major life activities of that person."
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