occupied by this category of society in the priorities ladder of the
press, in addition to the absence of specialized press in this area.
Therefore the HCADP sought to establish a committee on the affairs
of the press specialized with disability, where members were trained,
in cooperation and coordination with the NCHR, on the rights concept
of disability, which is adopted by the International Convention on the
Rights of Persons with Disabilities
The chart below highlights the ways in which the press addressed the issue
of disability in general, as follows:
The efforts exerted by audio-visual media are limited to parts and programs
that do not exceed the period of ten minutes and the issues of disability are
not considered issues of priority for decision-makers in the media, in
addition to the fact that arts of all kinds are not employed for the sake of
disability issues. Access to information is viewed as the most important data
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