The problem with the second case is that people with disabilities are discriminated against in various tests compared with others. It was revealed that although language tests with listening sections are required to provide accommodations for people with disabilities, many do not comply because of cost. Voices from many quarters also say it is unacceptable that people with disabilities, who need far more time than others just to use the restroom and also take longer to eat, are given less time than people without disabilities.

One of the fundamental factors behind violating the basic rights of socially vulnerable people or failing to consider them is the "culture of discrimination" against them. Overcoming a sense of discrimination against others and an obsession with differences will be the most important precondition for creating harmony and universal human rights. Social integration of people with disabilities, that is, accepting them as neighbors who live, work and talk with us in our society, becomes possible only when obsession with differences and prejudice are overcome, because discrimination means that others or society culturally devalue one side.

It is true that welfare policies for people with disabilities in our society have improved a great deal compared with the past. According to the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs report released in 2016 on changes in the economic activity of people with disabilities and policy tasks, the economic activity of people with disabilities has recently increased and their life satisfaction has also risen (Choi Eun-hee, 2016). Looking at the 2014 survey results, 47.8% of people with disabilities who did not take part in economic activity said they were satisfied with their current life, while among those who did take part the figure reached 69.5%.

Nevertheless, the survey found that discrimination still exists. 35.4% of people with disabilities said they experienced discrimination when trying to get a job. In particular, 52.9% of people with severe disabilities said they experienced discrimination when seeking employment, which shows how serious the problem is. The report also found that 23.7% of people with disabilities experienced discrimination in earned income, and that they also face discrimination in relationships with coworkers.

Although it is fortunate that welfare support for people with disabilities has improved, social prejudice against them is still pointed out as a serious problem. In particular, the fact that people with mild disabilities benefit from various welfare policies while people with severe disabilities, who need more attention and protection than others, are excluded even from opportunities to take part in social activities shows where we currently stand on disability.

Experts stress that our policy toward people with disabilities should now move beyond basic welfare support and focus on substantive human rights protection and independence. It should not simply look after material convenience but remove prejudice and treat people with disabilities as equal subjects of human rights.

The harm that people with disabilities suffer from others ranges widely, from the harm of rape, violence, abuse and other wrongs committed by others or by those with power to harm that even leads to death.

To add: the Anti-Discrimination Against and Remedies for Persons with Disabilities Act was enacted in 2007 and took effect in April 2008, and victims of discrimination can file a petition with the National Human Rights Commission or ask a court for damages and affirmative relief. A 2017 amendment to the Act on Welfare of Persons with Disabilities set up central and regional disability rights advocacy agencies that receive and investigate reports of abuse, and abuse can be reported to 112 or to the advocacy agency (1644-8295). In July 2019 the disability grading system was abolished and replaced by a distinction between severe and non-severe disabilities, and in 2021 the government announced a roadmap to support deinstitutionalization. The statistics and cases in the paper are based on reports from 2014 to 2017.