The number of people with disabilities in India has been estimated at 70 million.[1] India is a party to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, having signed the treaty on 30 March 2007 and ratified it on 1 October 2007.[2] Unlike those in the West, most people with disabilities in India and their families are focused on survival in the context of deep poverty. India's disability rights movement, however, mainly comprises elite, middle-class activists who generally mirror the goals of the disability rights movement in Western countries.[1] Common public perceptions of disability in India are influenced by certain discourses that are generally rejected by the field of disability studies. People with disabilities are often seen as wicked or deceitful, or as unable to progress to adulthood and dependent on charity and pity for assistance.[1] This is as opposed to an emphasis on the strengths people possess despite their disabilities, and their potential for adaptation. Disability in India is affected by other social divisions such as class, gender, and caste.[1] Statistics show that women with disabilities in India are more marginalized than their male counterparts.[1] Anita Ghai argues that Indian feminism has ignored the unique conditions of women with disabilities.[