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Policies and Legislations of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities System

1. System

Rights of Persons with Disabilities System.

2. Authority

Authority for the Care of Persons with Disabilities.

3. Regulations

Executive regulations of the system.

4. Concerned Entity

An entity responsible forThe entity concerned with one or more of the areasfields covered underby the provisions of thisthe System.

5. Person with Disability

Any individual with person who has a long-term disorder or deficiency in physical, mental, intellectual, sensory, or psychological functions, that which may, prevent them — when encountering various barriers, hinder their full and effective participationwhen facing various challenges — from fully and effectively participating in society on an equal basis with others.

6. Services

A comprehensive set of integrated services provided to each person with a disability based on their health condition, and degree of disability, or based on their social status. These services include: healthcare, education, training, rehabilitation, cultural, social, media, sports, employment, and other relevant services.

7. Rehabilitation

A coordinated process involvingThe process of employing medical, social, psychological, educational, vocational, and environmental services to help a person with a disability reach their maximum potential. The goal is to support their adaptation to their natural and social surroundings, foster self-reliance, and promote their integration as active members of society.achieve the highest possible level of effectiveness; to enable them to adapt to the requirements of their natural and social environment, develop their abilities to be self-reliant, and make them an active member of society as much as possible.

8. Supporting educational and training services

Additional services required due to by the nature of the disability, provided withinin educational and training environments.

9. Accessibility

A set of suitable appropriate measures that to ensure that persons with disabilities have equal access to services, facilities, the built environment, transportation, information, communication tools, assistive technologies, and other publicly available services. can access the provided services on an equal basis with others, as well as access to the surrounding physical environment, transportation, information, and communication means — including assistive technologies, information and communication systems, facilities, and other services available to the public.

10. Facilitation arrangements

Necessary procedures designed to accommodate the specific needs of individuals or groups with disabilities. These arrangements aim to ensure that persons with disabilities can enjoy and exercise their fundamental rights and access services equally—without placing an undue burden on service providers. A set of necessary procedures to meet specific requirements for an individual or group of persons with disabilities, ensuring their enjoyment — on an equal basis with others — of all fundamental rights and services, and their practice thereof, without imposing a disproportionate burden on the entities providing them.

11. Discrimination on the Basis of Disability

Any distinction, exclusion, or restriction directed at against persons with disabilities based on their disability, that has the purpose or effect of impairing or nullifying which is to weaken or deny, in whole or in part, the recognition, enjoyment, or exercise of human rights by persons with disabilities on an equal basis with others.

12. Article Two

This The system aims to protect and promote the rights of persons with disabilities and ensure their access to all services on an equal footing with others. It affirms the following fundamental principles:

  • Non-discrimination on the basis of disability and equal opportunities.
  • Providing accessibility requirements and facilitating arrangements.
  • Inclusion of the needs of persons with disabilities in legislations, strategies, policies, activities, programs, plans, and governmental and non-governmental designs.
  • Enabling persons with disabilities to participate in managing their affairs in accordance with the relevant provisions.
  • Persons with disabilities who have reached the age of majority shall have direct legal capacity to perform legal acts unless prevented by their disability as determined by the relevant legal provisions.
  • Adoption of alternative and appropriate methods of communication with persons with disabilities, including verbal, written, sign language, or others.
  • raining personnel involved in serving persons with disabilities across all entities on how to deal and communicate with persons with disabilities and raising awareness of their rights.

Last Modified Date: 2024/12/15 - 01:30 PM | Saudi Arabia Time

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