The World Assembly,
Noting the importance of accessible infrastructure - particularly in the spheres of health, education, and communications - in allowing people with disabilities to effectively exercise their rights;
Concerned that, in addition to ableism, many people with disabilities regularly face discrimination and disadvantage on other grounds (such as race, sex, age, and - for most - low income); and
Recognising that - while legislation alone cannot serve to completely eradicate discrimination - an internationally recognized disability code to remedy the social disadvantages of people with disabilities and promote their equal participation in all spheres of life would be of at least some benefit in achieving that goal, hereby:
- Requires member states to:
- Amend or annul national laws, and condemn or criminalize norms and procedures, which permit the populace to empower discrimination on the grounds of disability;
- Ensure that all people with disabilities within their jurisdiction can easily access assistive technologies, housing programs, and mental health support services;
- Ensure, in law and in practice, that no qualified applicant for any job is subjected to different terms and conditions, privileges, incentives, or allowances in their occupation due to being disabled;
- Guarantee, to all people with disabilities, the right to know whatever meticulous details pertaining to their disability that a medically certified individual does;
- Establish an adequate and well-integrated system of special education for those with visual or hearing impairments or those who have intellectual disabilities; and
- Provide appropriate financial assistance to all economically-marginalized students with disabilities who genuinely seek to pursue tertiary education;
- Encourages member states to:
- Promote universal social awareness and acceptance of people with disabilities across the population; and
- Utilize and conduct research to allow products and facilities to be used by anyone without the need for significant reworks and modifications;
- Affirms that a person with a disability is one who has been declared so by a medically certified individual.
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