7. 2. Provide awareness of the legal rights of persons with disabilities so citizens
can influence law makers to reform antiquated laws that generate social
injustice.
3. Encourage research via greater access to science, technology and modern
medical treatments. Expertise should include improving transplants,
neurosurgery, prosthesists and physiotherapy.
4. Ensure labor laws that guarantee the rights of persons with disabilities at
work.
5. Train employers on the labor laws guaranteeed to persons with disabilities on
how to integrate these rights as priorities within their administrative routines.
6. Improve the use of trained animals for the blind.
7. Remove bureaucratic barriers that impede quality of life for persons with
disabilities.
Lens 2: Relating Post 2015 to Community Needs
Participants identified the following priorities for education and employment for
persons with disabilities:
1. Strengthen human rights in each country via assistance programs and
professional training at the national, regional and international levels.
2. Keep local access to hospital, libraries, places for the arts, shopping areas,
banks and government agencies open with education materials on disability
rights and support.
Participants identified other solutions to address quality of life for persons with
disabilities, which are outlined in the list below:
1. Promote compliance and improvement of national and international
legislations.
2. Expand the structures of areas already designed to improve access via the
installation of ramps, holding bars, Braille signs, and hearing devices for the
hard of hearing in restaurants, public spaces, transportation systems and
housing.
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8. 3. Promote the participation of persons with disabilities in sports.
4. Establish safe places for children with disabilities to play, including
playgrounds, paraolympic games and communityled events.
5. Provide free schooling for children with disabilities and free psychological
support to families raising children with disabilities.
6. Provide education for families on how to make homes safe for people with
disabilities
7. Establish more social communities on and offline for persons with
disabilities.
Lens 3: Linking Post 2015 to Post Rio+20 for Persons with Disabilities
1. Facilitate greater participation of persons with disabilities in the UN Major
Groups for sustainable development.
2. Encourage effective participation within the UN Major Group processes for
persons with disabilities via associations and discussion groups that address
community questions about disability, the needs of the people and to
crosscheck progress on development claimed to be achieved.
3. Ensure jobs for people with disabilities that meet sustainable practices for
external and internal (company) environments. Criteria should include
transportation and accommodation, compliance with quality of life, adequate
treatment and access to health technologies.
3. Encourage social impact projects across sustainable development topics
related to education, technical training and job creation, all with spots
reserved for persons with disabilities.
4. Provide incentives for consumers to buy cars that reduce harm to the
environment with lower costs.
5. Provide government incentives for citizens to be more green with lowered
taxes and adapt safe environmental practices throughout government services
to model behavior.
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