Chapter 1 - Report of the Education and Public Relations Group
and communications (including information and communications technologies and systems),
and to other facilities and services open or provided to the public, both in urban and in rural
areas. These measures should include the identification and elimination of obstacles and
barriers to accessibility in:
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Buildings, roads, transportation and other indoor and outdoor facilities, including schools,
housing, medical facilities and workplaces; and
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Information, communications and other services, including electronic services and
emergency services.
Article 9(2) requires State Parties to:
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Develop, promulgate and monitor the implementation of minimum standards and
guidelines for the accessibility of facilities and services open or provided to the public;
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Ensure that private entities that offer facilities and services which are open or provided to
the public take into account all aspects of accessibility for PwD;
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Provide training for stakeholders on accessibility issues facing PwD;
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Provide signage in Braille and easy to read and understand forms in buildings and other
facilities open to the public;
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Provide forms of live assistance and intermediaries, including guides, readers and
professional sign-language interpreters, to facilitate accessibility to buildings and other
facilities open to the public;
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Promote other appropriate forms of assistance and support to PwD to ensure their access
to information;
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Promote access for PwD to new information and communications technologies and
systems, including the Internet; and
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Promote the design, development, production and
distribution of accessible information and communications
technologies and systems at an early stage, so that these
technologies and systems become accessible at minimum
cost.
Care should be taken to ensure that the development of
facilities caters to all categories of PwD. An overhaul of the
administrative system will ensure that they are not left out as
Malaysia moves toward fully developed status by 2020.
An overhaul of
the administrative
system would ensure
that PwD are not
left out as Malaysia
moves toward fully
developed status by
2020.
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