health problems, whether visual, physical, mental or audio in most
regions of the Kingdom.
5. Failure of habilitation of persons with disabilities because of the small
number of physiotherapists for various disabilities in most regions
was monitored, especially in remote and far regions from the capital
or governorate centers.
6. Health insurance for persons with disabilities is not accepted in the
private sector.
Seventh: The Right to Environmental Facilities
The Law on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities provides for the need to
apply national construction codes for persons with disabilities in all
buildings of public and private sectors available to the public, that is to get a
construction permit, official approval should be obtained before starting the
process of building, because the basic principle is to remove architectural
barriers and others in the environment that persons with disabilities live in,
such as buildings, sidewalks and streets and in the same time facilitating the
means to communicate with the community, such as the provision of special
transportation and Braille method in public libraries, in addition to sign
language in various educational and recreational programs, particularly in
TV programs.
The financial cost of modifying public and private buildings available to the
public is high, and the same is true for equipping means of transportation.
This requires concerted efforts to prepare and make them usable by this
category of society through appropriate and gradual time periods, as (21)
buses were prepared in addition to the provision of incentives for the
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