increased between 2016 and 2019. However, the NHRC found considerable
discrepancies in the average number of tasks per person among the various cities
and counties. A portion of cities and counties rely on private resources or the
resources of other cities and counties. The MOHW has failed to assess the
rationality of labor allocation in the various cities and counties and relies on the
previous year’s budget as a KPI rather than considering actual needs.
94. The NHRC is concerned that the lack of visual aids or sign language interpreting
functions in government-established service hotlines (e.g., the Pregnant Women’s
Support Hotline, National Family and Education Hotline, and Suicide Prevention
Hotline) excludes persons with hearing impairments from receiving these services.
B.
95.
Accessible formats (including website format)
According to Article 52-2, Paragraph 1 of the PDRPA, the websites established
by government agencies (institutes) at all levels and their subsidiary agencies
(institutes) and schools should pass the first priority access-free examination and
receive the certificate mark. The main resolution of the Fiscal Year 2017 Central
Budget review conducted by the Legislative Yuan stated that all government
departments and schools should adopt the Web Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 and
achieve a conformance level of AA when designing or updating their websites.
However, disabled persons’ organizations have informed the NHRC that the
accessible website label for the website of the Ill-gotten Party Assets Settlement
Committee, which is a second-level agency of the Executive Yuan, has expired,
and that the Transitional Justice Commission has yet to apply for a label.
96.
Based on the Survey Report on 2018 Digital Opportunity for Physically and
Mentally Disabled Citizens released by the National Development Council
(hereinafter referred to as the NDC) in 2018, the NHRC found that the
information accessibility rate of persons with disabilities over the age of 12 is
45.5% below the national average. In particular, the information accessibility
rates of persons with multiple disabilities, persons with visual impairment, and
persons with hearing impairment were significantly lower than the average, and
Internet utilization among these groups was lower than 40% (between 13.1% and
39.2%). Furthermore, 90% of persons with physical and mental disabilities do not
have assistive devices or software installed on their computers or network
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