Transportation Disadvantaged Act (MITDA) on 28 January 2006. The current state of
inconvenience necessitates persons with disabilities to be carried on the back of ferry staffs or
their companions, or they are carried by 2~4 persons while being seated on wheelchair to go
through the stairs linking port and ferry in order to go on or off board. Based on this
determinations, the Commission recommended to the Minister of Oceans and Fisheries, on 22
August 2016, to take measures that would provide safe and convenient ferry access for
wheelchair users.
31. On 7 September 2017, 963 persons holding grade 1 and 2 visual impairment ratings
filed a group litigation, on the ground of the ARPDA violation and with a claim for
compensation, against 3 large-scale online shopping malls. They claimed that the majority of
internet services and mobile applications provided by the online shopping malls were
constructed based on image and video files, which in effect impedes the basic first step of
online purchase, registration of membership. The group appealed for the correction of limited
accessibility to information for persons with visual impairment.
32. Apart from the complaints on the access to information, 54 complaints were submitted
to the Commission by the persons with visual impairment for the last 5 years. These
complaints were seeking remedies on issues related to the access to electronics, medicine and
medical supply, food and other goods and services.
< Number of Disability Discriminations Complaints Regarding Visual Impairment >
Unit: number of complaints)
Category
Year
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
Total
Good and Services
32
51
36
92
60
271
Access to information
166
128
269
138
150
851
Data Source: NHRCK
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33. The CRPD expressed its concern in its concluding observation that “the accessibility
standards for buildings are restricted by minimum size, capacity or date of construction of the
buildings”, with encouragement to the State party “to apply accessibility standards to all
public facilities and workplaces, regardless of their size, capacity or date of construction”. In
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