It enables them to address environmental, communication, behavioral and institutional barriers

30 initiatives targeting 20 thousand people of determination

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From the source

The Department of Community Development in Abu Dhabi has begun addressing the challenges facing the people of determination in the emirate, who number about 20,000 citizens and residents, through 30 initiatives included in the Abu Dhabi Strategy for People of Determination 2020-2024.

The department said in the strategy booklet, issued yesterday, “We are one with you,” that the 30 initiatives include three initiatives in the health and rehabilitation axis (developing a unified, comprehensive and integrated evaluation framework for people of determination, the early intervention program, and the assistive technology and technology program), and an initiative in the education pillar. , Especially in inclusive education, two initiatives in employment (inclusive employment policy and the inclusive employment program), and six initiatives in social care (reviewing and harmonizing the local classification of disabilities with the unified national classification of disabilities in the UAE, and targeted community awareness based on the human rights perspective of disability, and the family support system. And caregivers for people of determination, a cross-sector case management system, and a services officer for people of determination, in addition to the database of people of determination in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi).

She indicated that the initiatives also include six initiatives within the universal access axis (for buildings, facilities, transportation, and housing for people of determination, for electronic and smart systems and services, communications and information, and for integrated sports programs, and for cultural, entertainment and inclusive tourism programs, an integrated air travel trip, in addition to a sea travel trip. Integral).

She pointed out that the Enablers axis includes 12 initiatives (a change management plan to implement the strategy for people of determination, establishing an integrated care system for them and their families, reviewing legislative frameworks that affect them, developing a framework for evaluation and follow-up to implement their strategy, cooperating with international organizations, developing governance of the People of Determination sector, and planning And developing human capital in all sectors, activating support for people of determination, the social protection system for them, awards for excellence in the field of people of determination, research, development and innovation for people of determination, in addition to a sustainable financing system for their programs and services).

The department has set five strategic goals that it seeks to achieve, including building a community culture based on the human rights perspective of people of determination, activating the role of people of determination and their families, empowering them by involving them in the transformation process towards an inclusive society, and creating an inclusive environment to provide equal access to rights, services and opportunities for people of determination in all stages. Life, and ensuring the provision of high-quality, integrated services in the government sector, in addition to developing a sustainable social development framework based on data and evidence for people of determination and their families.

She explained that neurodevelopmental disorders, such as autism spectrum disorders, intellectual disability and specific learning disorders, are among the most common disabilities in the emirate, noting that people of determination face challenges resulting from environmental, communication, behavioral and institutional barriers in society, including the lack of social health care systems. A comprehensive and integrated educational system, which hinders the access of people of determination and their families to quality services that meet their individual and varied needs at an affordable price.

The department indicated that students of determination lack, in the field of education, equal and equitable opportunities to reach quality inclusive education in public schools, including a comprehensive support system within the school that includes preparing the school and classroom environment, qualified educational staff, support services, awareness, and educational curricula. The various approved educational options that ensure the availability of educational options and alternatives that meet different needs, and the studied transitional paths between school stages and between care and rehabilitation centers for people of determination and public schools.

In the field of employment, people of determination have limited opportunities to find work in an open work environment, due to the lack of incentives and adequate support for employers to effectively and sustainable employment for people of determination, and the lack of opportunities and programs for education, training and vocational rehabilitation in the pre-employment and post-employment phase, to enhance job skills. People of determination and their readiness to move to work, as well as the lack of a comprehensive holistic employment policy with an enforcement mechanism, and clear roles and responsibilities among the stakeholders.

People of determination also face obstacles to community participation in areas of public life, such as culture, sports, arts, entertainment and volunteering, as a result of the lack of a qualified environment in terms of transportation, qualified housing, services, programs, products and information.

People of determination and their families incur high costs resulting from the requirements of disability, which threatens their standard of living and quality of life.

An inclusive city

The Department of Community Development in Abu Dhabi confirmed that the Abu Dhabi strategy for people of determination aims to make the emirate an inclusive city that is empowering for people of determination, by shifting to adopting a social disability perspective that supports their rights, as it focuses on the fact that disability does not reside in the people of determination but rather is the result of environmental and behavioral barriers The communicative, organizational, and institutional found in the community that people of determination encounter, and prevent them from participating, integrating and reaching their maximum potential.

It also promotes the concept of the right of people of determination to live independently, to self-determination, and to access services, opportunities and rights on an equal basis with others.

The department indicated that the strategy covers all time stages of a person's life of people of determination, and includes the areas of health, rehabilitation, education, employment, care and social protection, participation in social, sports, cultural and entertainment public life, and comprehensive access to the eligible environment in terms of buildings, facilities, transportation, housing and information.

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