Accessibility 2014, para. 40

Paragraph
Document type
General Comment / Recommendation
Paragraph text
Health care and social protection would remain unattainable for persons with disabilities without access to the premises where those services are provided. Even if the buildings where the health-care and social protection services are provided are themselves accessible, without accessible transportation, persons with disabilities are unable to travel to the places where the services are being provided. All information and communication pertaining to the provision of health care should be accessible through sign language, Braille, accessible electronic formats, alternative script, and augmentative and alternative modes, means and formats of communication. It is especially important to take into account the gender dimension of accessibility when providing health care, particularly reproductive health care for women and girls with disabilities, including gynaecological and obstetric services.
Legal status
Non-negotiated soft law
Body
Treaty bodies: CRPD - Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Means of adoption
N.A.
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Health
Person(s) affected
  • Girls
  • Persons with disabilities
  • Women
Year
2014
Paragraph type
Other
Reference
CRPD General Comment No. 2, Accessibility (2014), para. 40.
Paragraph number
40