Issues to be discussed in respective policy areas
Calendar years on respective items are the expected times for conclusion
1. Labor and Employment
- Reconsideration of legal employment rate by 2012
- Applying labor regulations on sheltered workshops by 2011
- Provision of reasonable accommodations in workplace by 2012
2. Education
- Basic direction regarding inclusive education by 2010
- Ensuring teachers with appropriate capacity of using sign language and/or braille and training of experts by 2012
3. Income security
- Review of income security for persons with disabilities in conjunction with public pension reform by 2012
- Housing support for persons with disabilities by 2012
4. Medical care
- Reconsideration of hospitalization without consent of persons with psychiatric disabilities by 2012
- Supporting measures for the transition from hospitalizations to living in the community by 2011
- Revision of user payment scheme of medical care by 2011
5. Children with disabilities
- Improvement in the systems for consultation, and in those for medical services and education by 2011
6. Prevention of abuse by reason of disabilities
- Definition of types of abuse; and establishment of a monitoring body for abuse
7. Access to built environments and public transport
- Improvement in accessibility in non-urban areas by 2010
8. Access to information and communications
- Improvement in accessibility environments by 2012
- Ensuring emergency contact at times of disaster by 2012
9. Participation in political activities
- Improvement in provision of information for election for persons with disabilities by 2010
- Barrie-free at the poll stations
10. Judicial procedures
- Securing due procedures for criminal cases concerning persons with disabilities by 2012
- Appropriate training for judicial professionals
11. International cooperation
- Promoting contribution to international cooperation on disability issues and matters related to disabilities