SPD: Human Rights

Every person with a disability has a right to:

• Respect and Dignity

• Access to:

  • Structures and buildings

  • Education

  • Employment

  • Transport

• A Transport Story

How does SPD facilitate acceptance of people with disabilities into society?

• Awareness Campaigns

• Marketing of the abilities of people with disabilities

• Advocacy and lobbying with policymakers

• Empowerment of people with disabilities through information dissemination, mobility provision, employment and assertiveness training

Promoting disability equity (Human Rights) in the region by addressing myths, attitudes and perceptions regarding people with disabilities.

Establishing an effective disability equity monitoring and evaluation system at all levels in the Gauteng-North region.

Advocating the psychological benefits of work for people with disabilities (PwD’s).

·         Respect and dignity

·         Reasonable accommodations.

·         Access to:

             Structures and buildings

             Information

             Communication

             Employment

             Transport