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Empowering People with Disabilities (PWDs)
Empowering People with Disabilities (PWDs)
Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development (MHRSD) seeks to enable people with disabilities to obtain suitable job opportunities and education that guarantee their independence and integration as active members of society, and to provide the same with all facilities and instruments that help them achieve success and invest the latent energies in proportion to their abilities and potentials through diversity in the fields of vocational internship in line with the capabilities and needs of each group and the exploitation of medical, social, psychological, educational and vocational services to assist PWDs in achieving the maximum possible degree of functional effectiveness, with the aim of enabling the same to comply with the requirements of his natural and social environment, as well as developing his abilities to be self-reliant and make him a productive member of society as much as possible.
Programs & Initiatives
- Home Social Rehabilitation Care Program for People with Disabilities, the Elderly and the Bedridden, where the preventive and social services that they need in their family and social environment were provided with the aim of improving their personal capabilities to achieve independence and self-reliance, in addition to disbursement of monthly financial aid and medical devices to PWDs.
- Providing digital certificate to reduce passenger wages on public transportation, digital certificates for traffic centers, and digital certification for autism disorder to PWDs.
- Providing visa exemption program for PWDs.
Mowaamah Program
Mowaamah is one of MHRSD programs; launched in the implementation of the Kingdom's strategy for the rights of PWDs. Mowaamah aims to enable PWDs to obtain suitable job opportunities, and provide them with all facilities and instruments that help them achieve success. In addition, motivating enterprises in the private sector to provide an appropriate work environment for PWDs, according to specific criteria and requirements that enables the enterprise to obtain the necessary license to employ them.
King Salman Center for Disability Research Comprehensive Access Program
Within the Comprehensive Access Program, the King Salman Center for Disability Research has adopted the preparation of the necessary guides and regulations to create the urban environment, transportation and public places to facilitate the movement of people with disabilities. These evidence are:
- Guideline for Universal Access in Land Transport: This guide has been developed based on accepted international standards and practices that include facilities and buildings. This guide is intended for planners, engineers, as well as decision makers in this sector.
- Guideline for Universal Access in Maritime Transport: This guide was developed based on accepted international standards and practices that included facilities and buildings. This guide is intended for planners, engineers, as well as decision makers in this sector.
- Guideline for comprehensive access in the built environment: This guide was developed based on accepted international standards and practices that included facilities and buildings. This guide targets architects, engineers, interior designers, as well as decision makers in this sector.
- Guideline for Comprehensive Access to Tourist Destinations and Accommodation Sectors: It is a supplementary guide for tourism that is used as a tool for tourism service providers, and all those working in the tourism sector, to obtain specific information related to information related to tourism.
- A special travel guide for people with disabilities: The General Authority of Civil Aviation has issued a special travel guide for people with disabilities, with the aim of providing them with full support and protecting their rights at the Kingdom’s airports.
- The simplified guide to universal access standards for educational, health, governmental and other facilities
Social Services
Protection From Abuse
Child Protection
Protection From Abuse
- Ensuring protection against abuse of all kinds.
- Providing assistance and treatment, and working to provide the necessary shelter, social, psychological and health care.
- Taking the necessary legal measures to hold the culprit accountable and punish him.
- Raising awareness among community members about the concept of abuse, and its consequences.
- Addressing the behavioral phenomena in society that predict the existence of an appropriate environment for the occurrence of cases of abuse.
- Finding scientific and applied mechanisms to deal with abuse.
- Law of Protection from Abuse is available on Bureau of Experts at Council of Ministers website by clicking here
Child Protection
- Emphasis on what has been decided by Islamic Sharia, and international regulations and agreements to which the Kingdom is a party which preserve the rights of the child and protect the same from all forms of abuse and neglect.
- Protecting the child from all forms of abuse and neglect and their manifestations that child may be exposed to in the surrounding environment.
- Ensuring the rights of the child who has been abused and neglected, by providing the child with the necessary care.
- Raising awareness of child rights and making them aware of the same.
- Child Protection Law is available on Bureau of Experts at Council of Ministers website by clicking here
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Comprehensive Rehabilitation Centers (for severely PWDs)
Vocational Rehabilitation Centers
Day care Centers
Mobility and transportation for people with disabilities
Comprehensive Rehabilitation Centers (for severely PWDs)
A type of centers for the care and rehabilitation of PWDs, including sections for vocational rehabilitation and sections for social rehabilitation for severely PWDs. These centers were established to work on assembling rehabilitation services in one unit that provides services from one source and under the supervision of one administration for all categories of PWDs of both genders separately, and in which all services and benefits included within the social rehabilitation centers and vocational rehabilitation centers are provided with the same previous enrollment conditions for social rehabilitation centers and vocational rehabilitation centers combined.
These centers are specialized in accommodating cases of severely PWDs who are not capable of vocational rehabilitation as a result of severe disability or dual disabilities. The number of comprehensive rehabilitation centers in the Kingdom is (38).
Categories that are accepted in comprehensive rehabilitation centers, for example, but not limited to:
- Severe physical disabilities such as severe duel amputation, quadriplegia, cerebral palsy, or limb atrophy.
- Dual disability, such as intellectual disability (ID) with blindness, ID with deafness and muteness, or paralysis with blindness, and other duel disabilities.
- Moderate or severe ID.
- Any of the cases that are not valid for special education or vocational rehabilitation.
Vocational Rehabilitation Centers
It specializes in rehabilitating the physically, sensory, or mentally handicapped in professions appropriate to their abilities and transforming them from disabled human potential to productive individuals capable of interacting with their fellow members of the rest of society by training them in any suitable profession. It is possible to train in the external community according to programs and a joint training plan between the centers and the training authorities on professions that are not available in the centers. There is one center and (13) departments for vocational rehabilitation in the Kingdom.
Categories that are accepted in vocational rehabilitation centers, for example, but not limited to:
- The physically handicapped category, such as those with amputations in the upper or lower extremities, the paralyzed, and heart patients.
- The deaf and dumb category, the deaf category, the dumb category, and the hard of hearing category.
- Blind and visually impaired category
- Tuberculosis category.
- Mentally handicapped category: Simple mental retardation and improved cases of people with mental illness.
Day care Centers
It is concerned with providing various services and programs for severely PWDs cases during specific periods of the day, including social, psychological, health, recreational and training programs, in addition to family counseling and education programs according to the needs of each case and as per well-thought-out individual plans.
Day care centers and departments provide appropriate care and rehabilitation programs for PWDs during daylight hours, such as physical and vocational therapy and training in various life skills, in addition to providing intensive family education and counseling programs for families of PWDs and others. These centers were established to be one of the alternatives to institutional care, and their times were set during the daylight hours in the morning to reduce the burden on some families of PWDs who are unable to provide adequate care for their children during this time, or male and female workers who are unable to provide care for their children during official working hours.
The number of government day care centers and departments is (12), and the number of non-governmental centers affiliated with (the private sector, civil committees in service and social development centers, and charitable societies) is (120) distributed over the various regions of the Kingdom.
"For more information about the locations of PWDs Rehabilitation Centers, and communicating with them, you can visit MHRSD Guide Page", please click here
Mobility and transportation for people with disabilities
Fare Discount Card Request Service
A digital fare discount card can be issued for Saudis with disabilities and their companions through this page. This card provides a 50% discount on government transportation, subject to established regulations and conditions.
Traffic Facilitation Card Request Service
A traffic facilitation card can be issued for people with disabilities through this page. This card enables them to access public facilities and park in designated parking spaces without restrictions throughout the Kingdom electronically.
Accessibility and Parking Facilitation
Comprehensive Access
As part of the Comprehensive Access Program, the King Salman Center for Disability Research has developed the necessary guidelines and regulations to prepare the urban environment, transportation, and public spaces to facilitate the movement of people with disabilities. These guides are:
Guideline for Universal Access in Land Transport: This guide was developed based on accepted international standards and practices for facilities and buildings. It targets planners, engineers, and decision-makers in this sector.
Guideline for Universal Access in Maritime Transport: This guide was developed based on accepted international standards and practices for facilities and buildings. It targets planners, engineers, and decision-makers in this sector.
Guideline for Universal Access in the Built Environment: This guide was developed based on accepted international standards and practices for facilities and buildings. It targets architects, engineers, interior designers, and decision-makers in this sector.
Guideline for Universal Access in Tourist Destinations and Accommodation Sectors: This is a supplementary guide specifically for tourism. It serves as a tool for tourism service providers and all those working in the tourism sector to obtain specific information related to tourism.
Special Travel Guide for People with Disabilities: The General Authority of Civil Aviation has issued a special travel guide for people with disabilities, with the aim of providing full support and protecting their rights at airports. Kingdom
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