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12/03/2012
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Thais Leitão
Brazil Agency Reporter
Brasilia - The rights of disabled people are finally coming to the media and being integrated into the discourse of the state, but changes concrete realization of citizenship still occur very slowly, says the superintendent of the Brazilian Institute of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities ( IBDD), Teresa d'Amaral. She said the Brazilian legislation on the subject is excellent, but there was not, in recent years, realization of the rights of this segment of the population.
"This means, among other things, lack of accessibility in public transport, in public and private buildings of collective use in restaurants, universities, hotels and public spaces in general." Teresa points out that the issue of accessibility is that draws the most attention when it comes to people with disabilities because, in most cases, occurs disrespect "to one of the most basic rights to come and go." "That right there pretty much for people with disabilities in the most Brazilian cities, "he laments.
The superintendent IBDD remember that although the bus manufacturing in the country without accessibility is prohibited since 2008, there is delay in the renewal of the fleet and equipment are underutilized. "Often, lack the key [to trigger structure that ensures wheelchair access on buses]. When you have the key, the machine is broken, or the driver does not know very well how to use it. When one achieves this, the bus is full, and people do not have patience to wait for the wheelchair go, because I took too long to find it. "
According to Teresa, these "daily difficulties" are found in "virtually all means of transport." She advocates a more effective state, but also a more intense mobilization of society, they must understand that the rights of persons with disabilities are not "perks".
The student Viviane Aleluia, 25, has mild cerebral palsy and says that "collects" reports of disrespect for their rights in their daily public transport. In one of the episodes, Viviane could not sit in seats reserved for disabled people, who were already busy, and ended up holding the foot in the gap between the car and the platform in one of the subway stations in Rio de Janeiro.
"As he had no place and no one gave her, I stood by the door. At one of the stations, I pushed through the crowd trying to get out of the car, I fell and my left leg got stuck. I ended up with a hematoma at the site, "says Viviane.
To discuss the development of effective public policies for these Brazilians, begins today (3), in Brasília, the 3rd National Conference on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which mark the the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, established in 1992 by the UN General Assembly Nations.
The theme of the event, which runs until Thursday (6), is A Look Through the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: New Perspectives and Challenges. About 2000 people from all Brazilian states will participate in four days of debates on education, sport, work, vocational rehabilitation, accessibility and health, among other topics.
According to the Human Rights Secretariat of the Presidency, the government intends to present at the conference a swing Plan Living without Limits, released in November last year. The initiative, which includes activities in the areas of accessibility, education, welfare, labor and health, has planned investments of R$ 7.6 billion by 2014.
Data from the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) show that 45.6 million people have a disability, which corresponds to 23.91% of the Brazilian population.
Edition: Nadia Franco
Source: Agencia Brazil
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