This should also focus on improving the professional participation of women with disabilities.
In addition, an additional 50 million euros will be made available in 2023 and 2024 to support projects that serve to implement the UN Disability Rights Convention. The National Disability Action Plan 2022-2030 adopted by the Council of Ministers this July forms the central strategy for the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Austria.
In the future, the accessibility requirements for computers, smartphones, e-books, ATMs, ticket machines, e-banking and other products and services must be laid down in accordance with an EU-wide, uniform standard. This enables blind, visually impaired and deaf people in particular, and above all many older people, to use IT products and services without barriers. For this implementation, the Ministry of Social Affairs has drawn up a new Accessibility Act, for which a government bill is now being drawn up after the assessment.
“As Minister for Social Affairs, it is my goal to ensure equal opportunities. Improving the social and professional participation of people with disabilities is also a matter close to my heart, which is why I am pleased that we will have significantly more financial resources to implement this in the coming years have an order available,” Rauch stated in a broadcast on Saturday. “Through all of these measures, we are setting key milestones for disability policy in Austria over the next few years.”
Video: Every year since 1993, the day of people with disabilities has taken place on December 3rd with the aim of raising public awareness of the problems of people with disabilities. OÖN-TV with a report on inclusion.
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