Request for Information and Advice on Equality for Disabled Persons

The service answers different questions regarding different aspects of life that are related to people with disabilities, their discrimination as a result of their disability and the lack of accessibility, such as the following.

Accessibility issues

• Accessibility of buildings: Commercial buildings, government buildings, buildings of associations, residential buildings and shelters.
• Accessibility of infrastructure and the environment: Streets, roads, sidewalks, natural sites, parks, beaches, swimming pools and cemeteries.
• Accessibility in education: Schools, kindergartens, vocational training and higher education.
• Accessibility of summer camps.
• Accessibility of health institutions: Hospitals and clinics.
• Accessibility of public transport: City and intercity buses, trains, aviation, airports and ports.
• Accessibility of services: Services provided at public places, information, internet, telephone and emergency services.
• Accessibility of courts and police investigations.
• Parking for people with disabilities: Parking tags and parking spaces.
• Accessibility during recreational and leisure activities: Cultural activities, events and conferences.

Helping people with disabilities realize their rights, and preventing discrimination against people with disabilities in different life areas

• Employment: Integration in employment, accommodations, appropriate representation, affirmative action, the Laron Law, employment officers.
• Education: Student transport, placement committees, early registration for schools, personal accommodations for students and parents.
• Housing: Community housing, public housing, institutional housing or long-term care housing, life insurance for a mortgage.
• Personal assistance: Sick pay for an employee who is a parent of a disabled person.
• Public places: Entrance to a place open for the public.
• Public services: Receipt of service in a place open to the public.
• Insurance: Equality in insurance contracts, mortgage life insurance.
• National Insurance (Social security).
• Mental health: Including restraints and isolation.
• Legal capacity: Guardianship alternatives, support of decision-making processes.

Statistical data

• Statistical data regarding people with disabilities in different life areas.