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Article (2) This law aims to secure the rights of the disables and provide all services within the limits of allowable abilities and capabilities. However, special needs may not form a reason for preventing the sufferer from securing such rights or services especially in the field of social, economic, health, educational, occupational, cultural and recreational care and services.

Article (3) The state shall secure equality for the disable with his peers without special needs and non-discrimination due to special needs in all its legislations. The state shall also guarantee such equality and non-discrimination in all its policies and programs of economic and social development, and take appropriate measures to prevent discrimination on grounds of disability.

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Article (4) The ministry shall prepare, in coordination with the competent authorities, awareness programs for the disable, his family and local environment in respect of whatever concerns the rights stipulated in this law and other legislations and the services provided for him.

Article (5) No provision, criterion or practice based on valid grounds shall be considered discrimination. The state shall guarantee all necessary measures to ensure that the disable enjoys his rights and freedoms and prevent any attack thereon and that he is arbitrarily deprived of them.

Article (6) The state shall ensure legal assistance for the disable in all cases where his freedom is restricted for any legal reason. Any decision restricting such freedom shall require: 1. Showing the disable a humane treatment considering his condition and needs in such capacity. 2. Giving him any necessary information and details related to the reasons for restricting his freedom. 3. Offering him the appropriate assistance if he is unable to pay the judicial fees, expenses or fines in the manner determined by the decision of the Cabinet.

Article (7) The state shall secure the exercise by the disable of his right of expression and express his opinion using Brail method, the sign language and other means of communication, and his right to request, receive and transmit information on an equal footing with others.

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Article (8) The law shall provide the disable with the protection necessary for his correspondence, medical reports and personal matters. The executive regulations hereof shall determine the controls and mechanisms of the said protection.

Article (9) The ministry shall establish - in coordination with the competent authorities- care, training and qualification centers, institutions and institutes for the disables. Such centers, institutions and institutes shall assume the following functions: A. Qualifying disables for social adaptation and amalgamation. B. Providing education for disables. C. Providing vocational training programs for disables. D. Training the families of disables in dealing with such persons. Part Two Rights of persons with special needs

Article (12) The state shall guarantee the disable equal educational opportunities at all institutions of

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Federal Law No (29) of 2006 Concerning the Rights of Persons with Special Needs 7 education, vocational training, adult education and continuous education in regular or special classes if required, and provide a curriculum in sign language, Brail method or any other appropriate means. Disabilities shall not in themselves constitute reasons for preventing their sufferers from applying for affiliation to, joining or admission to any educational institution of any type, public or private.

Article (13) The Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research shall take appropriate measures jointly with the competent authorities to provide educational diagnoses and academic curricula, means and technologies available for educational purposes, provide alternative methods to enhance communication with disables, develop alternative strategies for education, material environment and other necessary means for securing full participation of students with disabilities.

Article (14) The Ministry of education and the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research shall, in cooperation with the competent authorities, provide academic specializations to prepare workers for dealing with disables and their families in the fields of diagnosis, early diagnosis, educational, social, psychological, medical and professional qualification and guarantee the provision of training programs during service to provide workers with advanced expertise and knowledge.

Article (16) UAE nationals with disabilities shall have the right to work and occupy public jobs. Disability shall not in themselves preclude those nationals from nomination or selection for work. In case of conducting competency tests for work, disabilities shall be considered for those subject to the provision of this law.

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Article (17) The Ministry may contract other entities to implement qualification projects for disables. The Minister shall determine the terms, conditions and controls necessary for this purpose.

Article (18) Legislations of the state shall show the measures to be taken to secure the occupation by disables of jobs in government and private sectors, working hours, leaves and other provisions related to disables, including controls for service terminations and entitlement for rewards and retirement pensions. The Cabinet shall, upon the Minister's proposal, determine job quota for persons with special needs in both of the government and private sectors.

Article (22) Any disable shall have the right to an adapted environment and access to the place accessible to others.

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Article (23) The competent authorities shall coordinate among themselves to set engineering standards and specifications for public facilities and utilities in relation to which a Cabinet decision shall be issued upon a proposal of the Minister. The decision shall set the necessary controls to enforce such standards and specifications and exemptions therefrom in conjunction with adapting facilities for the use of disables, his needs, safety requirements and protection from injury. The provisions of this decision shall apply to the government and private sectors, unless exempted by a special provision.

Article (24) The Cabinet shall issue regulations and conditions for the acquisition by the disabled of a government residence, and determine the residence specifications, the rules for its acquisition and other rules regulating government housing.

Article (25) 1. Roads, public vehicles, land, air and sea transports must meet the technical standards required for the use and requirement of the disabled. 2. The Cabinet shall determine by a decision the conditions required for the disable needs to obtain a driving licence and relevant controls. A new category shall be added to the driving license, within the traffic law, relating to disables and necessary information shall be noted thereon depending on the type of disability.

Article (26) Every insurance company shall insure the vehicles of the disabled when it is required to do

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Article (27) Vehicles reserved for the use of disables shall be exempted from all taxes and duties, based on a handicap certificate from the Ministry. Such exemption may not be granted for another vehicle except after the elapse of five years from the date of previous exemption or damage of the vehicle. If the vehicle is disposed of within such period, prescribed taxes and duties shall be levied.

Article (28) Vehicles reserved for disables shall be exempted from parking fees.

Article (29) Transportation means of societies and centers concerned with persons of special needs as determined by the Cabinet shall be exempted from licensing fees.

Article (30) The Cabinet shall determine the societies and centers concerned with persons of special needs that shall be exempted from fees relating to building permit applications for erecting building for the use of such persons pursuant to a relevant certificate from the Minister.

Article (31) Lawsuits filed by disables in the context of enforcing this law shall be exempted from judicial fees.

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Article (32) Exemptions shall be effected on postal fees and charges to all correspondence relevant to disables, societies or centers relevant to persons with special needs as determined by the cabinet, including books, newspapers, magazines, etc.

Article (33) Without prejudice to any severer penalty in any other law, a fine of not less than AED 1000 and not exceeding 5000 shall be levied from any person illegally using the card of a disables without prejudice to civil liability when necessary. The penalty shall be doubled in case of repeated violation.

Article (34) The Ministry shall approve stickers for disables and generalize them to all entities supervising their utilities or issuing booklets and publications and prepare programs about such stickers.

Article (35) No disabled shall be required to produce any proof of his disability except the card issued by the Ministry. Conditions for obtaining such card shall be determined by a decision of the Minister.

Article (36) The Ministry shall license non-governmental institutions concerned with caring for, educating, training and qualifying disables. No natural or artificial person may establish or set up any of the said institutions without a relevant license from the Ministry.

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Article (37) The Minister shall issue the regulations and decisions necessary for enforcing the provisions of this law.

Article (38) Any provision contrary to or inconsistent with the provisions of this law shall be revoked.

Article (39) This law shall be published in the Official Gazette and shall go into effect from the date of publication. Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan President of the United Arab Emirates Promulgated in the Presidential Palace, Abu Dhabi On Rajab 19, 1427 A.H. Corresponding to 13/8/2006 G.

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