(a) The full development of human potential and sense of dignity and self-worth, and the strengthening
of respect for human rights, fundamental freedoms and human diversity;
(b) The development by persons with disabilities of their personality, talents and creativity, as well as
their mental and physical abilities, to their fullest potential;
(c) Enabling persons with disabilities to participate effectively in a free society.
2. In realizing this right, States Parties shall ensure that:
(a) Persons with disabilities are not excluded from the general education system on the basis of
disability, and that children with disabilities are not excluded from free and compulsory primary
education, or from secondary education, on the basis of disability;
(b) Persons with disabilities can access an inclusive, quality and free primary education and secondary
education on an equal basis with others in the communities in which they live;
(c) Reasonable accommodation of the individual's requirements is provided;
(d) Persons with disabilities receive the support required, within the general education system, to
facilitate their effective education;
(e) Effective individualized support measures are provided in environments that maximize academic
and social development, consistent with the goal of full inclusion.
3. States Parties shall enable persons with disabilities to learn life and social development skills to
facilitate their full and equal participation in education and as members of the community. To this end,
States Parties shall take appropriate measures, including:
(a) Facilitating the learning of Braille, alternative script, augmentative and alternative modes, means
and formats of communication and orientation and mobility skills, and facilitating peer support and
mentoring;
(b) Facilitating the learning of sign language and the promotion of the linguistic identity of the deaf
community;
(c) Ensuring that the education of persons, and in particular children, who are blind, deaf or deafblind,
is delivered in the most appropriate languages and modes and means of communication for the
individual, and in environments which maximize academic and social development.
4. In order to help ensure the realization of this right, States Parties shall take appropriate measures to
employ teachers, including teachers with disabilities, who are qualified in sign language and/or Braille,
and to train professionals and staff who work at all levels of education. Such training shall incorporate
disability awareness and the use of appropriate augmentative and alternative modes, means and
formats of communication, educational techniques and materials to support persons with disabilities.
5. States Parties shall ensure that persons with disabilities are able to access general tertiary
education, vocational training, adult education and lifelong learning without discrimination and on an
equal basis with others. To this end, States Parties shall ensure that reasonable accommodation is
provided to persons with disabilities.
Article 25
Health
States Parties recognize that persons with disabilities have the right to the enjoyment of the highest
attainable standard of health without discrimination on the basis of disability. States Parties shall take
all appropriate measures to ensure access for persons with disabilities to health services that are
gender-sensitive, including health-related rehabilitation. In particular, States Parties shall:
(a) Provide persons with disabilities with the same range, quality and standard of free or affordable
health care and programmes as provided to other persons, including in the area of sexual and
reproductive health and population-based public health programmes;
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