International Conference of New Delhi
From Exclusion to Empowerment
The role of ICTs for Persons with Disabilities
Session Panel 10
Partnerships and Sustaineble
Development
The Brazilian Experience
Presidência da República
Secretaria de Direitos Humanos
National Plan for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
The National Plan for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities –
Viver sem Limite (“Living without Limits”), established by the
Federal Government in November of 2011, reflects Brazil’s
commitment to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with
Disabilities, ratified by our country with the equivalence of a
constitutional amendment.
Brazil has made progress in the implementation of the necessary
structures for the full and effective exercise of legal capacity by all
people with disabilities by promoting opportunities so that
disabilities do not represent obstacles to the fulfillment of dreams,
goals and projects, thus empowering the choices of all Brazilians
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Secretaria de Direitos Humanos
Currently, according to the National Census of 2010, 45.6 million
Brazilians have claimed to have some type of disability.
The goal of “Viver sem Limite” is that the Convention be a part of
people’s lives through the articulation of governmental policies
regarding access to education, social inclusion, healthcare and
accessibility.
The plan seeks to involve and mobilize all federal organisms and has an
estimated budget of R$ 7.6 bilhões until 2014.
It was elaborated with the participation of more than 15 Ministries as
well as the National Council on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
(Conade), which incorporated contributions from civil society.
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Secretaria de Direitos Humanos
Pilars
Pilar 1: Access to education
Multifunctional Resources Classrooms
Acessible Schools
Acessible School Transportation – Path to School Program
Pronatec
Acessibility in Superior Education
Bilingual Education
BPC at School
Pilar 2: Social inclusion
BPC Work
Inclusive residencies
Reference Day Centers for Persons with Disabilities
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Secretaria de Direitos Humanos
Pillar 3: Accessibility
My Home, My Life II
Guide-Dog Technological Centers
National Program for Innovation in Assistive Technology
National Center of Reference in Assistive Technology
Access to Credit for the acquisition of assistive technology products
Pillar 4: Healthcare
Identification of and early intervention for disabilities
Therapeutic guidelines
Specialized Centers for Qualification and Recovery
Transportation for access to health
Orthopedic Workshops and increased availability of orthotic and
prosthetic products and other movement assistive devices
Dental care for persons with disabilities
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Secretaria de Direitos Humanos
Access to education
In order to guarantee access to education as a universal right,
without discrimination and with equality of opportunities, the
National “Live without Limits” Plan provides resources and
support services for education in order to prepare and equip
public schools and the basic school system to provide access to
formal education to all students with disabilities.
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Secretaria de Direitos Humanos
ACTIONS
In basic education actions include the implementation of Multifunctional Resource
Classrooms, the promotion of accessibility in schools, teacher training for
Specialized Education, acquisition of accessible school buses and the
amplification of the BPC School Program, which aims to guarantee access and
permanence within school of children and adolescents with disabilities, aged 0 to
18 years, who are beneficiaries of the BPC Program.
In professional education, persons with disabilities have priority in registration for
the National Program for Access to Technical Education (PRONATEC), created
by the Federal Government in 2011 with the objective of increasing the
availability of professional and technological education courses.
In superior education, nuclei for accessibility are being implemented in the
Federal Institutions for Superior Education and 20 courses in Sign Language
were created. The implementation of Courses on Bilingual Pedagogy is still a
goal to be achieved.
Presidência da República
Secretaria de Direitos Humanos
Current Activities
Inclusive education: In 2007 there were 100,574 children with disabilities enrolled
in elementary regular education. In 2014 Brazil achieved the mark of 309,801
children with disabilities attending elementary school around the country.
Implementation of Multifunctional Resource Classrooms: 13,500 classrooms
have been implemented to complement or suplement schooling for students with
disabilities.
Accessible Schools: 40,316 schools have been adapted according to acessibile
architecture standards.
Accessibility in Superior Education: 59 universities have received resources to
organize institutional policies geared towards the elimination of prejudice as well
as pedagogical, architectural and communication barriers.
Professional and Technological Education: 17,047 persons with disabilities have
been given priority enrollment in courses offered by Pronatec.
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Secretaria de Direitos Humanos
Social Inclusion
Public policies for social inclusion are geared towards
developing actions which promote social participation and
combat inequality, exclusion or restrictions which impede the
full exercise of rights, with equal opportunities.
In relation to persons with disabilities, it is necessary to
implement measures to grant support and impede
discrimination based on physical, intellectual, mental or sensory
disabilities.
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Secretaria de Direitos Humanos
ACTIONS
The “Living Without Limits” Plan provides for the effectiveness of the BPC
Work Program, geared towards strengthening the autonomy and social
participation of persons with disabilities.
The plan also invests in Reference Day Centers and Inclusive
Residencies for persons with disabilities in dependent situations, which
are social protection services offered by the Social Assistance Single
System - SUAS. Nowadays we have 27 center being cofounded and 12
in full functioning. We also have 205 inclusive residencies being
cofounded by the government and 65 in active service.
The services are offered by SUAS in the municipalities of the Federal
District in coordination with other services, such as health services, in
order to mainstream attention to persons with disabilities
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Secretaria de Direitos Humanos
Accessibility
In order for persons with disabilities to utilize, with equal
opportunities, their physical space, as well as transportation
and information services, appropriate measures are necessary
to grant accessibility so that all persons may carry on their daily
lives in an independent way, with safety and autonomy, utilizing
all public spaces and infrastructure.
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Secretaria de Direitos Humanos
ACTIONS
As part of the National Plan “Living without Limits” the Ministry of Cities established
the National Secretariat for Accessibility and Urban Programs in order to promote
accessibility in all Federal, State and Municipal projects.
The Plan included actions related to the construction of adaptable houses in the
program “My Home My Life”; technological centers to train and instruct Guide Dogs;
institutionalize the National Program for Assistive Technology; credit lines for the
acquisition of assistive technology; and the removal of taxes on assistive technology
products.
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Secretaria de Direitos Humanos
Current activities
My Home, My Life Program: 941.9 thousand adaptable residential units, of which
11.492 are homes adapted for specific disabilities.
Microcredit: R$ 148 million employed in 25.166 thousand purchases of goods
and services (wheelchairs, Braille printers, adaptable cars, walkers and
accessible furniture).
Technological Centers for treining guide dogs: 7 centers which offer courses to
train professionals certified to train guide dogs being activated and one active.
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Secretaria de Direitos Humanos
Health care
According to the Brazilian Constitution, healthcare is a right and
a State obligation. The Single Healthcare System (Sistema
Único de Saúde - SUS) is geared towards granting universal
acess to health services to the entire Brazilian population.
The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
reaffirms this right and reiterates that all persons with
disabilities should have access to all health services, without
discrimination.
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Secretaria de Direitos Humanos
Actions
Through the “Living Without Limits” Plan, in 2012 the Federal
Government, created
the Network of Services for Persons with
Disabilities for the implementation, qualification and monitoring of
rehabilitation services in the states and municipalities.
This new policy is based on the articulation of services granting actions
which promote health, identify disabilities, provide treatment and
rehabilitation.
Several actions have been planned for 2014 among which qualification of
basic service teams; creation of Specialized Centers (CER); orthopedic
workshops and increased offer of prosthetic and other locomotion
assistive devices; and qualification in dental care.
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Secretaria de Direitos Humanos
Current Activities
Therapeutic Guidelines: their adoption seeks to standardize, within the
Universal Health Care System (SUS), the elaboration of diagnosis,
treatment, control and monitoring of those with severe health problems.
Among the guidelines to be adopted, 9 have been published : Health
Care for Persons with Down Syndrome; Neonatal Auditory Guidelines;
Care for Amputated Persons; Care for Persons with Medular Lesions;
Care for Persons with Cerebral Paralysis; and Care for the Rehabilitation
of Persons with Autism; Care for victims of Cerebral Vascular Incident;
and Attention for eye health on childhood. Another six guidelines will be
implemented by the end of 2014.
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Secretaria de Direitos Humanos
Specialized Centers for Qualification and Rehabilitation: 117 centers
were qualified.
Transportation for access to health: to facilitate access to persons with
disabilities to Specialized Centers for Qualification and Rehabilitation,
108 vehicles delivered by December 2014.
Dental care for persons with disabilities : 483 Centers for Specialized
Dental Care have been qualified to assist and build capacities, 81
surgical centers has been equiped and 5,674 personnel of basic health
care teams being capacitated .
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Secretaria de Direitos Humanos
Monitoring, Evaluation and Assessment of Results
Actions are monitored every 15 to 30 days according to their level of
complexity.
In areas in which public policies were already structured with
mechanisms for data collection, adopted actions have presented shorte
term results.
In areas in which public policies with a focus on persons with disabilities
did not exist, the implementation of adopted actions has affected the
infrastructure with mid to long term results.
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Secretaria de Direitos Humanos
Federal Government Structure
President of the Republic
Dilma Roussef
Secretary for Human Rights
Ideli Salvatti
National Secretary for the Rights of
Persons with Disabilities
Antônio José do Nascimento Ferreira
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Secretaria de Direitos Humanos
Antônio José do Nascimento Ferreira
National Secretary for the Rights of Persons
with Disabilities
antonio.ferreira@sdh.gov.br
www.brasil.gov.br/viversemlimite
www.pessoacomdeficiencia.gov.br/app/
National Secretariat for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities - SNPD
Secretariat for Human Rights of the Presidency – SDH/PR
www.sdh.gov.br