Ensure social security services are client-centred

Provide universal access to effective social security services

Ensure adequacy of social income security

Ensure that OAWD are aware of the full range of social security benefits available to them

Deploy strategies to protect jobs and promote access to job markets and employment in formal and informal sectors

Provide a legal framework for social protection services

Construct accessible infrastructure in higher education institutions for students with disabilities.

Develop inclusive higher education systems and governmental policies, especially in LMICs.

Strengthen training and accountability in educational institutions to address the needs of students with disabilities.

Provide large-scale awareness programs to eliminate stigma against people with disabilities.

Strategies and initiatives should ensure effective multi-stakeholder collaboration that mutually prioritises employment of youth with disabilities

Provide specific employment support services for people with disabilities at educational institutions as well as guidance for educational staff.

Inform employers about how to accommodate young persons with disabilities and provide entry-level programs.

Address attitudinal barriers among educational institutions, service providers and employers through staff training, and specialised recruitment agencies.

Strengthen policies against the culture of intolerance against bullying of people with disabilities at places of work.

Provide a safe working environment which allows reasonable remediation when bullying is first identified

Conduct risk assessments to identify potential predictors for bullying of people with disabilities in workplaces

Target employers, employees, and other individuals who might perpetrate bullying through promotional activities in occupational settings

Provide alternative basic and inexpensive computer interfaces

Increase and provide comprehensive training in the use of assistive technology from a younger age

Along with the provision of assistive technology, provide associated services to prevent its abandonment

Ensure that people with disabilities have access to the same assistive technology in the home as they would in the workplace during remote working as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic

Provide training for the colleagues of assistive technology users to ensure awareness and a supportive work environment

Provide training on inclusive employment practices to employers and co-workers to ensure that people with IDD experience supportive working environments.

Evaluate the fit of the individual to the job position as well as customise the job description to promote better mental health of the individual.

Interventions need to be adequately adapted to the realities of persons with intellectual disabilities

Increase knowledge and awareness about assistive products and technology and the need thereof for people with IDD.

A multi-sectoral approach e.g. job coaches, co-workers, managers, and families are needed to create more work participation and promote supported employment.

Promote law reforms that recognize and regulate the legal capacity of persons with disabilities, in accordance with the “standards” of the CRPD

Train public officers in the use of CRPD “standards” or guidelines

Provide alternative support approaches that engage with social services and community mental health services

Monitor and report on the experiences of support and implementation promoted by state funded initiatives and civil society funded initiatives, irrespective of their size and scope

Monitor and report on the implementation of the reforms

Raise awareness about the importance of legal capacity with different key actors for the Reform

Increase awareness about assistive technology and service delivery methods, especially among people with disabilities and their families.

Integrate assistive technology services into the universal health system

Provide client-centred services and assistive technology.

Set up robust training and assessment for assistive technology service providers.

Provide adequate financial support to enhance affordability.

Remove barriers and provide individual support for assistive technology use.

Set up effective collaboration among stakeholders of assistive technology.

People with IDD should be prioritised for COVID-19 vaccination, in particular people with Down Syndrome.

Vaccine promotion campaigns for people with IDD should be inclusive, person-centred, and focussed

Reasonable adjustments should be made to clinical policies and practices to ensure equity of access and provision for people with IDD

Robust behaviour support response plan should be put in place for people with IDD, particularly those with behaviours of concern

Strengthen data collection to assess the impact of COVID-19 on people with IDD as well as their caregivers

Take a collaborative approach including people with IDD and civil society organisations to inform all policies and programmes that facilitate their safety and well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic

Explicit inclusion of people with psychosocial disability in all national policies and programmes on disability within the UNCRPD framework.

Address workplace stigma and discrimination around people with psychosocial disability using social contact interventions.

Affirmative action such as workplace reasonable accommodation should be individualised based on the needs of people with psychosocial disability.

People with psychosocial disability should have access to effective and affordable mental health services. Multi-stakeholders should co-ordinate their efforts to support people with psychosocial disability in employment opportunities.

Allocate funding to implement Supported employment (SE), particularly ‘Individual Placement and Support’ (IPS), for people with psychosocial disability.

Further develop the evidence base to inform and guide policymaking.