A person with disability is anyone who is significantly restricted in his/her daily or social life over a long period of time because of physical, intellectual or mental disability.
(Disabled Persons Fundamental Law)
Laws that support persons with disabilities
- Child Welfare Law (1947)
- Law for the Welfare of Physically Disabled Persons (1949)
- Mental Health and Welfare Law (1950)
- Social Welfare Law (1951)
- Law for the Welfare of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities (1960)
Recent initiatives in welfare services for persons with disabilities
| 1981 | International Year of Disabled Persons “Full participation and equality” |
| 1982 | World Program of Action Concerning Disabled Persons Formulation of Long-term Action Plan Concerning Measures for Disabled Persons |
| 1983 | Start of the UN Decade of Disabled Persons |
| 1993 | New Long-term Action Plan Concerning Measures for Disabled Persons Disabled Persons Fundamental Law |
| 1995 | The Government Action Plan for Persons with Disabilities – A Seven-Year Normalization Strategy Mental Health and Welfare Law |
| 1997 | How the of Future Health and Welfare Policies for Persons with Disabilities should be. (Interim Report) |
| 1998 | Basic Structural Reform of Social Welfare (Interim Outline) |
| 2000 | Partial amendments of social welfare service laws |
| 2002 | New Disabled Persons Fundamental Law / Disabled Persons Plan |
