Jusoh, Siti Fadhilah and Omar, Abdul Jalil (2018) Practice of law in the provisioning of accessibility facilities for person with disabilities in Malaysia. Advanced Science Letter, 24 (5). pp. 3120-3124. ISSN 1936-7317
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Malaysia’s significant changes can be seen clearly through the improvement of social welfare of the disabled and people with disabilities. Although the governments has carried out various policies and provide facilities as well as provision for the disabled but there are still many obstacles encountered by people with disabilities, especially the legal and the accessibility of facilities and services. Therefore, this paper attempts to discuss the practice of law relating of legal procedure particularly for disabled users which affects the movement of these people from one destination to another. This paper discusses the practice of law adopted in the preparation of facilities for disabled people to help them make movement independently. The study was conducted by secondary data to the Malaysia legal and policies for disabled person by comparing with United Kingdom (UK). Malaysia has come out with a strong legal framework for disabled person through People with Disabilities Act 2008 (Act 685). There are several areas in the act that still can be improved to support disabled person.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Disabled Person; Facilities; Accessibility; Independence |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Technology Management and Business > Department of Real Estate Management |
| Depositing User: | UiTM Student Praktikal |
| Date Deposited: | 24 Nov 2021 01:15 |
| Last Modified: | 24 Nov 2021 01:15 |
| URI: | http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/id/eprint/4044 |
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