Cabinet approves amendments to disabled rights act
- Chris McMillan
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Taipei Times
20th December 2025
Cabinet approves amendments to disabled rights act
By Lin Chih-yi and Jake Chung / Staff reporter, with staff writer
The Cabinet yesterday approved the first changes to the People with Disabilities Rights Protection Act (身心障礙者權益保障法) in 18 years, which aims to ensure the participation of people with disabilities in the policymaking process and improve accessibility.
The proposed amendments uphold disabled people’s right of representation in policy consultations, clarify services, build up infrastructure and enforce laws to protect them.
Forty-one articles were amended, nine were added and one was removed to align the law more closely with the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
Social and Family Affairs Administration Acting Director Chou Tao-chun (周道君) said that under the new Article 50-1, necessary travel arrangements or supplementary personnel needed by those with physical or mental disabilities when participating in events may be provided through a personal assistant.
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