A/HRC/43/41/Add.3 (b) Remove barriers that prevent students with disabilities from accessing higher education on an equal basis with others and provide the support they may need. Work and employment 86. The Special Rapporteur recommends that the Government: (a) Enforce the application of the national inclusion strategy, including the 5 per cent quota for employment of persons with disabilities in the public sector; (b) Assess the socioeconomic cost of excluding persons with disabilities from employment and take targeted measures to enable their effective inclusion in the public and private labour markets, especially the youth and those with intellectual and psychosocial disabilities; (c) Provide the Labour and Welfare Organization with adequate resources to follow up on their programmes for persons with reduced work capacity and improve their employment opportunities. Social protection 87. The Special Rapporteur recommends that the Government take measures to address the economic imbalance between persons with and without disabilities, and consider the extra cost of living borne by persons with disabilities in social protection policies and programmes. Living independently in the community 88. The Special Rapporteur recommends that the Government: (a) Remove the upper age limit of 67 in the Patients’ and Users’ Rights Act for receiving user-controlled personal assistance and take measures to increase the availability of such assistance in the municipalities; (b) Continue to progressively reduce the number of residential institutions, following a time-bound plan with concrete benchmarks; (c) Implement, in coordination with county and municipal authorities, family and community-based services for children and adults with disabilities, including supported housing programmes. Health 89. The Special Rapporteur recommends that the Government: (a) Improve access to health-care services and facilities for persons with disabilities as close as possible to their homes; (b) Provide youth and women with disabilities with sexual education programmes and information regarding sexual and reproductive health and rights in accessible formats; (c) Train health professionals to provide culturally-sensitive health-care services for indigenous persons with disabilities. Coercion 90. The Special Rapporteur recommends that the Government: (a) Enact legislation to prohibit all forms of coercion of persons with psychosocial disabilities, intellectual disabilities and dementia, and guarantee that all mental health and social care services are provided on the basis of free and informed consent; (b) End the use of coercive interventions for persons with psychosocial disabilities, intellectual disabilities and dementia, including involuntary admissions, shielding and isolation, restraints, forced medication and outpatient commitment; 19

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