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E-20.1 - Act to secure handicapped persons in the exercise of their rights with a view to achieving social, school and workplace integration
Section 25
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25. The mission of the Office is to see that the principles and rules set out in this Act are complied with, and to ensure, within the scope of the powers granted to it, that the departments and their networks, the municipalities and the public and private agencies continue their efforts to increase opportunities for handicapped persons to integrate into and participate fully in community life.
The Office also sees to the coordination of actions to develop and deliver services for handicapped persons and their families, and facilitates and assesses, on a collective basis, the social, school and workplace integration of handicapped persons. In addition to promoting the interests of handicapped persons and their families, the Office informs, advises and assists them and makes representations in their behalf both on an individual and a collective basis.
In carrying out its mission, the Office shall seek the cooperation of organizations dedicated to promoting the interests of handicapped persons.
The Office shall
(a) favour, within the departments and their networks, the municipalities and the other public or private agencies, the coordination and promotion of services required by handicapped persons to facilitate their access to dwelling facilities and to goods and services, their moving about, their entry on the labour market, their access to educational services and their participation in socio-cultural and recreational activities;
(a.1) advise the Minister, the Government, its departments and their networks, the municipalities and any other public or private agency on any matter affecting handicapped persons, and analyze and assess laws, policies, programs, action plans and services offered and formulate any recommendations it considers appropriate;
(a.2) assess the degree of social, school and workplace integration of handicapped persons, identify the progress made in integration and the barriers encountered, and make recommendations for the elimination of those barriers to the minister responsible for the administration of this Act;
(a.3) promote the implementation of solutions to eliminate barriers to the social, school and workplace integration of handicapped persons after consulting, if necessary, the Government, the government departments and their networks, the public agencies, the municipalities, the advocacy organizations and the research organizations;
(a.4) promote the identification of solutions aimed at reducing disparities resulting from an impairment or disability, age or place of residence in the plans and services offered handicapped persons and in the response to their needs;
(b) see to the preparation of service programs in accordance with Chapter III;
(b.1) promote individualized service planning, particularly through service programs and intervention plans, in the government departments and their networks, the municipalities and any other public or private agency;
(c) prepare, after consultation with the interested persons and bodies, inventories establishing the needs of handicapped persons and the existing resources;
(d) prepare, assemble and distribute documents or information concerning the improvement of the lot of handicapped persons and the services and benefits available to them to facilitate their participation in socio-economic life;
(d.1) promote the use of a standard classification of impairments, disabilities and handicapping situations by government departments and their networks, municipalities, labour and employers’ organizations and other public and private agencies;
(e) promote the implementation, by institutions and agencies, of preventive measures designed to safeguard the physical and mental integrity of persons;
(e.1) promote, in the training programs of university, college and secondary level educational institutions and organizations responsible for vocational training, the inclusion of elements dealing with the adaptation of interventions and services for handicapped persons and, at the request of such institutions or organizations, advise them in that regard;
(e.2) promote, in government departments and public and private agencies, the continued improvement of accessibility standards for buildings and public places, and advise those departments and agencies at their request;
(f) see that means are implemented to help handicapped persons find accessible housing;
(f.1) promote the implementation of measures to identify in a secure manner dwellings occupied by handicapped persons requiring assistance in the event of a fire or other emergency;
(g) organize, in cooperation with employment centres or any other agency, information campaigns directed at employers and employees to promote the employment of handicapped persons;
(g.1) promote the creation of information and training programs designed to foster a better understanding of handicapped persons, their needs and the conditions conducive to their integration into and participation in community life, or develop such programs, in cooperation with advocacy and service organizations;
(g.2) provide handicapped persons and their families, advocacy organizations and the settings where integration takes place, particularly childcare facilities, schools and workplaces, with tools and information to achieve the social, school and workplace integration of handicapped persons;
(h) carry out research and studies on the educational, vocational and social integration of handicapped persons, the protection of their rights and the promotion of their interests;
(i) periodically compile and publish statistics concerning the handicapped population of Québec.
25. The functions of the Office are to see to the coordination of the services offered to handicapped persons, to inform and advise handicapped persons, to promote their interests and to favour their educational vocational and social integration.
The Office shall
(a) favour, within the departments, municipalities, school boards and other public or private agencies, the coordination and promotion of services required by the handicapped to facilitate their access to dwelling facilities and to goods and services, their moving about, their entry on the labour market, their access to educational services and their participation in socio-cultural and recreational activities;
(b) see to the preparation of service programmes in accordance with Chapter III;
(c) prepare, after consultation with the interested persons and bodies, inventories establishing the needs of the handicapped and the existing resources;
(d) prepare, assemble and distribute documents or information concerning the improvement of the lot of the handicapped and the services and benefits available to them to facilitate their participation in socio-economic life;
(e) promote the implementation, by institutions and agencies, of preventive measures designed to safeguard the physical and mental integrity of persons;
(f) keep a register of the dwelling facilities accessible to handicapped persons using wheel-chairs;
(g) organize, in cooperation with employment centres or any other agency, information campaigns directed at employers and employees to promote the employment of handicapped persons;
(h) carry out research and studies on the educational, vocational and social integration of handicapped persons, the protection of their rights and the promotion of their interests;
(i) periodically compile and publish statistics concerning the handicapped population of Québec.
25. The functions of the Office are to see to the coordination of the services offered to handicapped persons, to inform and advise handicapped persons, to promote their interests and to favour their educational vocational and social integration.
The Office shall
(a) favour, within the departments, municipal corporations, school boards and other public or private agencies, the coordination and promotion of services required by the handicapped to facilitate their access to dwelling facilities and to goods and services, their moving about, their entry on the labour market, their access to educational services and their participation in socio-cultural and recreational activities;
(b) see to the preparation of service programmes in accordance with Chapter III;
(c) prepare, after consultation with the interested persons and bodies, inventories establishing the needs of the handicapped and the existing resources;
(d) prepare, assemble and distribute documents or information concerning the improvement of the lot of the handicapped and the services and benefits available to them to facilitate their participation in socio-economic life;
(e) promote the implementation, by institutions and agencies, of preventive measures designed to safeguard the physical and mental integrity of persons;
(f) keep a register of the dwelling facilities accessible to handicapped persons using wheel-chairs;
(g) organize, in cooperation with employment centres or any other agency, information campaigns directed at employers and employees to promote the employment of handicapped persons;
(h) carry out research and studies on the educational, vocational and social integration of handicapped persons, the protection of their rights and the promotion of their interests;
(i) periodically compile and publish statistics concerning the handicapped population of Québec.
25. The functions of the Office are to see to the coordination of the services offered to handicapped persons, to inform and advise handicapped persons, to promote their interests and to favour their educational vocational and social integration.
The Office shall
(a) favour, within the departments, municipal corporations, school boards and other public or private agencies, the coordination and promotion of services required by the handicapped to facilitate their access to dwelling facilities and to goods and services, their moving about, their entry on the labour market, their access to educational services and their participation in socio-cultural and recreational activities;
(b) see to the preparation of service programmes in accordance with Chapter III;
(c) prepare, after consultation with the interested persons and bodies, inventories establishing the needs of the handicapped and the existing resources;
(d) prepare, assemble and distribute documents or information concerning the improvement of the lot of the handicapped and the services and benefits available to them to facilitate their participation in socio-economic life;
(e) promote the implementation, by establishments and agencies, of preventive measures designed to safeguard the physical and mental integrity of persons;
(f) keep a register of the dwelling facilities accessible to handicapped persons using wheel-chairs;
(g) organize, in cooperation with employment centres or any other agency, information campaigns directed at employers and employees to promote the employment of handicapped persons;
(h) carry out research and studies on the educational, vocational and social integration of handicapped persons, the protection of their rights and the promotion of their interests;
(i) periodically compile and publish statistics concerning the handicapped population of Québec.
25. The functions of the Office are to see to the coordination of the services offered to handicapped persons, to inform and advise handicapped persons, to promote their interests and to favour their educational vocational and social integration.
The Office shall
(a) favour, within the departments, municipal and school corporations and other public or private agencies, the coordination and promotion of services required by the handicapped to facilitate their access to dwelling facilities and to goods and services, their moving about, their entry on the labour market, their access to educational services and their participation in socio-cultural and recreational activities;
(b) see to the preparation of service programmes in accordance with Chapter III;
(c) prepare, after consultation with the interested persons and bodies, inventories establishing the needs of the handicapped and the existing resources;
(d) prepare, assemble and distribute documents or information concerning the improvement of the lot of the handicapped and the services and benefits available to them to facilitate their participation in socio-economic life;
(e) promote the implementation, by establishments and agencies, of preventive measures designed to safeguard the physical and mental integrity of persons;
(f) keep a register of the dwelling facilities accessible to handicapped persons using wheel-chairs;
(g) organize, in cooperation with employment centres or any other agency, information campaigns directed at employers and employees to promote the employment of handicapped persons;
(h) carry out research and studies on the educational, vocational and social integration of handicapped persons, the protection of their rights and the promotion of their interests;
(i) periodically compile and publish statistics concerning the handicapped population of Québec.
