Purpose: To inform the report of the Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities to the 80th session of the General Assembly.
The Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities is inviting Governments, National Human Rights Institutions, independent monitoring mechanisms, civil society organizations and networks, including organizations of persons with disabilities and associations of parents, and other relevant stakeholders, to contribute by submitting information and comments on the following issues:
- How do societal and cultural norms and beliefs affect families of children with disabilities, particularly mothers?
- Experiences and support for parents during pregnancy and birth of a child with disabilities.
- Availability and accessibility of early identification and intervention, and early childhood care and development for children with disabilities.
- Challenges and good practices in family, child, gender equality, and social protection laws and policies, including those addressing the gendered aspects of caregiving and support and those formalising family care and support (e.g. through pensions, allowances, etc.).
- Information, support, and services available to enable families to meet their care and support responsibilities towards children with disabilities while respecting their rights and evolving capacities (e.g. access to inclusive education, quality healthcare, rehabilitation, assistive devices, personal assistance, housing adaptation, respite care, peer-to-peer and community networks, psychosocial support, etc.).
- Continuation and evolution of services and support along the lifecycle, particularly as children with disabilities reach adulthood and older age.
- How are families and persons with disabilities, including children, consulted on laws, policies and measures concerning care and support, including in the family environment.
- Availability and analysis of data on the needs and existing support to families of children with disabilities, including specifically on gendered aspects of care and support.
- Conduct of time-use and care surveys, and inclusion and results of questions related to the disability status of people providing and receiving care and support and people involved in self-care.
Deadline: Input/comments may be sent by e-mail by 30 April 2025 .
Submissions will be posted on the Special Rapporteur’s webpage at the time of the publication of the report, except for those including a clear request not to be publicly disclosed.
Email address:
[email protected]
Email subject line:
Submission to the call for inputs on families of persons with disabilities
Accepted file formats:
Word, please send your submissions in accessible formats
Accepted Languages:
English, French, Spanish, Arabic
For more information: https://www.ohchr.org/en/calls-for-input/2025/call-inputs-care-and-support-children-disabilities-within-family-environment