Ley 18651 Normas sobre Protección Integral de Personas con Discapacidad (Law 18651 Rules on Comprehensive Protection of Persons with Disabilities)
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Uruguay
19 February 2010
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Asamblea General de Uruguay
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Establece un sistema de protección integral a las personas con discapacidad, tendiente a asegurarles su atención médica, su educación, su rehabilitación física, psíquica, social, económica y profesional y su cobertura de seguridad social, así como otorgarles los beneficios, las prestaciones y estímulos que permitan neutralizar las desventajas que la discapacidad les provoca y les dé la oportunidad, mediante su esfuerzo, de desempeñar en la comunidad un rol equivalente al que ejercen las demás personas.El capítulo VIII "Trabajo" estipula que la orientación y la rehabilitación laboral y profesional deberán dispensarse en todas las personas con discapacidad según su vocación, posibilidades y necesidades y que se procurará facilitarles el ejercicio de una actividad remunerada.Law 18651 establishes a system of comprehensive protection for persons with disabilities, aimed to ensure their health care, their education, their physical, mental, social, economic and vocational rehabilitation. It is also to ensure the social security coverage and grant benefits, benefits and stimuli to neutralize the disadvantages that disability causes them and give them the opportunity, through their efforts, to play a role in the community equivalent to others. Chapter VIII "Work" that provides guidance and occupational rehabilitation and professional be given in all people with disabilities according to their vocation, capabilities and needs and will seek to facilitate the exercise of a remunerated activity.
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