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. Social security programs:
FOR THE ATTENTION OF
SEVERE DISABILITIES
SOCIAL SECURITY PROGRAMS
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Social security programs to attend to family members who cannot work because
of their disability need to be developed. This would include, for example, setting
up State-sponsored centers where adults with disabilities can receive attention
and carry out some type of activity during the day. In other words, places
where the disabled do not reside permanently, but that offer a good option for
daytime care so that their caretakers can work and generate income for their
family. This also includes the provision of pensions to adults who cannot work
because of their disability, and the provision of other supports such as technical
aid, transport subsidies, etc., that offset costs so families do not lose their available
incomes. These options are equally valid and necessary for disabled children
from poor families, whose income is reduced when they need to invest resources
in their care and attention.
6. The relationship between human rights and inclusive
development
There is a mutually conditioned relationship between human rights and development.
The full and comprehensive enjoyment of human rights—civil and
political, on the one hand, and economic, social and cultural on the other—is
an indication and consequence of the degree of development a society has
achieved.
The more that human beings enjoy their human rights, the closer a society is to
achieving inclusive development. Moreover, inclusive development is inconceivable
if the human beings who pertain to a given society are unable to enjoy
their human rights in a complete and comprehensive manner.
We can conclude, therefore, that progress toward more effectively guaranteeing
the rights of people with disabilities has a positive impact on advancing
toward more inclusive development. Similarly, development actions that include
people with disabilities and their families have a favorable impact on the ability
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