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Disabled people to learn how to drive

Old News! Published on: 2014.03.31

Disabled people to learn how to drive

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Having a medical condition or disability does not necessarily mean you cannot or will not be allowed to drive. Driving courses have been opened to disabled people in Ulaanbaatar City, Darkhan-Uul, Orkhon provinces for the first time in Mongolia on the initiation of the Center for Protecting the Rights of Disabled People Mongolia.

Due to the lack of rules in law and facilities for disabled people, people with disabilities are still not able to take driving courses. There was no rule related to people with disabilities in traffic regulations except articles that allow disabled people access to driving courses even if they are visibly impaired but can recognize colors. People with speech and hearing impairments can access driving courses under the guidance of a sign language teacher.

Therefore the Centre for Protecting the Rights of Disabled People Mongolia decided to act to seek a solution for the disabled to learn to drive according to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The proposal was successfully supported during an experts board meeting of the Traffic Police of the Metropolitan Police. A petition for permission to conduct driving courses for the people with disabilities was submitted to the Ministry of Education and Science. In July 2013, new amendments were made into Traffic regulations that allows the disabled to conduct driving courses by a vehicle equipped with a wheel on the right side and an automatic gear box.

No employability is outlined in the rules but people with disabilities can learn to drive when their physical and mental abilities have been determined based on a summary by medical experts.

However intellectually disabled people and blind people are not able to take a driving course.

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