NDM8205 - Opposition Debate
Tabled on 08/02/2023 | For debate on 15/02/2023To propose that the Senedd:
1. Notes research from Guide Dogs Cymru suggesting that 2,000 sight-impaired children would benefit from habilitation training.
2. Further notes that habilitation training is vital for developing personal mobility, navigation and independent living skills for sight-impaired children.
3. Is disappointed that a number of Welsh local authorities do not offer habilitation training, despite their duty to have due regard to Article 26 of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
4. Calls on the Welsh Government to:
a) urgently provide a workforce plan on habilitation services; and
b) ensure local authorities employ at least one habilitation specialist per 100 children who are visually impaired.
Article 26 of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
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Amendments
Delete points 3 and 4 and replace with:
3. Calls on all Welsh local authorities to offer habilitation training, in line with their duty to have due regard to Article 26 of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
4. Calls on the Welsh Government to engage with relevant stakeholders to help develop an improvement plan for habilitation services for children who are visually impaired, to include consideration of their training needs and how to meet these.
