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effective and appropriate measures:

 (a) To raise awareness throughout society, including at the family level, regarding persons with disabilities, and to foster respect for the rights and dignity of persons with disabilities;

 (b) To combat stereotypes, prejudices and harmful practices relating to persons with disabilities, including those based on sex and age, in all areas of life;

 (c) To promote awareness of the capabilities and contributions of persons with disabilities.

2. Measures to this end include:

 (a) Initiating and maintaining effective public awareness campaigns designed:

 (i) To nurture receptiveness to the rights of persons with disabilities;

            (ii) To promote positive perceptions and greater social awareness towards persons with disabilities;

            (iii) To promote recognition of the skills, merits and abilities of persons with disabilities, and of their contributions to the workplace and the labour market;

 (b) Fostering at all levels of the education system, including in all children from an early age, an attitude of respect for the rights of persons with disabilities;

 (c) Encouraging all organs of the media to portray persons with disabilities in a manner consistent with the purpose of the present Convention;

 (d) Promoting awareness‑training programmes regarding persons with disabilities and the rights of persons with disabilities.

  Article 9
Accessibility

1. To enable persons with disabilities to live independently and participate fully in all aspects of life, States Parties shall take appropriate measures to ensure to persons with disabilities access, on an equal basis with others, to the physical environment, to transportation, to information and communications, including information and communications technologies and systems, and to other facilities and services open or provided to the public, both in urban and in rural areas. These measures, which shall include the identification and elimination of obstacles and barriers to accessibility, shall apply to, inter alia:

 (a) Buildings, roads, transportation and other indoor and outdoor facilities, including schools, housing, medical facilities and workplaces;

 (b) Information, communications and other services, including electronic services and emergency services.

2. States Parties shall also take appropriate measures to:

 (a) Develop, promulgate and monitor the implementation of minimum standards and guidelines for the accessibility of facilities and services open or provided to the public;

 (b) Ensure that private entities that offer facilities and services which are open or provided to the public take into account all aspects of accessibility for persons with disabilities;

 (c) Provide training for stakeholders on accessibility issues facing persons with disabilities;

 (d) Provide in buildings and other facilities open to the public signage in Braille and in easy to read and understand forms;

 (e) Provide forms of live assistance and intermediaries, including guides, readers and professional sign language interpreters, to facilitate accessibility to buildings and other facilities open to the public;

 (f)