The Act of 19 July 2019 on ensuring accessibility to persons with specific needs — the legal and social basis for the adoption of the law. Part One
The Act of 19 July 2019 on ensuring accessibility to persons with specific needs (Journal of Laws of 2020, item 1062) is a special act for a number of reasons. It has a horizontal and relatively comprehensive scope. It covers various areas of social life previously regulated by separate legal acts. Implementing the principle of accessibility from the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, it predates EU law in this regard. It treats the issue of disability in a mainstream manner/way. In the sense that it addresses different groups of people with even temporary difficulties related to the barriers they face. This does not mean that the solutions adopted are free of defects. Many of them are pointed out in detail in the commentary to the Act (Roszewska, (ed.), 2021). Regardless of the substantive assessment of the act itself, it certainly deserves a look at the grounds for its introduction. The aforementioned UN Convention has also been adopted by the EU. However, the interaction between human rights conventions and EU law is complex. The social background of the law's adoption/of the enactment of the act was also unique. It was preceded by an intensive social campaign of the community of persons with disabilities for accessibility, which culminated in the adoption of the Accessibility Plus Program. One of its results is precisely the act on ensuring accessibility to persons with specific needs. Part one is devoted to these issues. In part two, the scope of the act will be indicated.
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