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Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities) with specified types of activities and

the amount of fund to be approved. A request by an individual person with

disability to use the Fund may only be submitted under the framework plan or

project, which might not respond directly to his or her specific needs. There is

also a maximum limit on the amount of fund to be approved for each type of

activity, but very often such amount is lower than the actual cost and many

persons with disabilities have to seek additional funds from other sources

so as to be able to carry out their intended activities. The regulation

relating to the remuneration of a personal assistant to persons with

disabilities does not allow parents who act as personal assistant to their

children with disabilities to receive remuneration from the DEP. This is

because the taking care of children by the parents is considered to be a

duty, and not an employment. However, some parents have quitted their

jobs to take care of their children full time and need some financial

assistance. A lack of appropriate support from the state to enable a family

to take care of their children with disabilities may cause some parents to

put their children under the care of an institution.

4. The NHRCT is of the view that the problems relating to the realization of

the rights of persons with disabilities is partly due to a lack of a systematic

follow-up on the implementation of relevant laws. The Empowerment of

Persons with Disabilities Act (No. 2) of 2013 states in Section 13/1 that the

DEP shall monitor the realization of the rights of persons with disabilities

stipulated in the law. If it is found that persons with disabilities cannot

exercise their rights in any way, the DEP shall report it to the National

Committee on the Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities chaired by

the Prime Minister to instruct concerned authorities or persons to take