visitors such as provincial directorates of ministries, municipality service buildings, buildings, museums, health care centres, hospitals and schools. Though the governor’s main objective of the project focuses on implementation, it also aims at awareness raising and extending accessibility practices. The project has a budget only for piloting applications, but the public institutions have to demand and allocate a special budget for accessibility or reasonable accommodation arrangements. All kind of plans, projects, constructions, audits or the tenders to be realized with such purposes have to comply with the zoning legislation and TDA. 4. The Legislative and Policy Framework Concerning Support Services for PwDs Ministry of Family and Social Policy aims to provide appropriate support and services for persons with disabilities and elderly people in the light of “Human First” principle and Human approach and by means of producing “Universal Rights” comprehensive, permanent and modern solutions in line with international documents. In provision of all services, the Ministry takes a stand against all types of discriminative actions and outdated understandings. Within this scope, the social services provided under authority and responsibility of General Directorate of Services for Persons with Disabilities and the Elderly are as follows; Health and Care Services for Persons with Disabilities Institutional care services in Turkey have recently started to transform in parallel with the approach of "community based care". Within this context, Barrier Free Life Centers that provide institutional care service and living environments to PwDs in need of care in single floor houses with gardens for 10 to 12 persons and Hope Homes that aim for ensuring active participation to social life by means of providing care services to small groups of PwDs in apartment houses have put into service since 2006. The primary goal of care services is to ensure that persons in need of special care are provided with necessary service at their homes and social environments with
visitors such as provincial directorates of ministries, municipality service buildings, governor’s buildings, museums, health care centres, hospitals and schools. Though the main objective of the project focuses on implementation, it also aims at awareness raising and extending accessibility practices. The project has a budget only for piloting applications, but the public institutions have to demand and allocate a special budget for accessibility or reasonable accommodation arrangements. All kind of plans, projects, constructions, audits or the tenders to be realized with such purposes have to comply with the zoning legislation and TDA. 4. The Legislative and Policy Framework Concerning Support Services for PwDs Ministry of Family and Social Policy aims to provide appropriate support and services for persons with disabilities and elderly people in the light of “Human First” principle and “Universal Human Rights” approach and by means of producing comprehensive, permanent and modern solutions in line with international documents. In provision of all services, the Ministry takes a stand against all types of discriminative actions and outdated understandings. Within this scope, the social services provided under authority and responsibility of General Directorate of Services for Persons with Disabilities and the Elderly are as follows; Health and Care Services for Persons with Disabilities Institutional care services in Turkey have recently started to transform in parallel with the approach of "community based care". Within this context, Barrier Free Life Centers that provide institutional care service and living environments to PwDs in need of care in single floor houses with gardens for 10 to 12 persons and Hope Homes that aim for ensuring active participation to social life by means of providing care services to small groups of PwDs in apartment houses have put into service since 2006. The primary goal of care services is to ensure that persons in need of special care are provided with necessary service at their homes and social environments with
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