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(a) Persons with disabilities have the opportunity to choose their place of
residence and where and with whom they live on an equal basis with others and are
not obliged to live in a particular living arrangement;
(b) Persons with disabilities have access to a range of in-home, residential
and other community support services, including personal assistance necessary to
support living and inclusion in the community, and to prevent isolation or
segregation from the community;
(c) Community services and facilities for the general population are
available on an equal basis to persons with disabilities and are responsive to their
needs.
Article 20
Personal mobility
States Parties shall take effective measures to ensure personal mobility with
the greatest possible independence for persons with disabilities, including by:
(a) Facilitating the personal mobility of persons with disabilities in the
manner and at the time of their choice, and at affordable cost;
(b) Facilitating access by persons with disabilities to quality mobility aids,
devices, assistive technologies and forms of live assistance and intermediaries,
including by making them available at affordable cost;
(c) Providing training in mobility skills to persons with disabilities and to
specialist staff working with persons with disabilities;
(d) Encouraging entities that produce mobility aids, devices and assistive
technologies to take into account all aspects of mobility for persons with
disabilities.
Article 21
Freedom of expression and opinion, and access to information
States Parties shall take all appropriate measures to ensure that persons with
disabilities can exercise the right to freedom of expression and opinion, including
the freedom to seek, receive and impart information and ideas on an equal basis
with others and through all forms of communication of their choice, as defined in
article 2 of the present Convention, including by:
(a) Providing information intended for the general public to persons with
disabilities in accessible formats and technologies appropriate to different kinds of
disabilities in a timely manner and without additional cost;
(b) Accepting and facilitating the use of sign languages, Braille,
augmentative and alternative communication, and all other accessible means, modes
and formats of communication of their choice by persons with disabilities in official
interactions;
(c) Urging private entities that provide services to the general public,
including through the Internet, to provide information and services in accessible and
usable formats for persons with disabilities;
(d) Encouraging the mass media, including providers of information through
the Internet, to make their services accessible to persons with disabilities;
(e)
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Recognizing and promoting the use of sign languages.