Legal Foundations
- Integration agreement to guarantee self-determined and equal participation of disabled people in working life at TU Dresden
- UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
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Social Insurance Code – volume 9 (SGB IX), as amended on 17th July 2017 (Federal Participation Act [German: Bundesteilhabegesetz - BTHG] and subsequent amendments through additional legislation).
Part 1: Regulations for people with disabilities and people at risk of disability
Part 2: Particular services to enable independent living for people with disabilities (Integration Assistance Act) comes into force on 1st January 2020
Part 3: Particular regulations for participation of people with disabilities (Disability Act) – as of 1st January 2018
- Act on the Equal Treatment of Disabled People (BGG) of 27 April 2002 regulates accessibility in the broadest sense.
- The General Equal Treatment Act (Allgemeines Gleichbehandlungsgesetz -AGG) of 14 August 2006 aims at preventing or eliminating discrimination based on racial or ethnic origin, sex, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual identity.
- The Disabled Status Identification Card Regulation (Schwerbehindertenausweisverordnung - SchwbAwVO) of 25 July 1991 lays down how to record severe disability.
- Motor Vehicle Assistance Regulation (Kraftfahrzeughilfeverordnung - KfzHV) of 28 September regulates benefits relating to the mobility of persons with disabilities, in particular for the purpose of reaching the workplace.
- Act on the Improvement of Self-determination of People with Disabilities in the Free State of Saxony of 28 May 2004. Article 1 contains the Act on the improvement of the integration of persons with disabilities in the Free State of Saxony (Sächsisches Integrationsgesetz - SächsIntegrG).
- Act on the Execution of the Social Security Code for the Free State of Saxony
of 13. February 2024. Article 2 contains the Act on the Municipal Social Association Saxony (Gesetz über den Kommunalen Sozialverband Sachsen - SächsKomSozVG). - DIN 18040-1 / -3 include construction regulations for barrier-free planning, construction and living.
- Barrier-free planning and construction in the Free State of Saxony (vol. 1 to 4) is a publication series that clearly describes both the Saxon construction regulations and the underlying acts and regulations.