In this Law, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings assigned thereto:
Law: Law of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
Authority: Authority for the Care of Persons with Disabilities.
Regulations: Implementing Regulations of this Law.
Relevant Agency: The agency in charge of one or more of the areas covered by the provisions of this Law.
Person with a Disability: Any person who has a long-term physical, mental, intellectual, sensory, or psychological disorder or impairment that may, when facing different challenges, prevent him from fully and effectively participating in society on an equal basis with others.
Services: An integrated set of services provided to every person with a disability taking into account his health condition and degree of disability, or his social situation. Such services shall include health, educational, training, rehabilitation, cultural, social, media, sports, and employment services as well as other services.
Rehabilitation: The utilization of medical, social, psychological, educational, vocational, and environmental services to assist a person with a disability in achieving the highest possible degree of effectiveness to enable such person to adapt to the requirements of his natural and social environment and to develop his ability to rely on himself and become an active member of society, to the extent possible.
Educational and Training Support Services: Additional services required in educational and training settings due to the nature of the disability.
Accessibility: A set of appropriate measures which ensure that persons with disabilities have access to services on an equal basis with others; access to their surrounding physical environment, transportation, information, and communications, including technological means and information and communication systems; and access to other facilities and services available to the public.
Reasonable Accommodations: A set of measures necessary for accommodating the special needs of a person or a group of persons with disabilities that enable them to exercise all rights and enjoy basic services on an equal basis with others, provided that such measures do not cause undue burden on the entities providing such measures.
Discrimination on the Basis of Disability: Any form of discrimination, exclusion, or restriction against persons with disabilities on the basis of disability the purpose or effect of which is to impair or nullify all or some of the human rights for such persons or their right to enjoy or exercise such rights on an equal basis with others.

This Law aims to protect and promote the rights of persons with disabilities and to ensure their access to all services on an equal basis with others, and affirms the following basic principles:
1. Non-discrimination on the basis of disability and the provision of equal opportunities.
2. Providing accessibility requirements and reasonable accommodations.
3. Including the requirements of persons with disabilities in governmental and non governmental legislation, strategies, policies, activities, programs, plans, and designs.
4. Enabling persons with disabilities to participate in the management of their affairs in accordance with governing provisions.
5. Enabling persons with disabilities who have reached the age of majority to make legal transactions, unless their disability prevents them from making such transactions in accordance with relevant legal provisions.
6. Adopting alternative and appropriate methods of communication with persons with disabilities, including verbal or written communication, sign language, or any other method of communication.
7. Training individuals in all entities who are entrusted with serving persons with disabilities on ways to deal with and communicate with such persons as well as raising awareness of their rights.

Persons with disabilities shall have the right to access their surrounding physical environments, in accordance with the engineering and architectural specifications provided for in relevant legal provisions, in all facilities, including the following:
1. Verifying compliance with accessibility requirements, as provided for in relevant legal provisions, upon the issuance or renewal of the licenses required for governmental and non-governmental facilities.
2. Guaranteeing the right of persons with disabilities to move easily and safely when designing and constructing city streets, sidewalks, pedestrian paths, and parking lots. The Regulations shall specify the controls and procedures necessary for the implementation of the provisions of this Article.

Accessibility requirements and reasonable accommodations shall be provided to persons with disabilities during preliminary investigation, investigation, trial, and execution of judgments.

Persons with disabilities shall have the right to have their special requirements observed during emergencies, natural disasters, and crises. The relevant agencies shall, in coordination with the Authority, issue the guidelines for the implementation of the provisions of this Article.

Persons with disabilities shall have the right to have their special requirements and needs observed with regards to traffic safety laws and guidelines.

Persons with disabilities shall have the right to move as safely and independently as possible. The Regulations shall specify the controls necessary for the implementation of the provisions of this Article.