adopted in 1975 by the UN General Assembly. This international document emphasizes that persons with disabilities should be protected from any exploitation, they have the right to respect for their human dignity, to measures that give them the opportunity to acquire the greatest possible independence and fully integrate into society. The basic rights that must be guaranteed to a person with a disability and on the basis of which the degree of compliance of the national policy of the state with international standards is determined are the rights to education and work, to marriage, to parenthood, the right to recourse to the courts, the right to inviolability of private life and property, as well as political rights. To this end, the Declaration for the first time in the history of mankind recommends that states provide persons with disabilities with the most important rights:
1) to medical, psychological and social rehabilitation, prosthetic and orthopedic care;
2) to vocational training and employment;
3) various types of social services;
4) economic and social security;
(5) the right to have the special needs of persons with disabilities taken into account at all stages of economic and social planning;
6) the right to qualified legal assistance;
7) the right of persons with disabilities, their families and communities to have free access to the information contained in this Declaration.