华中科技大学夏天教授:帮忙翻译

Up until 2004. most of the rules relating to the rights of handicapped people stemmed from four laws:
- Guidance law in favour of handicapped people, n° 75-534 of 30 June 1975 ;
- Law in favour of employment for handicapped people, n° 87-157 of 10 July 1987 ;
- Law relating to the combating of discrimination, n° 2001-1066 of 16 November 2001 ;
- Law on social modernisation, n° 2002-73 of 17 January 2002.
Subsequent to a report by the social affairs committee of the Senate, the senators presented a proposed law on 13 May 2003 which the government used as a basis for its bill. The new law, which is currently being adopted, is to come into force in January 2005. The text was drafted in cooperation with the social partners, the associations concerned and independent authorities such as the national consultative committee of human rights and national consultative committee of handicapped people. It also provided the opportunity for a major parliamentary debate as a result of which over 400 amendments were presented by the senators and numerous modifications were made by assistants.
This law is intended to cover all aspects of the life of handicapped people. Its main objectives include compensation for the consequences of handicap, participation in the general life of society, notably guaranteeing the accessibility of the established framework and integration by education and employment, and finally the substitution of an administrative logic by a service logic, placing the handicapped person at the centre of system concerning him: information, freedom to choose a life plan, simplification and rationalisation of procedures, etc.