Institutional barriers

include legislation, practices, or processes that actively prohibit or fail to facilitate access for persons with disabilities.

For example, in some countries persons with psychosocial or intellectual disabilities are expressly prohibited by law from voting. In other countries, persons with disabilities may not be able to vote because they cannot gain physical access to polling venues or voting booths and have access to the ballot and other voting information once they are there.

In the educational context, children with certain disabilities may be expressly prohibited by law from attending “general” schools and instead may be required to attend “special” schools for children with that type of disability.