. Access to rehabilitation for persons with disabilities is hindered at primary health care level due to non-availability of rehabilitation professionals (speech therapists, occupational therapists, physiotherapists). . South Africa trains many rehabilitation therapists, however due to brain drain to foreign countries and private sector, despite the overwhelming need in the public sector, rehabilitation is limited for persons with disabilities. Furthermore, the retention of rehabilitation therapists is also poor. . Rehabilitation extends beyond the health domain and includes but is not limited to vocational rehabilitation and psycho-social rehabilitation. . Linked to rehabilitation services, is the challenge faced with regards to providing assistive devices, technology and mobility aids such as wheelchairs within the public health sector. 5. Transport . Participants highlighted that the Convention is weak on its identification of transport services as a means of mobilising people with disabilities to be able to participate in society. . Many of the submissions indicated that there is a lack of accessible transport for persons with disabilities. In some instances it was noted that taxis charged persons with disabilities extra for also transporting their wheelchairs or other assistive devices. . In addition, accessibility to public transport, especially buses and trains, remained hampered in many areas due to a lack of ramps. . It was highlighted that persons with disabilities should be considered in the "travel chain"; from the point of deciding to take a trip and accessing information on it, to the point of completing a trip and providing feedback on it. Without the acknowledgment of this whole process, the idea of transport is reduced to whether a vehicle itself is accessible. There are plenty of examples of accessible vehicles, but this does not result in an accessible transport service.