The Committee received 24 submissions from the public including the organisations and individuals who requested to make oral submissions. These included Sadeco Quantum Consulting; Dr Thereza Lorenzo, Disability Studies and Occupational Therapy and Dr Harsha Kathard, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Cape Town; Transport User's Group; Down Syndrome South Africa; Empowerment Programme: Children with disabilities and their families; Mr Ncedo Skosana; Ms June McIntyre, Occupational Therapist, University of KwaZulu-Natal; Dr Helen Combrinck, Centre for Disability Law and Policy, University of Western Cape; Amanda Gibberd, Director Universal Design in Public Transport Projects; Dementia South Africa; Association for Physically Challenged; Michele Tonks; the South Africa Human Rights Commission; Right to Education - Children with Disabilities; Mr P Maibi; Early Childhood Development (ECD) sub-group on the Right to Education for Children with Disabilities; Blind South Africa; Central Gauteng Mental Health Society; Association for Hearing Loss Accessibility and Development; Mfuza Paramount Mapukata; Afrika Tikkum and mothers for children with disabilities from Orange Farm, Gauteng Province; KwaNothemba Workshop for the Disabled; Disabled People of South Africa and Community-Based Rehabilitation Education and Training Empowerment.