CRPD/C/GC/6 62. The placement of children in institutions on the basis of their impairment is also a form of discrimination prohibited by article 23 (5) of the Convention. States must ensure that parents with disabilities and parents of children with disabilities have the necessary support in the community to care for their children. K. Article 24 on education 63. The failure of some States parties to provide students with disabilities — including students with visible and invisible disabilities and those who experience multiple forms of discrimination or intersectional discrimination — with equal access to mainstream school with inclusive and quality education is discriminatory, contrary to the objectives of the Convention and in direct contravention of articles 5 and 24. Article 5 (1) interacts with article 24 and requires States parties to remove all types of discriminatory barriers, including legal and social barriers, to inclusive education. 64. Segregated models of education, which exclude students with disabilities from mainstream and inclusive education on the basis of disability, contravene articles 5 (2) and 24 (1) (a) of the Convention. Article 5 (3) requires States parties to take all appropriate steps to ensure that reasonable accommodation is provided. That right is strengthened for persons with disabilities in article 24 (2) (b), which requires States parties to ensure an inclusive education for persons with disabilities on an equal basis with others in the communities in which they live. That goal can be achieved by providing reasonable accommodation of an individual’s requirement, in accordance with article 24 (2) (c), and developing new and inclusive settings according to universal design. Standardized assessment systems, including entry examination that directly or indirectly exclude students with disabilities are discriminatory and in contravention of articles 5 and 24. States parties’ obligations extend beyond the school. States parties must ensure school transportation is provided to all students with disabilities where transportation options are limited due to social or economic barriers. 65. To ensure equality and non-discrimination for deaf children in educational settings, they must be provided with sign language learning environments with deaf peers and deaf adult role models. The lack of proficiency in sign language skills of teachers of deaf children and inaccessible school environments exclude deaf children and are thus considered discriminatory. The Committee calls upon States parties to be guided by its general comment No. 4 (2016) on the right to inclusive education, when carrying out measures to fulfil their obligations under articles 5 and 24. L. Article 25 on health 66. Under articles 5 and 25 of the Convention, States parties must prohibit and prevent discriminatory denial of health services to persons with disabilities and to provide gendersensitive health services, including sexual and reproductive health rights. States parties must also address forms of discrimination that violate the right of persons with disabilities that impede their right to health through violations of the right to receive health care on the basis of free and informed consent, 15 or that make facilities or information inaccessible. 16 M. Article 27 on work and employment 67. To achieve de facto equality in terms of the Convention, States parties must ensure that there is no discrimination on the grounds of disability in connection to work and employment.17 In order to ensure reasonable accommodation as laid out in article 5 (3) and 15 16 17 See general comment No. 1, para. 41. See general comment No. 2, para. 40. See the International Labour Organization Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958 (No. 111), and Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment (Disabled Persons) Convention, 1983 (No. 159). 15