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Testimony of John L. Wodatch Before the Foreign Relations Committee Of the United States Senate
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I. The Disabilities Convention and U.S. Disability Rights Law
The Disabilities Convention is modeled on the disability rights laws of the United States and adopts the successful and balanced approach of U.S. federal disability rights law dating back...
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II. Reservations, Understandings, and Declarations
is exclusively a nondiscrimination treaty, i.e., the Disabilities Convention seeks to ensure that persons with disabilities enjoy the same rights as everyone else and are given the same...
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III. Benefits of Ratification
Our failure to ratify the Disabilities Convention, which so clearly follows the pattern of disability rights laws and programs pioneered in the United States, has hampered the position of...
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Disabled Peoples' International (DPI)
Disabled Peoples International (DPI) is a Human rights organization committed to the protection of the rights of people with disabilities and the promotion of their full and equal participation...
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Inclusion International
Inclusion International is a global federation of family-based organizations advocating for the human rights of people with intellectual disabilities worldwide....
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International Disability Alliance
The International Disability Alliance is an alliance of eight global and six regional organisations of persons with disabilities....
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Latin American Network of Non Governmental Organizations of Persons with Disabilities and their Families (RIADIS)
It was founded on October 17, 2002, during the First Conference in Caracas, Venezuela, and today represents 48 organizations of people living with various types of disabilities in 18 countries...
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RI Global
RI has a long history of advocating for the rights and inclusion of persons with disabilities worldwide....
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Ron McCallum: How technology allowed me to read | TED Talks
Months after he was born, in 1948, Ron McCallum became blind. In this charming, moving talk, he shows how he is able to read -- and celebrates the progression of clever tools and...
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U.N. Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)
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The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its Optional Protocol (A/RES/61/106) was adopted on 13 December 2006 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, and was...
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UN Division for Social Policy and Development - Disability
Our Mission is to promote the rights and advancement of persons with disabilities in the world....
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World Disability Union (WDU)
direct and effective services to the disabled people....