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CRPD Brochure for People with Intellectual Disabilities
By Andrea Shettle, MSW | September 28, 2008
People with intellectual disabilities around the world face enormous challenges in realizing basic human rights such as access to education; legal capacity (the right to make their own decisions); the right to live with their families; and the right to live in the community–not an institution. The new disability rights treaty–the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)–is designed in part to help with these challenges.
But how can people with intellectual disabilities and their families use the CRPD to achieve their human rights? And how can people who create and implement policy support their efforts? A new brochure from Inclusion International (PDF format, 585 Kb) provides guidance. The eight-page brochure summarizes how people with intellectual disabilities and their families around the world helped to create the CRPD; how the CRPD helps address some of their key human rights concerns; and the important role of families in guiding, developing, and implementing policies.
The English version of the brochure can be downloaded in PDF format (585 Kb) at:
http://inclusion-international.org/site_uploads/File/HearOurVoices-Priority%20Web.08.pdf
The Arabic version of the brochure (without pictures) can be downloaded in Word format (515 Kb) at:
http://inclusion-international.org/site_uploads/File/CRPD%20arab.doc
Topics: International Disability Organizations and Web Sites, Teaching Tool |
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