USA Finally on Board with UN CRPD

by Dora Raymaker · 2009-07-24 16:00:00 UTC
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a dramatically lit marble. the marble is translucent blue with solid tan outlines of the continentsAfter three years, the USA has finally signed onto the International Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). The Convention was created in full participation with the international disabilities community on the principle of Nothing About Us Without Us, and reflects the critical shift in paradigm toward social, affirmative, and equitable perspectives on the essential human rights of people with disabilities.

Obama announced earlier in the week that he would be signing the convention today, Friday 24 July, 2009.

This signing is coming on the week of the 19th anniversary of the ADA.

Here's linkage back to a long-ago post of mine on the CRPD, which includes, perhaps more importantly, some links to self-advocacy manuals based on the treaty from Harvard Project on Disability.

Dora Raymaker
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