Lesson 3.5: United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons With Disabilities

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  Following decades of changing attitudes towards people  with disabilities, the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disability (UNCRPD) was negotiated. This treaty uses a broad categorisation of disability. The narrow notions of medical treatment, objects of charity and social protection are replaced by an affirmation that is outlined in Article 1 as … Continued

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