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The Convention defines "reasonable accommodation" as "necessary and appropriate modification and adjustments not imposing a disproportionate or undue burden, where needed in a particular case, to ensure to persons with disabilities the enjoyment or exercise on an equal basis with others of all human rights and fundamental freedoms" in Article 2 ...
The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is a United Nations body of 18 experts that meets two times a year in Geneva to consider the reports submitted by 164 UN member states [nb 1] on their compliance with the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), and to examine individual petitions concerning 94 States Parties [nb 2] to the Optional Protocol.
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990; Long title: An Act to establish a clear and comprehensive prohibition of discrimination on the basis of disability
The International Disability Alliance (IDA), created in 1999, is an umbrella organization focused on improving awareness and rights for individuals with disabilities around the globe.
María José Lubertino is a lawyer who graduated with honors from the Catholic University of Argentina in 1983. [1] In 1989 she earned a master's degree in Social Sciences with a specialization in Political Science at Latin American Social Sciences Institute (FLACSO).
The disability rights movement is a global [1] [2] [3] social movement that seeks to secure equal opportunities and equal rights for all disabled people. [4]It is made up of organizations of disability activists, also known as disability advocates, around the world working together with similar goals and demands, such as: accessibility and safety in architecture, transportation, and the ...
Zobrest v. Catalina Foothills School District, 509 U.S. 1 (1993); Florence County School Dist. Four v. Carter, 510 U.S. 7 (1993); Board of Education of Kiryas Joel Village School District v.
Vega, Eugenio (2022) Crónica del siglo de la peste. Pandemias, discapacidad y diseño. Madrid, Experimenta Libros. ISBN 978-84-18049-73-6; Williamson, Bess (2019). Accessible America. A History of Disability and Design. New York University Press. ISBN 978-1-4798024-94