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  2. American Association on Intellectual and Developmental ...

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    The AAIDD's stated mission is to promote progressive policies, sound research, effective practices, and universal human rights for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. [7] The association's goals are to: [7] Enhance the capacity of professionals who work with individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

  3. Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

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    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.

  4. Declaration on the Rights of Disabled Persons - Wikipedia

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    Right to same civil and political rights as other human beings. Right to measures designed to enable self-reliance. Right to medical, psychological and functional treatment as necessary. Right to economic and social security, including the right to employment. Right to have consideration of special needs at all stages of economic and social ...

  5. Timeline of disability rights in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Disability rights advocates Patrisha Wright of the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF), and Evan Kemp Jr. (of the Disability Rights Center) led an intense lobbying and grassroots campaign that generated more than 40,000 cards and letters. After three years, the Reagan Administration abandoned its attempts to revoke or amend the ...

  6. Inclusion (disability rights) - Wikipedia

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    Disability rights advocates define true inclusion as results-oriented, rather than focused merely on encouragement. To this end, communities, businesses, and other groups and organizations are considered inclusive if people with disabilities do not face barriers to participation and have equal access to opportunities and resources. [1] [2]

  7. Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

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    The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, like the other United Nations human rights conventions, (such as the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women) resulted from decades of activity during which group rights standards developed from aspirations to binding treaties.

  8. Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons ...

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    The Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is a side-agreement to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. It was adopted on 13 December 2006, and entered into force at the same time as its parent Convention on 3 May 2008. [1] As of November 2024, it has 94 signatories and 107 state parties.

  9. Best Buddies International - Wikipedia

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    Best Buddies Ambassadors is intended to train people with IDD to be leaders and public speakers in their schools, communities, and workplace. It is intended to be a part of the Disability Rights Movement - teaching people with IDD the skills needed to successfully self-advocate.

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