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  2. Sustainable Development Goal 8 - Wikipedia

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    The full title is to "Foster sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all." [1] [2] Progress towards targets will be measured, monitored and evaluated by 17 indicators. SDG 8 has twelve targets in total to be achieved by 2030. Some targets are for 2030; others are for 2020.

  3. Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

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    The Article obligates States Parties to safeguard and promote the realization of the right to work, including for those who acquire a disability during the course of employment, by taking appropriate steps, including through legislation, to prohibit discrimination on the basis of disability with regard to all matters concerning all forms of ...

  4. Sheltered workshop - Wikipedia

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    Disability service providers, many parents, and disabled workers themselves support the workshops and state that eliminating the minimum wage exemption would eliminate those jobs and the choice to work (because many with severe disabilities will never be able to perform at the level of an ordinary worker) and thereby prevent disabled people ...

  5. Universal design - Wikipedia

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    Universal design is the design of buildings, products or environments to make them accessible to people, regardless of age, disability, or other factors.It emerged as a rights-based, anti-discrimination measure, which seeks to create design for all abilities.

  6. Supported employment - Wikipedia

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    Supported employment was developed in the United States in the 1970s as part of both vocational rehabilitation (VR) services (e.g., NYS Office of Vocational Services, 1978) and the advocacy for long term services and supports (LTSS) for individuals with significant disabilities in competitive job placements in integrated settings (e.g., businesses, offices, manufacturing facilities).

  7. Accessibility - Wikipedia

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    Working towards the recognition of disability cards throughout the EU to ensure equal treatment when working, living or travelling in the bloc; Establishing accessibility standards for voting locations and campaign materials. Taking the rights of people with disabilities into account in external development programmes and for EU candidate ...

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

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    1867 – In 1867, the State of Illinois passed a "Bill for the Protection of Personal Liberty" which guaranteed all people accused of insanity, including wives, had the right to a public hearing. [9] 1869 – State v. Pike, 49 N.h. 399 (1869), is a criminal case which articulated a product test for an insanity defense. [10] The court in Durham v.

  9. Inclusion (education) - Wikipedia

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    Inclusion has different historical roots/background which may be integration of students with severe disabilities in the US (who may previously been excluded from schools or even lived in institutions) [7] [8] [9] or an inclusion model from Canada and the US (e.g., Syracuse University, New York) which is very popular with inclusion teachers who believe in participatory learning, cooperative ...