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A '''disability''' is a physical or mental condition that impairs or limits a person's ability to participate in typical activities and interactions.<ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=Merriam-Webster|title=Disability Definition & Meaning|url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disability|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230104112346/https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disability|archive-date=2023-01-04|retrieved=2023-01-23}}</ref> The [[United Nations|UN]] adopted the [[Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities]] | A '''disability''' is a physical or [[Mental illness|mental condition]] that impairs or limits a person's ability to participate in typical activities and interactions.<ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=Merriam-Webster|title=Disability Definition & Meaning|url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disability|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230104112346/https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disability|archive-date=2023-01-04|retrieved=2023-01-23}}</ref> The [[United Nations|UN]] adopted the [[Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities]], which requires the state to provide access for people with any kind of disability, in 2006. 177 countries have ratified the CRPD, but the [[United States of America|United States]] has not.<ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=[[Workers World]]|title=Disability justice is a right − and a demand!|date=2022-11-08|url=https://www.workers.org/2022/11/67561/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221129014919/https://www.workers.org/2022/11/67561/|archive-date=2022-11-29|retrieved=2023-01-23}}</ref> | ||
== By country == | |||
=== Cuba === | |||
In 2022, [[Republic of Cuba|Cuba]] approved a new family code that recognizes the right of care for disabled people.<ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=[[Fight Back! News]]|title=The Cuban people approve revolutionary Families Code|date=2022-09-27|url=https://www.fightbacknews.org/2022/9/27/cuban-people-approve-revolutionary-families-code|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221205112510/https://www.fightbacknews.org/2022/9/27/cuban-people-approve-revolutionary-families-code|archive-date=2022-12-05|retrieved=2023-02-26}}</ref> | |||
=== Libya === | |||
On 30 April 2011, [[North Atlantic Treaty Organization|NATO]] bombed a [[Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (1977–2011)|Libyan]] school for children with Down syndrome. No children were on campus at the time, but the bombing destroyed the main wing of the school and also damaged an orphanage.<ref>{{Web citation|author=Nicholas A|newspaper=[[Liberation News]]|title=NATO bombs Libyan school for disabled children|date=2011-05-10|url=https://www.liberationnews.org/nato-bombs-libyan-school-for-html/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190714125645/https://www.liberationnews.org/nato-bombs-libyan-school-for-html/|archive-date=2019-07-14|retrieved=2023-01-23}}</ref> | |||
=== Soviet Union === | |||
Disabled people in the [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)|Soviet Union]] were entitled to pensions and care, and disabled people who could still work were guaranteed jobs.<ref>{{Citation|author=Supreme Soviet of the USSR|year=1977|title=Constitution of the Soviet Union (1977, Unamended)|title-url=https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Constitution_of_the_Soviet_Union_(1977,_Unamended)|chapter=Basic Rights, Freedoms, and Duties of Citizens of the USSR|chapter-url=https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Constitution_of_the_Soviet_Union_(1977,_Unamended)#Chapter_7._Basic_Rights,_Freedoms,_and_Duties_of_Citizens_of_the_USSR|section=Article 43}}</ref> | |||
=== United States === | |||
[[Police]] in the USA are 16 times more likely to kill people with untreated mental illnesses, and up to half of people murdered by police have some type of disability.<ref>{{Web citation|author=Edward Yudelovich|newspaper=[[Workers World]]|title=Revoke police license to kill disabled people!|date=2021-02-01|url=https://www.workers.org/2021/02/54190/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208093426/https://www.workers.org/2021/02/54190/|archive-date=2022-12-08|retrieved=2023-01-23}}</ref> Many disabled workers are only paid half of the already low minimum wage.<ref>{{Web citation|author=Walter Smolarek|newspaper=[[Liberation News]]|title=Disabled workers paid starvation wages|date=2011-02-04|url=https://www.liberationnews.org/disabled-workers-discrimination-html/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190714124340/https://www.liberationnews.org/disabled-workers-discrimination-html/|archive-date=2019-07-14|retrieved=2023-01-23}}</ref> Human rights violations against disabled people in the USA have significantly worsened since the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{Web citation|author=Renée Imperato|newspaper=[[Workers World]]|title=On the right to accessibility during COVID|date=2021-12-|url=https://www.workers.org/2021/12/60564/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221201201316/https://www.workers.org/2021/12/60564/|archive-date=2022-12-01|retrieved=2023-01-23}}</ref> | |||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
Latest revision as of 13:20, 7 January 2024
A disability is a physical or mental condition that impairs or limits a person's ability to participate in typical activities and interactions.[1] The UN adopted the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which requires the state to provide access for people with any kind of disability, in 2006. 177 countries have ratified the CRPD, but the United States has not.[2]
By country[edit | edit source]
Cuba[edit | edit source]
In 2022, Cuba approved a new family code that recognizes the right of care for disabled people.[3]
Libya[edit | edit source]
On 30 April 2011, NATO bombed a Libyan school for children with Down syndrome. No children were on campus at the time, but the bombing destroyed the main wing of the school and also damaged an orphanage.[4]
Soviet Union[edit | edit source]
Disabled people in the Soviet Union were entitled to pensions and care, and disabled people who could still work were guaranteed jobs.[5]
United States[edit | edit source]
Police in the USA are 16 times more likely to kill people with untreated mental illnesses, and up to half of people murdered by police have some type of disability.[6] Many disabled workers are only paid half of the already low minimum wage.[7] Human rights violations against disabled people in the USA have significantly worsened since the COVID-19 pandemic.[8]
See also[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "Disability Definition & Meaning". Merriam-Webster. Archived from the original on 2023-01-04. Retrieved 2023-01-23.
- ↑ "Disability justice is a right − and a demand!" (2022-11-08). Workers World. Archived from the original on 2022-11-29. Retrieved 2023-01-23.
- ↑ "The Cuban people approve revolutionary Families Code" (2022-09-27). Fight Back! News. Archived from the original on 2022-12-05. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
- ↑ Nicholas A (2011-05-10). "NATO bombs Libyan school for disabled children" Liberation News. Archived from the original on 2019-07-14. Retrieved 2023-01-23.
- ↑ Supreme Soviet of the USSR (1977). Constitution of the Soviet Union (1977, Unamended): 'Basic Rights, Freedoms, and Duties of Citizens of the USSR; Article 43'.
- ↑ Edward Yudelovich (2021-02-01). "Revoke police license to kill disabled people!" Workers World. Archived from the original on 2022-12-08. Retrieved 2023-01-23.
- ↑ Walter Smolarek (2011-02-04). "Disabled workers paid starvation wages" Liberation News. Archived from the original on 2019-07-14. Retrieved 2023-01-23.
- ↑ Renée Imperato (2021-12-). "On the right to accessibility during COVID" Workers World. Archived from the original on 2022-12-01. Retrieved 2023-01-23.