United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

The US signature of the international treaty that protects deaf people and other disabled people will be very powerful, supporting Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. Deaf people's cultural and linguistic identity are protected as well as qualified teachers for the deaf. For more information you can to go:

http://www.un.org/disabilities/
http://www.nad.org/blogs/alexiskashar/crpd-us-too
http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/research/ratification-USA.html
http://usicd.org/detail/news.cfm?news_id=38&id=92

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• United Nations
• human rights of Deaf signers

[breen315]

impact on US? hope so ... US never really followed through with prior ratifications such as racial discrimination and torture..

[pafmartwo]

Thanks for the very clear explanation.

[Gunsbut]

I undy about your saying so if you have the link of UN Conventionon the rights of Deaf and Hoh? If so send it me

Thanks

Gunsbut

[ridor9th]

Much better light this time around. I wonder if this particular ratification with UN will make an impact on US?

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