Alice Wong, a disability rights activist and author whose independence and writing inspired others, has died. She was 51.

As we mark the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) this week in 1990 and the 10th anniversary of Human Rights Watch’s work on disability rights this year, I think about the ...

Standards bodies, access to information technology, and human rights / Judy Brewer -- Accessible ICTs and the opening of political space for persons with disabilities / Janet E. Lord -- Web ...

1. The present note is submitted in accordance with Commission on Human Rights resolution 2000/51 of 25 April 2001, 1 in which the Commission requested the Secretary-General to report biennially to ...

The care system bill submitted to lawmakers by the government of Mexico City fails to guarantee autonomy, equality, and protection from abuse for people with disabilities and older people.

UN experts, including the Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities, on Tuesday cautioned that a pending amendment to Peru's General Law on Persons with Disabilities risks ...

The City Hall led by Mayor Rocío Adame Muñoz of Rosarito hosted the conference “Human Rights for Persons with Disabilities” through the Disability Commission of Playas de Rosarito for cabinet members ...

Despite international recognition of the human rights of persons with disabilities, they still suffer widespread discrimination. The Commissioner’s approach advocates a shift towards rights-based, ...

Devonte Watson was held in Cleveland County jail for 600 days before he got a bed in a state psychiatric hospital. North Carolina Disability Rights sued North Carolina’s Department of Health and Human ...

GENEVA (AP) — A team of human rights experts has faulted the world’s nations for not doing more to ensure minimum protections of people with disabilities in Gaza, whose numbers have been growing since ...

For decades, I have lived and worked at the intersection of disability, academia and social action in Oman. My journey began long before the ...

The Commission on Human Rights, Recalling that all persons with disabilities have the right to protection against discrimination and to full and equal enjoyment of their human rights, as laid down, ...