strategy
Promoting rights of the disabled
Synonyms:
Promoting the rights of the handicappedUpholding disability rights
Defending the handicapped
Defending the rights of the disabled
Description:
Creating awareness of and plans of action for those who are physically disabled. This especially includes pressuring governments to stop the use of intentional physical mutilation as alternatives to incarceration, as in punishment and in wartime. Counter Claim:
Creating awareness does not change situations. Constrains:
Denying rights to disabled Facilitates:
Rehabilitating the handicapped Facilitated by:
Providing for the needs of the disabled Problems:
Denial of rights to disabledDenial of the right to procreate to the severely mentally handicapped
Values:
RightsDisabilityHandicapped References:
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development: Disabled Youth: the right to adult status (CERI)United Nations: Disability: situation, strategies and policies: United Nations Decade of Disabled Persons, 1983-1992 Subjects:
Communication → PromotionHealth Care → Handicapped
Type Classification:
G: Very Specific strategies Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
