DISABILITY RIGHTS
Tuesday, January 25, 2022 1:28 PM
Learning Objectives
By the end of this module, you should be able to:
• Describe what disability rights are and the fundamental features of
disability rights legislation in Canada and internationally
• Explain why it is important for people with disabilities to have
leadership roles in the writing of disability rights legislation
• Explain why human rights legislation specific to disability has been
necessary.
• Describe the principles of universal design and how they have been
applied both to architecture and pedagogy
• Understand the forms of ableism, inequity and exclusion that persist
despite disability legislation
Disability Rights: which is concerned with ensuring The Americans with
that disabled people are treated as equal members
of society and have equal opportunities as able Disabilities Act
bodies and minded people , this does not mean
treating everyone the same. - equal consideration
of their individual needs The Americans with Disabilities Act (A
was passed into law in the United Stat
Negative rights: to be left alone and be free to July of 1990. It is a civil rights law that
make descicions about ones own life without other extends to people with disabilities the
people interferring unduly within the conteext of protections against discrimination tha
diability rights neg rights entails such things as not Civil Rights Act of 1964 affords to peop
being placed in an institution against ones will the basis of race, sex, religion, and, sin
2014, sexual orientation and gender
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diability rights neg rights entails such things as not Civil Rights Act of 1964 affords to peop
being placed in an institution against ones will the basis of race, sex, religion, and, sin
2014, sexual orientation and gender
Positive rights: are more active interventionist identification.
rights which is the right to a service or a resource/
are active measures that need to be taken for a
disabled person to access the full intergration into
society that is their due/ should not be seen as
Disability Rights in
chairty Canada
Until 2019, Canada, unlike the U.S
not have legislation specifically
Access and Design dedicated to the rights of disable
people. Disability rights were,
however, recognized in the Cana
Universal design: Is an anticipatory set of
principles to make a space as fully inclusive
Constitution, and specifically in
as possible Section 15 of the Canadian Chart
Rights and Freedoms. You can fin
the Canadian Charter of Rights a
Freedoms here. Disability rights w
also addressed in the Canadian
The United Nations Human Rights Act of 1977, which
prohibits discrimination based on
Convention on the Rights of the following grounds:
of Persons with
Disabilities •
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race;
national or ethnic origin;
• colour;
The United Nations’ Convention on the Rights of • religion;
Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) is a human • age;
rights treaty committed to promoting civil rights • sex;
and respect for the dignity of disabled people • sexual orientation;
internationally. Significantly, the Convention was • marital status;
written by people with disabilities. • family status;
• disability; and
• a conviction for which a pardon h
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been granted or a record suspen
In July of 2019, the Accessible Canada
came into effect. According to the
government of Canada, the purpose o
Act is to “ensure a barrier-free Canada
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