Re: Issues with the UN Convention

Hello Rashmi, Edward, and members of the COGA community group,

Thank you for starting to take a look at this UN Convention on the Rights
of Persons with Disabilities.

To clarify: please look at all of the articles, or at least as many as you
can. Most are quite short.

I've created a new document since Lisa is currently on holiday and is not
able to share hers at the moment:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1m8nWqlFdrJWsV-tf_h7Y2MZEwiL-VFb4Y-aunh4_RW0/edit?usp=sharing

Looking forward to continuing this conversation.

Warmly,

Rain

On Wed, Sep 15, 2021 at 9:08 PM Rashmi RK <rashmirkatakwar@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello Folks,
>               I also started looking at the UN Convention draft.I want to
> know if we have to check content for all the links on the page the UN
> Convention Draft
> <https://www.un.org/development/desa/disabilities/convention-on-the-rights-of-persons-with-disabilities.html>
> in the right sidebar(below* The CRPD*) and below *Optional Protocol* or
> only the 50 articles
> <https://www.un.org/development/desa/disabilities/convention-on-the-rights-of-persons-with-disabilities/convention-on-the-rights-of-persons-with-disabilities-2.html>
> .
> Thanks.
> Best Regards,
> Rashmi
>
>
> On Tue, Sep 14, 2021 at 1:17 PM Lisa Seeman <lisa1seeman@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> Hi Folks
>> I started looking at the UN Convention and it is open to being
>> interpreted in a highly discriminatory way.
>>
>> For example article 1 states:
>>
>> "Persons with disabilities include those who have long-term physical,
>> mental, intellectual or sensory impairments which in interaction with
>> various barriers may hinder their full and effective participation in
>> society on an equal basis with others".
>>
>> physical, mental, intellectual or sensory does not clarify that this
>> also includes learning and cognitive. It is critical that we clarify that
>> these groups are included even when IQ (intellectual) and mental health (also
>> called a mental illness) are not affected.
>>
>>
>> I made google docs
>> <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1meD06mSclKFIX7U5fOz58thqgAT6jEVLkATiprG-FH8/edit?usp=sharing>
>> to collect comments.  I think it is very important.
>>
>>
>>
>> All the best
>>
>> Lisa
>>
>