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2. Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

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   The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities [1] is an international human rights treaty of the United Nations intended to protect the rights and dignity of persons with disabilities. Parties to the convention are required to promote, protect, and ensure the full enjoyment of human rights by persons with disabilities and ensure ...

3. United Nations' International Day of Persons with Disabilities

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   The Disability flag created for this day. International Day of Persons with Disabilities (December 3) is an international observance promoted by the United Nations since 1992. It has been observed with varying degrees of success around the planet. The observance of the Day aims to promote an understanding of disability issues and mobilize ...

4. 'We have an untapped group here': A career fair for disabled ...

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   Majority of disabled people don't have a job. In February, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said last year 22.5% of people with a disability were employed “the highest recorded ratio since ...

5. Supported employment - Wikipedia

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   Supported employment was developed in the United States in the 1970s as part of both vocational rehabilitation (VR) services (e.g., NYS Office of Vocational Services, 1978) and the advocacy for long term services and supports (LTSS) for individuals with significant disabilities in competitive job placements in integrated settings (e.g ...

6. Accessibility - Wikipedia

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   Accessibility is the design of products, devices, services, vehicles, or environments so as to be usable by people with disabilities. [1] The concept of accessible design and practice of accessible development ensures both "direct access" (i.e. unassisted) and "indirect access" meaning compatibility with a person's assistive technology [2] (for ...

7. Disability in Japan - Wikipedia

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   In Japan, a person with a disability is defined as: "a person whose daily life or life in society is substantially limited over the long term due to a physical disability or mental disability". [1] : 125 Japan ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) on 20 January 2014.