The Rights of the Disabled

Excerpts from the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Disabled Persons:
- Disabled persons have the inherent right to respect for their human dignity.
- Disabled persons have the same civil and political rights as other human beings.
- Disabled persons are entitled to the measures designed to enable them to become as self-reliant as possible.
- Disabled persons have the right to medical (and other) treatment....and to services which will enable them to develop their capabilities....and will hasten their social integration or re-integration.
- Disabled persons have the right....to secure and retain employment.
- Disabled persons have the right to live with their families....if their stay in a specialized establishment is indispensable, the living conditions shall be as close as possible to normal.
- Disabled persons shall be protected against...treatment of discriminatory, abusive or degrading nature.