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Disability
Rights &
Removing Physical Restrictions on Participation in Society
"
I believe that there will ultimately be a clash between the oppressed
and those that do the oppressing. I believe that there will be a
clash between those who want freedom, justice and equality for everyone
and those who want to continue the systems of exploitation."
Malcolm
X
New United Nations Disability Rights Convention
On 3 May 2008, the 2006 United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities became an International Legal Instrument.
It was not generally expected that this would happen for at least another 3-5 years.
But .... wonders will never cease !
However, the Continuing Ratification of this Convention and its Optional Protocol
must be Monitored very closely.
Article 11 (Situations of Risk) imposes obligations on all States Parties,
National/Local Authorities Having Jurisdiction (AHJ's), Building Designers & Fire Engineers.
People with disabilities now have a right, recognized in international law, to equal opportunity and
non-discrimination in matters of building fire safety, protection and evacuation.
ISO Standard 21542 on Accessibility-for-All of Public Buildings
In March 2009, there was an overwhelming vote in favour of taking
this document to the DIS (Draft International Standard)
stage in its development.
All going well, publication is expected towards the end of 2011.
European Union Policy Framework
Achievement
of Equality of Opportunity & Social Inclusion
For Every Person in the European Union (E.U.)
(refer to EU Council Resolution 97/C 12/01)
Preferred
EU Organization Framework
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Here to Download PDF
(PDF File, 65kb)
- 1971
Declaration on the Rights of Mentally Retarded Persons
- 1975
Declaration on the Rights of Disabled Persons
- 1991
Principles for the Protection of Persons with Mental Illness
and the Improvement of Mental Health Care
- 2002
Study - Human Rights & Disability
(PDF File, 1.48Mb)
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| Today
.... what is the real condition of people in each country of
Europe ? |
| Do
you know ? |
Amnesty
International - Irish Section
Mental
Illness - The Neglected Quarter
Supporting the rights of the one in four Irish people affected
by mental illness.
The first campaign of its type in any national section of AI.
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Here to Download PDF
(PDF File, 773kb)
Special Olympics in Ireland - June 2003
Multinational
Study of Attitudes Toward Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities
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Here to Download PDF
(PDF File, 148kb)
| People
with Activity Limitations |
| Those
people, of all ages, who are unable to perform, independently and
without aid, basic human activities or tasks - because of a health
condition or physical / mental / cognitive / psychological impairment
of a permanent or temporary nature. |
| Physical Participation Restriction |
This
phrase refers not only to an architectural barrier which prevents
a person using a wheelchair
from entering a building, e.g. approach steps or a narrow door
opening, but also to
an institutional barrier which limits the opportunity of employment
for a single parent,
e.g. lack of childcare facilities in a place of work. |
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Houthalen, Belgium
12th - 14th October, 1999
Protection of People with Disabilities
In or Near Buildings
During a Fire,
or Fire Related Incident
C J Walsh
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Here
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| Accessibility
of a Building |
Ease
of independent approach, entry and/or use of a building and
its services and facilities, by all of the building's potential
users ~ with an assurance of individual Health, Safety and Welfare
during the course of those activities.
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which
must be overlaid by ....
| Accessibility
of the Built & Virtual Environments |
Ease
of independent mobility throughout the built and virtual environments,
and/or use of the facilities, services and information available
in those environments, by any person or group of people ~ with
an assurance of individual Health, Safety and Welfare, and group
Wellbeing, during the course of those activities.
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Facilitator
(2001 WHO ICF) |
Any
environmental factor which, through its presence or absence,
improves activity and functioning, or reduces disability.
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An Examination of Disability
in the context of
Sustainable Human & Social Development |
| C J Walsh |
(Original Paper July 2000 - Published
by McGraw-Hill in USA)
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The new World
Health Organization's International Classification
of Functioning, Disability and Health heralds not only
a dramatic change in the language and philosophy of 'disability',
which is both positive and liberating, but the possibility of creating
a more tangible, interactive relationship with mainstream society,
because of its reference to the following 'Contextual Factors' ........
(a) Environmental
:
Those factors which are external, or extrinsic, to the context
of a person's life and living, e.g. the physical world and its
features, other people in different roles, social attitudes and
values, institutional policies and action programmes, legislation,
service and support systems in society ;
(b) Personal
:
Those factors which are internal, or intrinsic, to the context
of a person's life and living, e.g. age, gender, level of education,
socio-economic status, and life experiences.
On the other
hand, social turbulence in Europe since the end of the Cold War,
demographic / global warming / ozone depletion pressures, and the
value-driven legislation of the European Union (E.U.) are combining
to alter, perceptibly, the popular consensus concerning future human
development.
This Paper examines
'disability' and 'contextual factors' from the broad perspective
of Sustainable
Human and Social Development . It remains, then, for
the reader to decide whether or not the concepts of 'Universal Design'
/ 'Design-for-All' are sufficiently elastic to remain on the European
Disability Agenda for the short term - up to the year 2010.
May
2001 Update - Presented at the Montreal World Congress
' Inclusion by Design : Planning the Barrier-Free World '
1st - 5th June, 2001
After much effort, a reference to Sustainable Social Development
was included in the 2001 Montreal International Declaration ........
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French
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2001
Montreal International
Declaration on Social Inclusion
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English
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download PDF
(231kb)
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New International Classification of Functioning,
Disability and Health (ICF)
While traditional health indicators have been based on the mortality
(i.e. death) rates of populations, the ICF now dramatically shifts
the focus to 'life' and 'living' - how everyone is living with his/her
health condition(s) and how improvements can be made to ensure a
productive, fulfilling life in society. This has implications for
medical practice ; for law, social, economic, institutional, design
and spatial planning policies to improve accessibility, equal opportunity
and inclusion ; and for the protection of the rights of all individuals
and groups.
Beta-2
Draft - Full Version
July 1999
WHO's
Family of International Classifications
European Year of People with Disabilities
English
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download PDF
(222kb) |
Towards a Barrier-Free Europe for People
with Disabilities
European Commission Communication
Brussels 2000-05-12
COM(2000) 284 final
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French
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(222kb) |
European
Union 2003 Expert Group on Accessibility
Established
by the European Commission - DG Employment & Social Affairs
for
2003 - European Year of People with Disabilities
C J Walsh is a Member of this Group
Meetings
of the EU Expert Group in Brussels, Belgium
Friday,
8th November 2002
Monday, 20th January 2003
Monday & Tuesday, 12th-13th May 2003
Wednesday, 25th June 2003
Wednesday, 10th September 2003
Saturday, 6th December 2003 (in Rome, Italy)
Minutes of 1st Meeting in Brussels - 8th November 2002
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Some Subsequent Submissions by C J Walsh
Final
Draft Report of the EU Expert Group
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(PDF File, 285kb)
A New European Context for Accessibility : 2010
European Day of People with Disabilities
Brussels Conference Report - 2 & 3 December 2004
Creating the Conditions to Promote the Employment of People with Disabilities
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(PDF File, 318kb)
3rd Draft - December 2008
Proposed International Standard (ISO) on Accessibility-for-All
Guidelines & Recommendations on building fire safety, protection and evacuation-for-all
are being incorporated into the Main Body of this Standard by CJ Walsh.
These Guidelines & Recommendations have an essential empirical and rational basis
in the 2 NIST Final Reports (2005 & 2008) issued after the 9-11 WTC Incident at New York.
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November 2009
Draft ISO Standard on Accessibility-for-All of Public Buildings
Publication is expected during the second half of 2010.
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(PDF File, 4.17Mb)
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'Access by Design' Magazine
January/April 1990
Issue 51
European Construction Products
Directive 89/106/EEC
- A Step Backwards for
Barrier-Free Design ?
C J Walsh
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to View
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United
Nations Standard Rules
on the Equalization
of Opportunities for Persons
with Disabilities
(1993)
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PDF
(PDF File, 61kb)
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Promoting the Artistic Creativity and Social Wellbeing
of People with Activity Limitations
VSA arts
was founded in 1974 by Ms Jean Kennedy Smith
as an affiliate of the
John F Kennedy Centre for the Performing Arts |
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to view the PDF files. Accessibility
of PDF for people with disabilities |
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