Dozens of adults with learning disabilities and autism in South Yorkshire are "locked up" in mental health hospitals, new ...

(New York) – Mariana Lozano, a young activist from Colombia, is the 2023 recipient of the Human Rights Watch Marca Bristo Fellowship for Leadership in Disability Rights, Human Rights Watch announced ...

Comprehensive vision of human experience Our local schools and public institutions are the bedrock of our democracy and society. Honoring the disability community's human rights is a global challenge.

Disabled students continue to face barriers constructed and enforced by our schools. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization estimates that, globally, children with ...

Although over a quarter of adults in the United States have a disability, people with disabilities account for only 10% of the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) workforce 1,2.

The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its Optional Protocol (A/RES/61/106) was adopted on 13 December 2006 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, and was opened for ...

In Canada, ongoing advocacy efforts from disabled communities have resulted in an evolution of education over time. Generally speaking, “inclusive education” promises the equitable inclusion of ...