3121.0 Disabilities in light of the UN Convention on Disabilities

Monday, October 31, 2011: 10:30 AM
Oral
This session will analyze key provisions of the UN Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Application of these provisions for both children and adults with mental and intellectual disabilities will be discussed. Examples of the difficulties persons with disabilities face in society will be given. A global perspective on progress toward the UN Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Ukraine will be presented.
Session Objectives: Identify key provisions of the UN Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Describe application of the key provisions for children and adults with mental and intellectual disabilities. Evaluate progress toward the UN Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Ukraine.
Organizer:
L. Louise Ivanov, PhD, RN
Moderator:
L. Louise Ivanov, DNS, RN

10:30 AM
Equality framework emerging from the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) and its implications for mental health treatment interventions
Alison A. Hillman de Velásquez, JD
10:50 AM
Children with Disabilities in Ukraine: Progress towards the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Heather Witter, BS
     
11:10 AM
Advocacy and the Disabled Child
Charmaine Fitzig, RN, DrPH
     
  
11:30 AM
Protection of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities for People with Intellectual Disabilities
Robert D. Dinerstein, PhD

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by: APHA-International Human Rights Committee

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH)

See more of: APHA-International Human Rights Committee
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