Rights of people with disability

Guide to Disability Rights Laws | ADA.gov

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ... The ADA prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in employment, State and local government, public ...

Know Your Rights | Disability Rights | ACLU

Federal law protects people with disabilities from discrimination in employment. · You do not have to inform an employer of your disability when you apply for a ...

Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities | OHCHR

Reaffirming the universality, indivisibility, interdependence and interrelatedness of all human rights and fundamental freedoms and the need for persons with ...

ADA.gov: The Americans with Disabilities Act

Disability rights are civil rights. From voting to parking, the ADA is a law that protects people with disabilities in many areas of public life.

Your rights under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) | USAGov

Your rights under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ... The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) protects your disability rights. Learn ...

Americans with Disabilities Act | U.S. Department of Labor

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities in several areas, including employment, transportation, ...

Civil Rights for People With Disabilities | The Arc

Disability rights are human rights. The Arc works to promote and protect hard-won civil rights protections because everyone deserves to be included and live ...

Disability Rights Section | United States Department of Justice

The Disability Rights Section (DRS) works to achieve equal opportunity for people with disabilities in the United States by implementing the Americans with ...

Promoting the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Persons with disabilities have the same rights as all people to non-discrimination, access, equality of opportunity, inclusion and full ...

Disability Main | HUD.gov / U.S. Department of Housing and Urban ...

Federal nondiscrimination laws provide housing protections for individuals with disabilities. These protections apply in most private housing, state and local ...

Declaration on the Rights of Disabled Persons | OHCHR

Disabled persons have the right to economic and social security and to a decent level of living. They have the right, according to their capabilities, to secure ...

Disability Rights - Illinois Attorney General

People with disabilities are entitled, as a matter of law, to fair and equal opportunities in all aspects of society. The Attorney General's Disability ...

Fact Sheet: Promoting the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

2) Increase knowledge of disability rights among State. Department and USAID personnel and ensure the inclusion of disabled persons into all aspects of their.

Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

The purpose of the Convention is to promote, protect and ensure the full enjoyment of all human rights and fundamental freedoms by all persons with ...

American Association of People with Disabilities

As a national disability-led and cross-disability rights organization, AAPD advocates for full civil rights for over 60 million Americans with disabilities.

Disability Rights | Human Rights Watch

Worldwide, more than 1 billion individuals have a disability. In many countries, people with disabilities face countless abuses: they are denied the chance ...

Your Employment Rights as an Individual with a Disability

If you have a disability and are qualified to do a job, the ADA protects you from job discrimination on the basis of your disability. Under the ...

15. Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities - UNTC

Model Instruments, Titles of Treaties, League of Nations Treaties, Status of treaties (1959-2009), Registration & Publication, UN Treaty Series, Monthly ...

Rights Of Persons With Disabilities - Department of Justice

Description of the Laws We Use in Our Disability Rights Work. The Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act (CRIPA), 42 U.S.C. § 1997a, ...

United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities ...

The purpose of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) is to promote, protect and ensure the full and equal enjoyment of ...