Human Diversity and Human Rights Disability Studies

International Disability Rights Paper: (6 – 8 double-spaced pages).

For this assignment, you will choose
TWO

countries
other than the US and write a short paper about disability advocacy in those countries, comparing and contrasting the two. Please use at least
7 scholarly sources
and cite them at the conclusion of your paper. For each country, address the following:
• Describe the ways in which disabled people have historically been treated by the majority of cultures. In what ways do the two countries differ in terms of their treatment of disabled people? Give specific examples if at all possible.
• Discuss the rise of disability advocacy in each country, again comparing and contrasting the two. What, if any, specific actions or events precipitated the advocacy?
• Who have been the main leaders of each movement? Give brief biographies.
• To what extent have the efforts been led by disabled people themselves versus family members/service providers, etc.? To what extent has the advocacy in each county been limited to a specific impairment group or has it been cross-disability?
• To what extent has the advocacy in each country focused on specific areas of access (e.g., education, employment, housing, etc.). How has the advocacy in each country been different, and how has it been similar? What do you think are the reasons behind these similarities and differences?
• What has each movement accomplished? How do the countries differ in terms of what their focus has been regarding the rights of disabled people? What are the major laws and policies in each country that have been enacted to promote the civil/human rights of disabled people?
Discuss the extent to which, within each county, these policies have been successfully implemented and have actually advanced the rights and opportunities of disabled people. Discuss any limitations or rollbacks of these policies. To what extent do they benefit some impairment groups more than others? How and why?
• Discuss the future of disability advocacy in each country. What are the main agenda items? What mechanisms are currently to accomplish these goals?