I thought that some of you may be interested:

The UN General Assembly adopted the Convention on the Rights of Persons
with Disabilities on December 13, 2006.  This was a tremendous
achievement for all who had worked so hard over the past 5 years and
even before that, to put disability on the human rights agenda.  

It is expected that the U.S. disability movement will campaign for the
United States to sign and ratify the Convention.  While the U.S. had
announced at the beginning of the process that they would never sign,
this appears to have changed and they are considering a signature. 

The Convention in its final form can be seen at  
http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/enable/rights/convtexte.htm

Daphne




Daphne Greenberg
Assistant Professor
Educational Psych. & Special Ed.
Georgia State University
P.O. Box 3979
Atlanta, Georgia 30302-3979
phone: 404-651-0127
fax:404-651-4901
dgreenberg at gsu.edu

Daphne Greenberg
Associate Director
Center for the Study of Adult Literacy
Georgia State University
P.O. Box 3977
Atlanta, Georgia 30302-3977
phone: 404-651-0127
fax:404-651-4901
dgreenberg at gsu.edu