Inclusive Rights, Values and Ethics . . .and Persons with Disabilities

Values and ethics inform and shape the social construction of our societies and the general socio-economic realities of all people. The basic values of societies around the world contribute to "exclusion and marginalization" of people with intellectual and other disabilities. This is evident in:

• The increasing use of genetic technologies to identify disability;
• The growing gap between mortality rates for children with disabilities and the general population;
• The disproportionate vulnerability of persons with disabilities to violence and abuse;
• The active discrimination in many immigration systems around the world that serve to deny immigration to a person with a disability based on outdated stereotypes and assumptions that persons with disabilities impose an excessive burden.

These trends result from exclusionary values and ethics and institutionalized discussions that are, for the most part, unregulated. Many countries lack the legal/political infrastructure to . . .respond to new and emerging threats to the value and dignity of persons with disabilities. - CACL Brochure