December 3rd is International Day of Persons with Disabilities. Approximately 15% of the world’s population, roughly 1.3 billion people, have one or more disabilities.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, approximately 22.5 percent(3) of working-age people with disabilities were employed in 2023, compared to 65.8 percent(4) of the non-disabled population. The CRPD ...

Uzbekistan ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) in 2021. The World Bank has helped the support the country's efforts to advance on disability rights by ensuring ...

BRUSSELS/MONTEVIDEO — The world's population is aging. Global life expectancy has leapt to 73.3 years from younger than 65 in 1995. Around the world, there are now 1.1 billion people aged 60 and ...

by Sanya Samtani. On 7 May 2025, the Constitutional Court of South Africa handed down judgment in Blind SA v President of the Republic of South Africa and Others [2025] ZACC 9 (‘Blind SA II’).The ...

Judy Heumann, who has been called the “mother of the disability rights movement, has died at 75. Heumann, who lost her ability to walk at age 2 after contracting polio, lobbied for legislation ...

Understanding reasonable accommodation: The 2016 RPwD Act, which aligns with the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, aims to promote, protect, and ensure the full ...

For example, when the UN Committee on the Convention of Rights of Persons with Disabilities met in June 2024, we decided to participate. Because we did so, we also brought a very critical public ...

This year, the 16th session of the Conference of States Parties to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (COSP16) brought critical discussions, ...

“The Department of Energy’s decision to pursue a direct final rule to implement radical changes that affect people with disabilities defies logic, federal disability protections, and every standard ...

Section 504 was a landmark piece of legislation, giving equal protection under the law for persons with disabilities. Yet, without the regulations being signed into law, it could not be implemented.