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Disability Awareness Month on St Kitts - Nevis
2010-05-17 18:57:11 by
Under the theme "Accessibility: Creating a more inclusive Nation," the St. Kitts-Nevis Association of Persons with Disabilities (SKNAPD) and the St. Kitts Society for the Blind are celebrating the third Annual Disability Awareness Month now, in May.
The scope of the endeavor is international, as SKNAPD is a member organization of Disabled Peoples International (DPI), a grassroots, cross-disability network with member organizations in over 110 countries -- over half of which are in the developing world. DPI was one of the organisations which conferred with the United Nations when the Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities was drafted.
The Convention was adopted by the UN on December 13, 2006, and has the explicit purpose to promote, protect and ensure the full and equal enjoyment of all human rights and fundamental freedoms by all persons with disabilities, and to promote respect for their inherent dignity. As of March 31, the Convention had 144 signatories and 84 parties, but the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis is not among them.
SKNAPD President Anthony A. Mills' next major goal is to encourage legislative action in the Federation on the issue of changing the building codes to improve accessibility to disabled persons. "We would like to see the building codes revised by the end of this year," he said, noting that significant economic benefits could accrue to the country by doing so.
The codes would benefit visitors with disabilities as well as residents, he said.
The scope of the endeavor is international, as SKNAPD is a member organization of Disabled Peoples International (DPI), a grassroots, cross-disability network with member organizations in over 110 countries -- over half of which are in the developing world. DPI was one of the organisations which conferred with the United Nations when the Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities was drafted.
The Convention was adopted by the UN on December 13, 2006, and has the explicit purpose to promote, protect and ensure the full and equal enjoyment of all human rights and fundamental freedoms by all persons with disabilities, and to promote respect for their inherent dignity. As of March 31, the Convention had 144 signatories and 84 parties, but the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis is not among them.
SKNAPD President Anthony A. Mills' next major goal is to encourage legislative action in the Federation on the issue of changing the building codes to improve accessibility to disabled persons. "We would like to see the building codes revised by the end of this year," he said, noting that significant economic benefits could accrue to the country by doing so.
The codes would benefit visitors with disabilities as well as residents, he said.