“UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- The General Assembly approved the first U.N. convention enshrining the rights of the world's 650 million disabled people, a blueprint aimed at ending discrimination and exclusion of the physically and mentally impaired in education, jobs, and everyday life.
The convention requires countries to guarantee freedom from exploitation and abuse for the disabled, while protecting rights they already have -- such as ensuring voting rights for the blind and providing wheelchair-accessible buildings.
…theoretically there should be no need for a convention because people with disabilities are included in existing human rights conventions. But the marginalization of the world's disabled people clearly indicated the need for a convention of their own.” (CNN)
I wonder if the Convention defines disability. Does it include obesity? Does this mean the 600-pound American guy is entitled to two seats on a flight? Or does he just get a seatbelt extension...and a miserable seat mate?
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