Human Rights: Disability Rights

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Disability Rights By: Gabee Wymer People with disabilities are all around us. You may not even realize when someone has a disability because not all disabilities affect physical appearance. Sometimes seeing this takes an emotional toll on people. They are often taken aback by what they have experienced and most people do not understand mental or physical disabilities and the rights that come along with having a disability. But what are these rights exactly? Dudley writes, "Achieving a consensus on what constitutes human rights has been a challenge for the political leaders and others responsible for protecting human rights" (Dudley 20). People all over the world have different ideas and opinions on what constitutes as a human right. People are split between where human rights come from. Some believe that God created them and others believe that human rights come from laws. Some also believe that the human rights are inherent to natural law (Dudley 11). The origin of human rights is solely based upon opinion. But it is not an opinion on which human rights should protect all of those who are human. Those who suffer from mental and physical disabilities should not be excluded from having human rights or treated unfairly because of their disability. Children with disabilities are often overlooked by adults and children who do not …show more content…

Human rights should qualify with all humans. Not just those who do not need to receive extra care. If individuals with disabilities had proper human rights they might receive less discrimination and they might be able to live on their own while supporting themselves with an education and a steady job. Therefore, individuals suffering from a disability are just like individuals not suffering from a disability and they deserved to be treated the

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