Category: Health

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The Inter-American Court of Human Rights’ “Right to Care”

New directions for disability advocacy and organizing in the Americas?

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Persons with Disabilities’ Sexual and Reproductive Rights in Latin America and the Caribbean

Reflections on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women (in Spanish and in English)

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Major Changes to U.S. Disability Law and Policy Continue

Anticipating the likely consequences for the disability community of the largest-ever cuts to Medicaid

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Access to Health Systems for Older Persons in Conflict Areas

The second event in UNITAR’s virtual roundtable series ‘Mainstreaming Knowledge on Ageing’

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What to Know and Do about Ongoing Changes to U.S. Disability Law and Policy

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Mental Health and Climate Change

When a global crisis and planetary emergency collide

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Access to Health and Social Care Services

UNITAR’s fourth 2023 Mainstreaming Knowledge on Ageing roundtable event

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Artificial Intelligence in Mental Health

Strategies for avoiding potential data harms

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Mental Health, Legal Capacity, and Human Rights

Harvard Law School Library Book Talk with Professors Vikram Patel and Michael Ashley Stein

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Respecting Autonomy in Health Care, Research, and All Areas of Life

What persons with disabilities want and how to make it happen

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Mental Health, Human Rights, and Legal Capacity

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Disability and Diversity in Medical Education

The need to prevent ableism and discrimination in medical school admissions

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Climate Change and the Right to Health of People with Disabilities

Lancet piece urges greater disability inclusion in climate change mitigation and adaption measures

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Disability Bias in Health Care

Unearthing the influence of bias on health care policies and clinical decision-making

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Book Launch: Mental Health, Legal Capacity, and Human Rights

October 8 @ 10:00 am – 11:15 am

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Disruptions of Dignity:

COVID-19 and the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Latin America

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Annual Champion Gathering, Mahesana, Gujarat

Mobilizing for the Rights of Persons with Psychosocial Disabilities in India

Lessons from the Centre for Mental Health Law & Policy’s work during the COVID-19 pandemic

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Special Education Policies During COVID-19

Lessons from a Survey of United States School Districts

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Do Polio Eradication Efforts Overlook the 20 Million People Living with It?

Why the battle against polio cannot be won through eradication alone

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Harvard Law Today: Investigating mask mandate bans

Executive Director Michael Stein says the Department of Education should go beyond the Americans with Disabilities Act in investigating state bans against mandating face coverings

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Guachalá Chimbo v. Ecuador

Inter-American Court of Human Rights Vindicates Persons with Disabilities’ Right to Receive Health on the Basis of Informed Consent

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Disclosing and Treating Invisible Disabilities

Disclosure, ethics, and bias

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COVID-19 & Disability:

A Holistic Examination of Pandemic Impact

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