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Inclusion International promotes the International day of Disabled People by calling for the right to life
[Last updated Monday, December 3, 2007]
In celebration of the International Day of Disabled People II calls on governments to recognize the right of people with intellectual disabilities to
1. Affirm the value, dignity and worth of all people including those with an intellectual disability.
2. Advocate for the ethical and moral questions concerning prenatal testing and genetic engineering to be addressed both at the international and national level. Persons with intellectual disabilities and their families must be part of this debate and decision making.
3. Stress the need for appropriate information, counselling and support services for parents when a disability is found to be present during pregnancy. This to include information on the value, dignity and worth of persons with disabilities.
4. Call for greater education on disability awareness for parents and for those health professionals who are involved at either the prenatal or postnatal stages of child birth.
5. Advocate for improved early intervention services for disability so that parents will be aware of the assistance that can be made available if their child is born with a disability.
6. Demand that the presence of a disability during pregnancy must never become automatic justification for termination.
International Conventions and National laws must respect the right for a person to be born with a disability - on an equal basis to others.
This position was approved at the last Council meeting that took place on 30th Nov and 1st Dec in London, UK and will subsequently go the next GA in 2008.
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