[games_access] US Kills UN CRPD.... :( (Steve Spohn)

[Sandra Uhling]

Hi

I am sorry, but the level of the USA is very low.
The UN CRPD is much much much much much higher!

Example: Education Games
USA: give the kid an alternative, e.g. a book
UN CRPD: make the game accessible as possible

Best regards,
Sandra

> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: games_access-bounces at igda.org [mailto:games_access-bounces at igda.org]
Im
> Auftrag von Ian Hamilton
> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 5. Dezember 2012 10:01
> An: games_access at igda.org
> Betreff: Re: [games_access] US Kills UN CRPD.... :( (Steve Spohn)
> 
> 
> The entire thing was a pretty poor show from both sides. The supporters
based
> their case on patriotic flag waving, making shameful false claims about
the US
> leading the way, already being compliant, and that ratification was about
> getting other countries to implement US laws.. making easy pickings for
the
> opposition, who were able to use the holes in the case for together with
> things like home schooling as a smokescreen for the real reason for
> opposition.
> 
> Have a watch of the Santorum and co. press conference, they stated very
> clearly that things like home schooling are just minor details, and even
if
> those widely publicised objections were amended they still would do
everything
> they could to block ratification, the reason (stated several times) being
that
> they don't want ANY Americans to have any kind of social or economic
rights,
> as that's "a march towards Soviet block socialism".
> 
> Fair point. Despite what the supporters (inc. DOJ) claimed, ratification
would
> indeed require changes to the law, replacing the ADA (now outdated
compared to
> UNCRPD based legislation, like the UK's recent Equalities Act) with
something
> that included social and economic rights (UNCRPD states rights to equal
access
> to employment opportunities, recreation, leisure and inclusion in
society).
> 
> So yes, fair point by the opposition.. that is, so long as you think that
> discrimination against people with disabilities in these areas is fine,
and
> all that matters is the current access to basic public/government
services.
> 
> As for it being a US led initiative to implement US laws overseas, here's
the
> reality:
> 
> http://www.un.org/disabilities/documents/maps/enablemap.jpg
> 
> 
> It's not the last time that the UNCRPD will be raised in the US.
Considering
> it is meant to be a non-partisan issue hopefully next time it'll be able
to
> get through thanks to both sides debating it based on fact rather than
> ideology, and hopefully next time it won't be raised during a lame duck
> session too, that hardly helped.
> 
> Hopefully a situation like the UN convention on the rights of the child
can be
> avoided. Here's the global state of ratification for that:
> 
>
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f2/Convention_on_the_Rights_
of
> _the_Child.svg
> 
> 
> Only three countries in the world haven't ratified. South Sudan because
the
> country has only just been created. Somalia as they haven't had a proper
> government in place for long enough to implement, but there's wide public
> support and they are moving towards ratification.
> 
> 
> And then the USA, because the convention mentions social and economic
rights,
> staunchly opposed by conservative senators, which they argued against
using
> home schooling choice as a cover. Sound familiar?
> 
> 
> Ian
> 
> >
> > Message: 2
> > Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2012 23:09:02 -0500
> > From: Michelle Hinn <michellehinn at gmail.com>
> > Subject: [games_access] US Kills UN CRPD.... :(
> > To: IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List <games_access at igda.org>
> > Message-ID:
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> >
> > Well if you haven't heard this by now, here's what happened with CRPD
> > as far as US involvement...
> >
> > http://maddowblog.msnbc.com/_news/2012/12/04/15675104-senate-gop-kills
> > -disabilities-treaty
> >
> > Sigh...
> >
> > Michelle
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > Message: 3
> > Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2012 00:25:41 -0500
> > From: Steve Spohn <steve at ablegamers.com>
> > Subject: Re: [games_access] US Kills UN CRPD.... :(
> > To: IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List <games_access at igda.org>
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> >
> > Thanks, Republicans! jerks
> >
>