Document 1991
 DOCN  M94A1991
 TI    AIDS and disability.
 DT    9412
 AU    Butler D; World Institute on Disability, Oakland, CA 94612-1500.
 SO    Int Conf AIDS. 1994 Aug 7-12;10(1):405 (abstract no. PD0229). Unique
       Identifier : AIDSLINE ICA10/94370584
 AB    HIV-related disability is an international AIDS issue. In industrialized
       nations, treatment advances and early identification of HIV infection
       means that people are now living for years with HIV as a chronic disease
       and a disability. AIDS-related visual, hearing, mobility, speech, and
       neurological and psychiatric disabilities are prevalent. As disabled
       people, people living with HIV face similar issues faced by other
       disabled people: they need access to an affordable and comprehensive
       continuum of health and social services; need personal assistance
       services and long term care; need rehabilitation; need accommodations to
       main employment; need to fight stereotypic societal attitudes; and need
       civil rights and human rights protections. Due to the escalating
       pandemic in developing countries, AIDS will soon become the most
       prevalent disabling condition in the world. With no cure for AIDS in
       sight, as the epidemic continues, the devastating social consequences
       such as the loss of human potential, economic losses, widespread
       societal discrimination and human rights abuses will pervade. The
       Disability Community has dealt with similar issues facing people with
       HIV/AIDS for over 20 years. People with HIV have benefitted from the
       work of people with disabilities--specifically the landmark passage of
       the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The ADA specifically
       prohibits discrimination on the basis of HIV status. The disability
       rights and independent living movement in the U.S. provides an
       interesting model on methods to organize communities, deliver services
       and advocate for civil rights laws to protect people with AIDS
       worldwide. The World Institute on Disability (WID) a public policy
       center in California will present its disability and human rights
       perspective as it applies to persons with HIV/AIDS, and share its work
       creating new service models for persons with HIV/AIDS.
 DE    Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/EPIDEMIOLOGY/PHYSIOPATHOLOGY/
       *REHABILITATION  California  Disabled/LEGISLATION &
       JURISPRUD/*REHABILITATION/STATISTICS &  NUMER DATA  Human  Human Rights
       HIV Infections/EPIDEMIOLOGY/PHYSIOPATHOLOGY/*REHABILITATION  Prevalence
       United States/EPIDEMIOLOGY  MEETING ABSTRACT

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