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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
SOURCE: National Library of Medicine. NOTICE: This material may be
protected by Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.Code).