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On a tour of the United Nations Accessibility Centre for the audio, visual, and physically impaired today, United States Senator Tom Harkin said that “when you make a system better for a person with a disability it makes it better for people without disabilities.”
In an interview with UN Radio, Mr. Harkin, who is the lead advocate for disability rights in the US Congress, explained why he was so passionate about the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD).
“Well, it means that we now have a global effort to make things more accessible for everyone for all persons with disabilities in education, in transportation, communication, everything,” Mr. Harkins said.
“The CRPD means raising standards all globally for persons with disabilities and, if I might add, what we have found at least in the united states and I'm sure in other countries too, that when you make a system better for a person with a disability its makes it better for people without disabilities,” the Senator added.
The Senator's visit to the Accessibility Centre in New York comes after the recent Senate's rejection of the Convention (CRPD).
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