Accessible Urban Space

SOCIAL INCLUSION: The recognition that both the rights and the opportunity to participate in and enjoy all aspects of human life enables individuals and com- munities to celebrate their diversity and recognize and act on their responsibilities. [...] This attitude he World Urban Forum was they need for participation in the places responsibility on the person established by the United Nations day-to-day activities of community with the disability to “fi x” them- to examine one of the most press- life, such as work, learning, social selves in order to integrate with ing issues facing the world today: and leisure activities, and civic society, or [...] The acknowledge and accommodate a Universal design is an ap- theme of this third session of WUF diversity of abilities in order to take proach to the design of environ- focuses on sustainable cities, with advantage of the complete wealth ments, products, and services to a sub-theme of social inclusion and of energy and talent available to make them useable for as many cohesion. [...] It is distinct from debate and negotiation in people with disabilities is attitudes—stereotypes that agreement is not a goal; the process is undertak- and prejudices about physical, cognitive, and social en to allow the participants to examine and challenge impairments—that impedes the ability of others to assumptions, and receive the opportunity to reach recognize them as members of the community [...] In However, none of the Goals make organization participant in the Ad Hoc addition there are articles on mon- reference to the precarious situ- Committee on the International Conven- itoring, as well as legal articles ation of persons with disabilities, tion on the Rights of Persons with Disabili- on bringing the convention into nor provide for the inclusion of ties (ICRPD) and is anticipating com