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10 years ago we said yes to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
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The Convention on the
Rights of Persons with Disabilities
is very important.
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We call it the CRPD for short!
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The CRPD is a document
that shows the rights
of people with disabilities.
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People with disabilities include
people with autism.
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“Rights” mean things you can
and cannot do.
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The United Nations
wrote the document.
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The United Nations harmonizes
the actions of countries
around the world.
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The CRPD says that
people with disabilities have
the same rights as other people.
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In December 2010,
the European Union ratified
the CRPD.
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The European Union is a group
of 27 countries in Europe.
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To “ratify” means that the European agreed
to follow the rules in the Convention.
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It means that the European Union
said yes to the things
in the Convention.
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It was a very important moment!
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Today all 27 countries
of the European Union
have said yes to the CRPD.
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This means that now
all countries in the European Union
agree to what the CRPD says.
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Click here to read
the CRPD document
in Easy-to-read format.
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Click here to watch videos
about the CPRD.
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Autism-Europe works together with other organisations
to see if the European Union follows the rules of the CRPD.
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We try to make sure
the European Union really respects
people with disabilities.
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We want people with disabilities
to do the same things
as other people.