Please join us online today for the DAI Side Event being hosted at the 12th Session of the Conference Of State Parties (COSP) on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). Dementia: The leading cause of disability.
The overarching theme is of social inclusion and health, which are two of the determinants of well-being, both of which are being systematically denied to people with dementia all around the world, including in the developed countries. UN Web TV
Watch live UN Web tv at the following times:
- Thu, 13 Jun 2019 at 6:45 am Pacific Time
- Thu, 13 Jun 2019 at 7:45 am Mountain Time
- Thu, 13 Jun 2019 at 8:45 am Central Time
- Thu, 13 Jun 2019 at 9:45 am Eastern Time - LIVE IN NYC
- Thu, 13 Jun 2019 at 2:45 pm London, UK BST
- Thu, 13 Jun 2019 at 3:45 pm Brussels, Belgium CEST
- Thu, 13 Jun 2019 at 11:15 pm Adelaide, Australia ACST
- Thu, 13 Jun 2019 at 9:45 pm Perth, Australia AWST
- Thu, 13 Jun 2019 at 11:45 pm Sydney/Melbourne/Brisbane, Australia AEST
- Fri, 14 Jun 2019 at 1:45 am Auckland, New Zealand NZST
Speakers
We will hear from an eminent list of speakers, on the rights of persons with any type of disability, including dementia, to full and equal access to the CRPD, and specifically on the right to rehabilitation and to Universal Health Care:
Mrs. Catalina Devandas Aguilar, UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities: opening remarks
Christine Thelker, DAI Board Member:“Dementia as a disability”
Bethany Brown, Researcher, Older People’s Rights, Disability Rights Division, Human Rights Watch: “Violations of the rights of older people with dementia”
Arlene Pietranton, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association: “Rehabilitation for dementia and aphasia”
Mr. Antony Duttine, Regional Advisor in disabilities and rehabilitation, Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organisation (PAHO/WHO): “QualityRights”
Jan Monsbakken, Global Rehabilitation Alliance: “The Rights to Rehabilitation for All”
Kate Swaffer, Dementia Alliance International, Chair/CEO: Closing remarks
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