Sisters Of Disability

Many years ago people with disability did fit in the society as they are starting to fit nowadays. People with disabilities are deprived of their rights to live as equal citizens in the community. Although there are international laws that protect people with disabilities from mistreatment and discrimination, there was not convention to protect their rights, such as inclusion – or not exclusion – and indeterminate institutionalization, until the creation of Convention On The Rights Of Persons With Disabilities (CRPD) in December 13rd, 2006. Today there are many other organizations that are working for rights of people with disability. As an example The Sisters of Frida, and The International Network of Women with Disabilities (INWWD). I picked the Sisters of Frida and The International Network of Women with Disabilities (INWWD). Eleanor Lisney founded the Sisters of Frida, and it is an experimental co operative of disable woman. Their focus is to find a new way to share experiences, mutual support and contact with different networks. The Sisters of Frida is an organization that strongly believes in the Social Model. According to the organization, “We want to celebrate the difference of being of different ethnic origins, different cultures and nationalities, of different sexual …show more content…
First of all, both of them are related with women and disability. Another point that they can be compared is that both of them believe in the social model, which means that they believe that disability is due to the way ta society is organized, rather than by a people’s impairment. Also, both organizations are fighting for rights and inclusion of woman with disabilities in the society, generally or specifically. A negative point is that both organization do not have enough information in their website and seem a little small, which could difficult their work if they don’t engage with bigger organizations and work