Dec 042012
As expected, the Senate failed to ratify the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. While some Republicans voted for ratification (we’ll miss you, Senator Lugar!), the majority of the GOP delegation decided that the treaty posed an existential threat to American sovereignty and, for reasons only the far right can grasp, homeschoolers.
It’s a sad moment for the Senate and the disability rights movement. As I wrote previously, it’s unfortunate that the deepening collective psychosis afflicting the Republican party claimed this hard-fought treaty as a victim. I remain hopeful that the next Senate will eventually vote for ratification and restore the United States’ credibility as a world leader on disability rights.
