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Belgium: care for people with disabilities under scrutiny from the UN
The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) is a United Nations mechanism responsible for assessing the human rights situation in each member state every five years, under the auspices of the Human Rights Council. During its last review in 2021, Belgium agreed to implement 251 recommendations, relating in particular to prison conditions...
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Alzheimer's: predicting the onset of disease to improve treatment
Predicting the onset of Alzheimer's disease in people with a hereditary form could become possible thanks to a genetic model developed by a team of Belgian researchers at the Brain Research Centre of the Flemish...
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“To be or not to be”: actors with Down's Syndrome give a performance of Hamlet that challenges prejudices
“A luminous show that goes beyond the turmoil of Hamlet to bring to the stage an irrepressible thirst for life”. This is how the commentators on Musiq3 (RTBF) describe a play that made a stopover in Belgium at the...
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UN criticises Belgium for ‘high rate’ of abortions linked to prenatal Down’s Syndrome tests
In its latest report, the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities notes with ‘concern’ that the ‘negative perception of persons with disabilities’ in Belgian society contributes to the ‘high level of...
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Belgium under the UN’s microscope regarding the rights of people with disabilities: between inclusion and the extinction of Down's syndrome
In August and September, the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) will examine the situation of people with disabilities and their rights in Belgium. Among the issues that could be raised are the implications of systematic screening for Down’s syndrome during pregnancy.
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Guy Dembour, a life devoted to revolutionizing the approach to disability
Dr Guy Dembour's mission is to highlight the special abilities of children with Down's Syndrome, focusing on their potential rather than their deficiency. A cardiopediatrician and founder in 2001 of Constridel, a...
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Are people in a persistent vegetative state "Vegetables"?
Playing tennis in your headThe case which has clearly contributed the most to broadcasting the issue of people in a persistent vegetative state is the one of Terri Schiavo. In medical history, persistent vegetative...