Playing mouth organ; A man on wheel chair

Four core values of human rights law are of particular importance in the context of disability:

1) the dignity of each individual, who is deemed to be of inestimable value because of his/her inherent self-worth, and not because s/he is economically or otherwise "useful";

2) the concept of autonomy or self-determination, which is based on the presumption of a capacity for self-directed action and behaviour, and requires that the person be placed at the centre of all decisions affecting him/her;

3) the inherent equality of all regardless of difference;

4) and the ethic of solidarity, which requires society to sustain the freedom of the person with appropriate social supports.

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