It might be interesting here to see if there are comparative studies on the treatment of disabled people in so-called Christian countries as compared to the treatment of those in so-called Islamic, Hindu, Jewish, atheist, (have I missed anybody?) countries.
My guess is that while one is likely to find a wide range of conditions in most countries, it will be the (mostly, but not exclusively) Western, Christian countries where disabled people have the best opportunities. Much more needs to be done, of course, in the whole world, but wouldn't it be ironic if the worst-treated disabled people were found, say, in the Muslim part of the Sudan or in Hindu India?
Actually, Hazel Jones wrote a piece for _Disability Studies Quarterly_, Winter 2000, which I edited, exploring how disabled childen's issues are viewed in some parts of the world with regard to the UN's Convention on the Rights of the Child. It is at:
http://www.cds.hawaii.edu/dsq/_articles_html/2000/Fall/dsq_2000_Fall_07.html
Timothy Lillie, PhD
Dept. of Curricular & Instructional Studies
The University of Akron
Akron OH 44325-4205
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> How can Tony Blair and President Bush call themselves
> Christians ? Do 'real' true Christians believing war and
> oppression of the underclass's ?
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> If they are true Christians, then how can they engage in the
> politics of the new-right neo-liberal politics ?
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