L’accessibilità come diritto umano

Abstract

Accessibility as human right

Accessibility is one of the pillars of the Convention on the
rights of persons with disabilities: if there is not accessibility, there is no freedom and full enjoyment of human rights for

persons with disabilities. Accessibility is therefore a necessary
element for rights and freedom. The paper, starting from the
analysis of how the accessibility concept is strongly related
to rights, gives an account of how an innovative way of looking
at people’s bodies interacting with environment is necessary
to effectively act in shaping a new inclusive environment.
A brief report on the state of implementation of obligations
arising from the ratification of the Convention in Italy is provided,
as are some examples of good practices carried out in
recent years with the strong involvement of associations of
people with disabilities in order to demonstrate that is possible
to build an inclusive environment through innovative and
participatory methodologies and processes.