The rights of people with disabilities are a bellwether for the rights of societies at large.
“We need little short of a revolution in mental health care to end decades of neglect, abuse and violence…I am calling on States to move away from traditional practices and thinking, and enable a long overdue shift to a rights-based approach. The status quo is simply unacceptable,” wrote United Nations special rapporteur Dainius Pūrius in 2017.
Open Excellence support for the development of these right-based approaches to care and for reporting on these practices at Mad In America and its international affiliates are lighting the fires for the necessary revolution in care.