What is a Site of Conscience? Sites of conscience are a worldwide network of historic sites, museums, and initiatives dedicated to remembering past struggles and addressing their contemporary legacies. Around the world People with Disabilities and their families started to advocate to stop Institutionalisation of people with disabilities, along with new social theories of support, a new dawn arrived of hope, dignity and respect for people with disabilities. … Formalised by the United Nations (http://www.un.org/disabilities/convention/conventionfull.shtml ) and signed by the Australian Government this is now being embedded into law in Australia. Sites such as Willow Court lay abandoned and have fallen victim to vandals and arsonists. Local authorities have been give the huge jobs of utilising these old structures, some buildings have been sold to developers and have been destroyed in the name of progress. A small part of Willow Court remains.See More
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
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The purpose of the present Convention is to promote, protect and ensure the full and equal enjoyment of all