Sixteen Years since the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: What Have We Learned since Then?

Andrés Martínez-Medina, Sonia Morales-Calvo, Vicenta Rodríguez-Martín, Víctor Meseguer-Sánchez and Valentín Molina-Moreno
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Andrés Martínez-Medina: Health Sciences PhD Program, Catholic University of Murcia, Campus de los Jerónimos nº135, Guadalupe, 30107 Murcia, Spain
Sonia Morales-Calvo: Department of Pedagogy, University of Castilla-la Mancha, 45600 Talavera de la Reina, Spain
Vicenta Rodríguez-Martín: Department of Social Work and Social Services, University of Castilla-La Mancha, 45600 Talavera de la Reina, Spain
Víctor Meseguer-Sánchez: Social Responsibility, Catholic University of Murcia, 30107 Murcia, Spain
Valentín Molina-Moreno: Department of Management, University of Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 18, 1-21

Abstract: Persons with disabilities have historically been subjected to discrimination and exclusion, placing them in dangerous situations of social vulnerability. The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, passed on the 13th of December 2006, was an important legislative landmark for valuing the rights of this population group. This study involved a bibliometric analysis of 1024 research articles published in Scopus on the social, workplace, educational, and financial inclusion of persons with disabilities since the Convention. The results show an increase in scientific production, and there is also a great deal of multi-disciplinarity, which has led to important breakthroughs for the all-encompassing inclusion of this section of the population. The most productive journals, authors, institutions, and countries, as well as the international cooperation networks, are presented here. The review concludes by setting out the main themes and trends in the research.

Keywords: inclusion; disability; social sustainability; Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; bibliometrics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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