Thailand ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 17 years ago. Yet today, people with disabilities still face broken elevators at BTS stations, inaccessible government offices, and crumbling ramps that lead nowhere.
The law exists. The will does not.
The UN Committee has called out Thailand for failing to meet employment quotas and accessibility standards. International pressure is growing. But people with disabilities shouldn’t need global scrutiny to access basic dignity.
Ratification means nothing without implementation. Every inaccessible building is a message that some citizens don’t count.
It’s time to turn paper promises into real change. People with disabilities deserve more than signatures—they deserve freedom.