and perhaps other international jurisdictions, like the US. Lisa Waddington, Professor and European Disability Forum Chair in European Disability Law, Maastricht University, has suggested that the decision may have helped countries to insert a clear social model definition into the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, as the EU representative withdrew their opposition to an explicit social model definition following the publication of the ECJ decision. Notes References External links EU rapid press release on the ECJ decision Spanish case law Disability case law European Union labour case law 2006 in European Union case law Court of Justice of the European Union case law