International Disability Organizations and Web Sites
CRPD Brochure for People with Intellectual Disabilities
Sunday, September 28th, 2008People with intellectual disabilities around the world face enormous challenges in realizing basic human rights such as access to education; legal capacity (the right to make their own decisions); the right to live with their families; and the right to live in the community–not an institution. The new disability rights treaty–the Convention on the Rights […]
On-line Resource Fights Poverty Among People with Disabilities
Sunday, September 14th, 2008The following press release about a helpful resource for people who fight poverty among people with disabilities in developing countries is being circulated by Handicap International, Christian Blind Mission, and GTZ. Efforts to include people with disabilities in the fight on poverty and efforts to implement the United Nations (UN) Convention on the Rights of […]