Disability Awareness in Action
An international human rights network, run for and by disabled people. Offers news, issues and disability links.
Disabled Peoples' International, DPI (website is in English, Spanish and French)
Network of national organizations of disabled people, established to promote human rights of disabled people through full participation, equalization of opportunity and development.
Disability World
Online magazine (e-zine) of international disability news, studies, research, new projects, interviews, book and film reviews.
Enabling Education Network
EENET is an information-sharing network on the issue of inclusive education.
FAO Database on the Rural Disabled
This Database provides basic information for accessing resource persons, organizations, projects, publications either involved in, or concerned with, the improvement of the livelihood conditions of rural disabled persons, particularly in developing countries. The Database also provides some statistics on the number of disabled persons in FAO member countries.
Handicap International
Handicap International exists to support the needs of disabled people in countries affected by poverty and conflict. We provide both emergency relief and long term development support. Handicap International is the co-recipient of the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize.
Healthlink Worldwide
Healthlink Worldwide works with over fifty (50) partners worldwide, mobilizing innovative knowledge and communication processes; empowering people to voice their health needs and have those voices heard.
Institute for Human-Centered Design (IHCD)
collection of case studies available through its fully accessible and searchable website. The case studies illustrate successful examples of universal/inclusive design in the built environment for a diverse audience from across the globe.
International Disability Alliance
The International Disability Alliance - IDA represents more than 600 million people in the world with a disability. The alliance is composed by the following eight international organizations of and for people with disabilities: Inclusion International, International Federation of Hard of Hearing People, World Blind Union, Disabled Peoples' International, Rehabilitation International, World Federation of the Deaf, World Federation of the Deaf-Blind, World Network of Users and Survivors of Psychiatry.
Mobility International USA
Empowering people with disabilities around the world to achieve their human rights through international exchange and international development.
National Council on Disability
NCD is an independent federal agency composed of members appointed by the US President., by and with the advice and consent of the U.S. Senate. NCD provides advice to the President, Congress, and executive branch agencies to promote policies, programs, practices, and procedures that guarantee equal opportunity for all individuals with disabilities, regardless of the nature or severity of the disability and to empower individuals with disabilities to achieve economic self-sufficiency, independent living, and inclusion and integration into all aspects of society.
Special Olympics International
Promotes acceptance, advocacy, inclusion, and physical fitness for individuals with intellectual disabilities through athletic competitions. Includes research studies, global mirror sites, volunteering information, and personal experiences from the 2009 World Winter Games in Idaho, among other topics.
United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Although not legislation, this strong and influential statement represents a unified international commitment to people with disabilities.
USAID Disability Policy
(USAID) is committed to including people who have physical and mental disabilities and those who advocate and offer services on behalf of people with disabilities. This commitment extends from the design and implementation of USAID programming to advocacy for and outreach to people with disabilities.
Whirlwind Wheelchair International (WWI)
WWI works to make it possible for every person in the developing world who needs a wheelchair to obtain one that will lead to maximum personal independence and integration into society. WWI seeks to give wheelchair riders a central role in all of its projects.
World Bank and Disability, The
The focus of this site is on Disability and Development, but information and data on Disability in developing countries may not always be readily available. This site strives to cover as many aspects as possible which means that inspiration and best practice need to be sought from all over the world.
World Health Organization (WHO)
As the leading arm of the UN's health program, examines disability in several ways, from the need for computer screen readers to recent publications, information on community-based rehab programs, and statistical breakdowns by global region.
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