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THE FIELD OF DISABILITY IS CLOSELY LINKED TO HUMAN RIGHTS & INCLUSION

Here are some links to other materials:

MIUSA has a website, manuals and videos to empower people with disabilities around the world to achieve their human rights through international exchange and international development.

  • Are you wondering how well your organisation is doing with disability? If so, consider using the MIUSA Checklist for Inclusion (only if you have a high-speed connection: file size is PDF 9.7MB!)

Source has a guide to disability, inclusion and development with resources on subjects from 'Inclusive Education' to 'Planning & Evaluation of Disability in Development'.

The Dutch Coalition on Disability and Development offers a free newsletter subscription.

Enabling Education Network - resources especially on inclusion/education.

"Access to water and sanitation for disabled people" is a website developed by The Water, Engineering and Development Centre (WEDC).

Employing people with learning disabilities” (PDF) is a manual written for the UK, so discusses aspects like the legal framework. But it also has many useful things to say to other kinds of societies.

UNESCAP has "Hidden Sisters", a report on disabled women in Asia.

Support for life: physical rehabilitation programme
This brochure and DVD-Rom combination outlines the history and achievements of the ICRC's physical rehabilitation programme and is intended to raise awareness of the long lasting needs of persons with physical disabilities. The DVD-Rom is an excellent resource containing several overviews, various related publications, photo galleries and videos.