Setting up a Legal Clinic for People with Disabilities
Most people with disabilities and most families with children with disabilities around the world, including in the United States, do not have access to legal advice from trained lawyers about...
View ArticleUniversal Design as Access to Justice
Universal Design Universal Design is the design of products, environments, and communication to be usable by all people, to the greatest extent possible, without adaptation or specialized design. Ron...
View ArticleWomen Enabled International accountABILITY Toolkit
Women Enabled International’s accountABILITY Toolkit can guide women with disabilities and organizations working on their behalf in using available UN human rights mechanisms to protect their human...
View ArticleHomes, Not Institutions for Children with Disabilities
Institutions are no substitute for living at home and being in the community. This is true for adults with disabilities. As you might imagine, institutions are even worse for children. For people of...
View ArticleBuilding Disability Rights through Inclusive Constitutions
An Inclusive Process A variety of processes can be used to draft a constitution. Drafts may be put together by an elected group or proposed by a group selected by the government. While drafting a...
View ArticleIndividuals with Mental Health, Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities...
A number of organizations and institutions in the United States have recognized that people with “invisible disabilities,” such as developmental or mental health disabilities, often face particular...
View ArticleUSICD: White Paper on Stakeholders’ Understanding and Monitoring of CRPD...
A recently published White Paper by the U.S. International Council on Disabilities (USICD) on Stakeholders’ Understanding and Monitoring of the Implementation of CRPD Article 32, provides important...
View ArticleEnsuring Access of Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) with...
In 2016, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) estimated that there were 22.5 million refugees and 65.6 million forcibly displaced persons. This is the highest population of global...
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