Monday, September 25, 2017 - 16:03

Empowering Disability Advocates in Rural and Remote Communities

Men and women with disabilities gather around a table. A man is using a marker to write on flip chart paper.

Men and women with disabilities from the Pacific Islands region discuss the barriers they confront in society at the Pacific Regional Disability Rights Dialogue in Nadi, Fiji, in May 2016

In rural and remote communities, such as in the Pacific Islands region, persons with disabilities encounter additional marginalization as a result of their geographic location
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Thursday, August 4, 2016 - 17:45

Parent Empowerment

Four women look ahead during a training. One women is wearing sunglasses and appears to be blind. Another women holds a young child on her lap.

Mothers in Nepal attend a self-help group

In the United States, parents and school staff are equal members on the team that makes decisions about services and supports a child receives at school
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Monday, June 27, 2016 - 12:20

Low Cost Physical Access Solutions for Schools

A two track ramp made of wood is installed at a building entrance. A wheelchair user uses the ramp to enter the structure.

Temporary ramp

Accessibility should not be viewed as a constraint or simply a set of rules that must be followed, but rather as social added value
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Wednesday, August 19, 2015 - 10:25

Environments for All through Universal Design

Two people walk down a long switch-back ramp underground.

Ramp at a metro station in California, USA

Good design benefits everyone, including people with and without disabilities
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Wednesday, August 19, 2015 - 10:24

Creating a Policy Platform

A man wearing a suit and holding documents shakes hands with four men using wheelchairs in an auditorium.

Disability organization representatives in the Dominican Republic shake hands with a politician. Source: International Foundation for Electoral Systems

Developing a policy platform is a great way for disability rights communities to agree upon their top priorities for political action
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