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Monday, April 9, 2018 - 18:40

Homes, Not Institutions for Children with Disabilities

A diverse group of people, some with and some without disabilities, pose for a photo in front of the front of a school. A sign above the entrance reads Bethesda Elementary School.

RightsNow! participants of the Washington D.C. Conference at Bethesda Elementary in Maryland, USA

Disabled children should live at home with a family--not in an institution

Friday, September 15, 2017 - 12:30

Legal Aid in the United States

A group of people, some with disabilities, walk in front of a building that says Department of Justice.

Disability activists at the U.S. Department of Justice during the RightsNow! conference in September of 2016

Overview of methods for funding and delivering legal aid in the United States

Friday, February 17, 2017 - 10:16

Expanding Disability Rights through Political Participation

Six disability rights advocates sit at a large round conference table from two parliamentarians.

Disability rights advocates from Agate NGO meet with parliamentarians to discuss a draft law on disability

Participating in political life empowers people with disabilities to realize their advocacy goals

Monday, December 12, 2016 - 15:28

Accessible Transportation

A man using a wheelchair exits a bus on a ramp with the help of a friend who pushes his wheelchair

A public bus with a ramp in the United States

Resources for planners and advocates on making public transportation accessible to people with disabilities

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

Wednesday, March 2, 2016 - 18:27

Planning for Equal Employment Opportunities

Three pictures: one shows an engineer with a helmet operating tools. Another shows a circle of people reaching out to each other. The third shows a wheelchair user with a laptop computer talking with three colleagues, all of whom are standing and leaning over to see the screen of the laptop.

Cover page of the publication Disability Employment First Planning Tool

Learn strategies for developing a more robust plan for increasing employment among people with disabilities

Tuesday, September 15, 2015 - 14:53

De-institutionalization and Community Integration

A woman who is blind and woman using a wheelchair sit at a table to chop vegetables.

Women with disabilities cook a meal at home

Enabling people with disabilities to move from institutions to their own homes

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

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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