In Practice

Tuesday, March 29, 2016 - 19:24

Putting Physical Access Legislation into Practice

A computer rendering of two buildings. One has a curved ramp from the front of the building that leads to the entry way. Another building shows a ramp that starts on the side of the building and wraps around the corner toward the entrance.

Accessible route options from the Marae Accessibility Toolkit

This toolkit and linked resource presents checklists and best practices for communities to plan and develop accessible community meeting spaces

Tuesday, March 29, 2016 - 19:18

Promoting Inclusive Teacher Education

The introductory booklet includes cover-page images for the remaining four guides that are titled: Policy, Curriculum, Materials, and Methodology.

Cover page of the Promoting Inclusive Teacher Education Series

A series of five guides designed for anyone who wants to do advocacy to bring about improvements in teacher training towards more disability inclusive education

Tuesday, March 29, 2016 - 19:04

Action and Advocacy on Disability Rights

A stack of the Human Rights. Yes! book sits on a table top. The book is about one and a half inches think. A smaller booklet version is on the very top of the stack.

Human Rights. Yes! hard copies (Source: University of Minnesota Human Rights Center)

A manual to build CRPD capacity among human rights and disability educators and advocates

Tuesday, March 29, 2016 - 18:37

Innovative CRPD Implementation in Education and Technology

Graphic recording drawing shows examples of e-learning tools from Italy, Serbia, Ireland, and Austria. Examples include self-study online, and blended learning with a teacher.

Drawing from a Zero Project 2016 Conference session on e-learning tools for students with learning difficulties. Source: The Zero Project

Experts from 129 countries assess implementation of the UN CRPD and give best practices and policies in the field of education and accessible and inclusive information and communication technology

Tuesday, March 29, 2016 - 18:27

Rights-Based Approach to Inclusive Education

A picture of a young child with short hair and an ear ring, leaning very close to see their laptop screen.

Cover image of the publication titled The Right of Children with Disabilities to Education: A Rights Based Approach to Inclusive Education

Guidance for governments and policy makers on how to ensure access to, and availability of, inclusive education

Tuesday, March 29, 2016 - 16:56

Understanding Legal Capacity

A young woman with an intellectual disability is placing her ballot inside a large envelope held up by a trained poll worker.

A voter casts her ballot on Election Day in the Philippines. Source: International Foundation for Electoral Systems

The restriction of legal capacity has a serious impact on persons with intellectual or psychosocial disabilities worldwide. Learn more about this issue and why it is important to protect legal capacity

Wednesday, March 2, 2016 - 19:05

Guide on CRPD Article 24: Education

A male secondary student sits at a desk with a text book open. He uses a machine sitting on top of the desk, which enlarges the text from the book on to a screen that is at the students eye level.

A student with low vision uses a magnifier to read text books

Summary of how the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) addresses the right to education for children with disabilities

Wednesday, March 2, 2016 - 18:55

Action Planning Tools

Three Kenyan and one US professional look at paperwork together at a table. One person uses crutches and one person appears to have albinism.

Participants in Kenya work on action plans during the RightsNow! training in January 2016

This tool helps users to think through and document necessary steps and objectives before a larger change can occur. It explains the characteristics of a good and thorough plan

Wednesday, March 2, 2016 - 18:35