Ian having lunch at Cafe Yumm with his friend, Brett
Through the efforts of disability advocacy organizations, court cases, and legislation at the state and federal level, there are now 14 states in the USA that have closed all of their large, public institutions for persons with disabilities
Ron and Mary outside of their home in their community
Through their own efforts and those of others in changing the stories they told themselves, Ron and Mary were able to leave the Oregon institution known as the Fairview Training Center and have now lived in a community for 50 years
Linh, a Deaf delegate from Vietnam, speaks in sign language during a week-long training for disability rights leaders and policy makers from all six RightsNow! countries held in Washington DC in 2016
In my country, Sign Language interpreters are not certified. However, we are beginning to develop a certification program. What recommendations and U.S. laws do you have for us to consider as we begin this process?
RightsNow! Armenia participants vote on their priorities for a disability rights policy platform in January 2017. A policy platform may include recommendations on whether or not to adopt an employment or legislative quota
Quotas can increase access to political decision-making processes, empowering people with disabilities to be leaders in their communities, but are not supported by all disability rights advocates
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
A delegation from Kenya collaborated with government and disability organizations to represent their goals at the UN Headquarters during the 9th Conference of State Parties (COSP) to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)
How the Kenyan government and disabled people's organizations collaborated to ratify the CRPD
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