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Introduction
People with disabilities have historically been viewed as objects of pity and charity, or as sick people that need to be treated. Much progress has been made in the move from the charity and medical models of disability to the social model of disability. Increasingly, we also understand better the link between poverty and disability, and the unique barriers faced by people with disabilities in varied developing country contexts.The links below cover key concepts and principles around disability, address the link between disability and the Millennium Development Goals, and the human rights approach to working with people with a disability. Statistics and information on the situation of people with disabilities in the Asia Pacific region are also included.
Concepts & key principles
Disability, poverty & MDGs
- Disability, disadvantage and development in the Pacific and Asia
- Disabled people and development
- Disability and the Millennium Development Goals
- Disability & poverty: lessons from the Disability and Knowledge Research Program
- Chronic poverty and disability
- Disability and the MDGs
- Disability and the Millenium Development Goals: ACFID issues paper
Disability profile
- Disability at a glance: a profile of 28 countries and areas in Asia and the Pacific
- Disability country profiles
- Atlas: global resources for persons with intellectual disabilities
- Disability in Asia Pacific fact sheet
- Blindness and vision loss: magnitude and causes
- Thematic research: data & statistics on disability in developing countries
Human rights approach
- Change your life with human rights, a self-advocacy book for people with disabilities
- Deaf people and human rights
- Handbook for parliamentarians on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
- Disability, equality, and human rights: a training manual for development and humanitarian organisations
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- Australian Human Rights Commission: disability rights