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	Invisible Victims of Sexual Violence. Access to Justice for Women and Girls with Disabilities in India. Hindi Version Human Rights Watch (2018) C1 View PDF(483) Download (189) Add to my MEDBOX Tags: Human rights, Sexual Violence, disabled women, India, Source: https://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/
	Access to Services and Barriers faced by People with Disabilities: A Quantitative Survey Nathan Grills, Lawrence Singh, Hira Pant, Jubin Varghese, GVS Murthy, Monsurul Hoq, Manjula Marella Disability, CBR & Inclusive Development Journal (DCIDJ) (2017) CC View PDF(373) Download (172) Add to my MEDBOX In low- and middle-income middle-income countries, reliable and disaggregated disability data on prevalence, participation and barriers are often unavailable. This study aimed to estimate disability prevalence, determine associated socio-demographic factors and compare access in the community between people with and without disability in Dehradun district of Uttarakhand, India, using the Rapid Assessment of Disability survey Tags: people with disabilities, quantitative data, Access, services, india, rapid assessement, disability, People with Disabilities, Source: http://dcidj.org/article/download/615/36
	Assessing the Impact of Nepal’s 2015 Earthquake on Older People and Persons with Disabilities and How Gender and Ethnicity Factor into That Impact HelpAge International, CBM International and NDRC Nepal (2016) C2 View PDF(386) Download (171) Add to my MEDBOX STUDY REPORT \| This study of the impact of the Nepal earthquake of 25 April, 2015, aims to understand the impact factors leading to the exclusion of older people and persons with disabilities from humanitarian action, barriers to their inclusion, and the extent to which their skills and knowledge were utilised to promote inclusive humanitarian action and, using this understanding, to formulate a set of recommendations for promoting inclusion. These recommendations will be used to sensitise the broader humanitarian community to the need for inclusive disaster risk management practices in future emergency responses which pay attention to factors such as gender, age, disability and ethnicity, and build upon the capacities of older people and persons with disabilities Tags: Older People, persons with disability, gender, ethnicity, nepal, earthquake, study report, Source: https://www.cbm.org/article/downloads/54
	Community-Based Rehabilitation Services in Low and Middle-Income Countries in the Asia-Pacific Region: Successes and Challenges in the Implementation of the CBR Matrix Adela Cayetano, R.D.; and J. Elkins Disability, CBR & Inclusive Development Journal (DCIDJ) (2016) CC Open external link (542) Add to my MEDBOX Conclusion: CBR has improved the quality of life, access to medical services, functional independence, autonomy, community inclusion, and empowerment of people with disabilities in LMICs in the Asia-Pacific region. However, challenges in the implementation of CBR remain. These include lack of awareness and understanding of CBR, and physical, environmental, socio-economical and personal barriers Tags: community based rehabilitation, cbr, Asia Pacific, physical therapy impact, progress, barriers, disability, people with disabilities, Source: http://dcidj.org/article/download/542/29
	Living conditions among people with disability in Nepal Arne H. Eide, Shailes Neupane, Karl-Gerhard Hem SINTEF Technology and Society (2016) C1 View PDF(595) Download (232) Add to my MEDBOX This report is from the National study on living conditions among people with disabilities carried out in Nepal in 2014-2015. The study was carried out as a household survey with two-stage stratified sampling, including a screening/listing procedure using the Washington Group on Disability Statistics 6 questions, one Household questionnaire administered to households with (Case HHs) and without disabled members (Control HHs), one Individual Case questionnaire administered to individuals who were found to qualify as being disabled in the screening (Case individuals), and an Individual Control questionnaire administered to matched non-disabled individuals in the Control HHs (Control individuals). The study covers a range of indicators on level of living, such as socioeconomic indicators, economic activity, income, ownership and infrastructure, health (including reproductive health), access to health information, access to services, education, access to information, social participation, and exposure to discrimination and abuse (see all questionnaires in Appendix). Tags: disability, Nepal, living conditions, people with disabilities, socio-economic, Source: https://ia600400.us.archive.org/13/items
	Disability at a Glance 2015: STRENGTHENING EMPLOYMENT PROSPECTS FOR DISABILITY AT A GLANCE 2015 PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES IN ASIA AND THE PACIFIC United Nations ESCAP (2015) C1 View PDF(245) Download (145) Add to my MEDBOX Disability at a Glance 2015 focuses on barriers to the employment of persons with disabilities in the Asia-Pacific region, and offers solutions to strengthen their employment prospects. Employment is not only the primary means of livelihood generation; it also provides individuals with the purpose and meaning of playing a productive role in society. Equal access to employment is therefore vital, and barriers to work faced by persons with disabilities must be removed Tags: disability, employment, persons with disability, livelihood, equality, people with disabilities, Source: https://www.unescap.org/sites/default/fi
	Knowledge of Primary School Teachers in Identifying Children with Learning Disabilities Shari Moothedath, Mysore Narasimha Vranda Disability, CBR & Inclusive Development Journal (DCIDJ) (2015) CC View PDF(356) Download (164) Add to my MEDBOX This study explores the knowledge of primary school teachers in identifying children with learning disabilities. Tags: disability, knowledge, learning disability, people with disabilities, teachers, children with disabilities, primary school, Source: http://dcidj.org/article/download/443/26
	Disability Rights in Southeast Asia Sida (2014) C2 View PDF(1063) Download (449) Add to my MEDBOX This brief focuses on disability rights in the ASEAN countries, namely Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR), Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Viet Nam. Tags: South-East Asia, disability, rights of persons with disabilities, disability rights, people with disabilities, Source: https://www.sida.se/globalassets/sida/en
	Sri Lanka - Guidance Disability Information Sheet CBM Australia (2014) C2 View PDF(275) Download (142) Add to my MEDBOX Tags: people with disabilities, poverty, healthcare, education, discrimination, stigma, Convention on the Rights of Disabled Persons, Sri Lanka, prevalence, types of disability, attitude, behaviour, Source: https://acfid.asn.au/sites/site.acfid/fi
	Sustainability Criteria for CBR Programmes – Two Case studies of Provincial Programmes in Vietnam Mijnarends DM, Pham D, Swaans K, et al. Disability, CBR & Inclusive Development Journal (DCIDJ) (2011) CC Open external link (449) Add to my MEDBOX This paper aims to explore the conditions needed for sustainable community based rehabilitation (CBR) programmes for persons with disabilities in Vietnam, and to identify the conditions and opportunities missing at present for the implementation of such programmes Tags: cbr, community based rehabilitation, Rehabilitation programmes, strategy, sustainability, disability, people with disabilities, Source: http://dcidj.org/article/download/54/46

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