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American Foundation for the Blind (1921) – primarily serves the blind population and focuses on advocacy and services. The Arc of the United States – A national organization serving people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. ARC Association for Real Change (1976) – supports the providers of the individuals with learning ...
The disability rights movement is a global [1] [2] [3] social movement that seeks to secure equal opportunities and equal rights for all disabled people. [4]It is made up of organizations of disability activists, also known as disability advocates, around the world working together with similar goals and demands, such as: accessibility and safety in architecture, transportation, and the ...
Javed Abidi – director of the National Centre for Promotion of Employment for Disabled People (NCPEDP) in India [1]; Abia Akram – disability rights activist from Pakistan; founder of the National Forum of Women with Disabilities in Pakistan; prominent figure in the disability rights movement in the country, as well as in Asia and the Pacific; named one of the BBC's 100 Women in 2021
The Canadian Paralympic Committee (CPC; French: Comité paralympique canadien) is the private, non-profit organization representing Canadian Paralympic athletes in the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) and the Parapan American Games. It represents 25 member sports organisations.
Inclusion Canada, formerly the Canadian Association for Community Living, is a non-profit organization founded in 1958 [1] to assist in training and socialization of people with intellectual disabilities, then known as Mental Retardation.
During a private meeting at the outset of the Covid-19 pandemic, then-president Donald Trump reportedly mused aloud about whether people with disabilities would be better off dead instead of ...
Disability in Canada affects approximately 8 million individuals aged 15 and older. [1] [2] According to the 2022 survey by Statistics Canada of those reporting a disability nearly 42% of seniors had four or more co-occurring disabilities, while 43% of youth and 36% of working-age adults had two or three types.
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