Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities

Enable Civil Society List related to disability

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The information below is provided for informational purposes only; they do not constitute endorsement of or an approval by the United Nations of any of the products, services, or opinions of the corporations, organizations, or individuals listed. The United Nations bears no responsibility for the accuracy, legality or content of their statements and opinions.

Contact

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 International

• Action on Disability and Development (ADD) 

• Asia Disability Institute

• CBM-US (formerly known as Christian Blind Mission International)

• Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue 

• Center for international rehabilitation

• Community resource alliance

• Deaf Child Worldwide

• Disability Aid Abroad

• Design for All

• Disability rights promotion international (DRPI)

• Ecumenical Disability Advocates Network (EDAN)

• Global Resource Center for Inclusive Education

• Handicap International

• Independent Living Institute

• Institute for the study of disability & bioethics 

• International Center for Disability Resources on the Internet

• International Disability and Development Consortium (IDDC)

• International Disability Alliance (IDA) - Read their Disability Rights Bulletin

• Leonard Cheshire Disability

• International Federation for Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus

• Reseau international sur le processus de production du handicap (RIPPH)

• People who

• Survivors Network (formerly Landmines Survivors Network)

• The Daisy Consortium

• The Victor Pineda Foundation
 
•  World Association of Social Psychiatry

• World Network of Users and Survivors of Psychiatry (WNUSP)

• World Federation of the Deaf (WFD)

• World Federation of the Deafblind (WFDB)

Africa

Regional

• Africa Humanitarian Action (AHA)

• Arab organization of disabled people (AODP)

• Dynamic action group

• Fédération des associations des femmes handicapées d'Afrique Centrale (FEAFHAC) @   

• Horn of Africa Sick Childrens Charity

• Kenya Disabled Action Network

• Pan african federation of the disabled (PAFOD) 

• Secretariat of the african decade of persons with disabilities

• Survivor Corps (formerly Landmine Survivors Network)

Burkina Faso

• World Association of Sign Language Interpreters  @ 

Cameroon

• Association d'Aide à l'Education de l'Enfant Handicapé (AAEEH)   @ 

• Cameroon Deaf Empowerment Organisation (CDEO)

Democratic Republic of Congo

• Association nationale des femmes handicapées du Congo (ANAFHCO)   @ 

• Disabled Relief Association "Association de Secours aux Personnes Handicapées" (DRA)  @  

Ethiopia

• Survivor Corps (formerly Landmine Survivors Network)

Guinea

• Fédération Guinéenne pour la promotion des associations de et pour  personnes handicapées (FEGUIPAH)  @ 

Ghana

• Ghana Federation of the Disabled 

 • Ghana Society of the Physically Disabled

• Global Resource Center for Inclusive Education

Kenya

• Autism Society of Kenya  @ 

• Centre for Disability Rights Education & Advocacy (CREAD)

• Central kenya region deaf develpment   @ 

• Kenya Deaf Welfare Society  @ 

• Kenya Disabled Action Network

• Kenyan Sign Language Interpreters Association - KSLIA   @ 

• Liverpool VCT, Care and Treatment

• Makena Deaf Women Initiative   @ 

• Sahaya Deaf-Kenya

• Sahaya International

• The kenya federation of deaf teachers   @ 

• West kenya deaf develoment group    @ 

 • Women Challenged to Challenge   @ 

Mauritus

•  Association des parents de deficients auditifs (APDA)    @ 

• Federation of disabled persons' organizations of Mauritius   @ 

Morocco

• Amicale marocaine des handicapés 

Nigeria

•  Down syndrome association of Nigeria

• Foundation for the Differently Abled Persons    @ 

 Rwanda

•  Organisation d'appui aux groupes communautaires de personnes  handicapées au Rwanda@ 

Sierra Leone

• Disability awareness action group (DAAG)

• Disabled Peoples Netwok Sierra Leone   @ 

Somalia

•  Institute of education for disabled people   @ 

• Somali disabled people council (SDPC)   @ 

• Activists Network for Disabled Persons (ANDP)   @ 

Tunisia

• National Union of the Blind in Tunisia

Uganda

• Deaf Link Uganda

• Education of Disabled Children Organisation (EDICO)   @ 

• Global Resource Center for Inclusive Education

• Mental Health Uganda

• People with Disabilities - Uganda

• Uganda society for disabled children

• Uganda Society of Hidden Talents (HITS)   @ 

  United Republic of Tanzania

• Disabled Relief Association "Association de Secours aux Personnes Handicapées" (DRA)     @ 
     
• Global Resource Center for Inclusive Education

• Tanzania federation of disabled people's organization (shivyawata) 

Zambia

• Zambia Federation of Disability Organisations (ZAFOD)  

Zimbabwe

• Leonard Cheshire Zimbabwe Trust (LCZT)     

 Asia

Regional

• Cambodia disabled people's organization (CDPO)

• Disabled peoples' international Asia Pacific region (DPI-AP)   @ 

• Mulchand & parpati thadhani foundation (the mptf)   @ 

• Sense international (India)

• Singapore therapeutic, assistive & rehabilitative technologies (START)

Afghanistan

• Afghan landmine survivors' organization (ALSO)  @ 

• Disablity rights protection section of Afghanistan independent human rights commission

Azerbaijan 

• Union of Disabled People Organizations (UDPO)

Bangladesh

• Association for the welfare of the disabled people (AWDP)- 

• Global Resource Center for Inclusive Education

• Working with the disabled (nfowd)

Cambodia

• Cambodia disabled people's organization (CDPO) 

• Global Resource Center for Inclusive Education

India

• Association of People with Disability

• Develop India trust 

• Disability Research & Design Foundation

• Disability Rights Initiative

• Global Resource Center for Inclusive Education

• HANDICARE (Indian Association of Disabled People)   @ 

• Mental health and development

• Human Rights Law Network (HRLN )

• Rural Education and Action Development (READ)

• Saraswathi Shanmugam Public Charitable Trust

• Sense International (India)

• Mulchand & Parpati Thadhani Foundation (MPTF)

• Sahaya International

Israel

• Ali Hope Foundation

• Bizchut - The Israel Human Rights Center for Peoples With Disabilities

Japan 

• Japan Disability Forum (JDF)

• Japan League on Developmental Disabilities

• Japan National Assembly of Disabled Peoples' International (DPI-Japan)

• Japan NGO Network on Disabilities (JANNET)

Jordan

• Survivor Corps (formerly Landmine Survivors Network)

Lao People's Democratic Republic

• Lao Disabled People's Association (LDPA)

Lebanon

• National association for the rights of disabled people in Lebanon (NARD)

• The Learning Center for the Deaf

Pakistan

• Special Talent Exchange Program (STEP)

• Information Resource Centre on Disability

Philipppines

• International Deaf Education Association

Republic of Korea

• Korea Welfare Association of the Deaf

• Korean Differently Abled Women's United

Singapore

• Global Resource Center for Inclusive Education

Syria

• Alyarmouk Syrian Society

• Arab Net for Research on Landmine and Explosive Remnants of War

Thailand

• Association of Persons with Physical Disability International (APDI) 

• Peace road organisation foundation 

• Thai family link association 

Vietnam

• Survivor Corps (formerly Landmine Survivors Network)

 Europe

Regional

• European disability forum 

• European network of ex users and survivors of psychiatry (ENUSP) 

• Inclusion Europe (AISBL) The European Association of Societies of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities and their Families) 

• Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

• Regional Development Office DPI Europe

• The center for human rights of persons with disabilities - vike 

Bosnia and Herzegovina

• Survivor Corps (formerly Landmine Survivors Network)

Croatia

• Croatian Union of Associations of Persons with Disabilities (SOIH)

Denmark

• Danske Handicaporganisationer (DH)- Disabled Persons Organisations Denmark (DPOD) 

Georgia

• Georgian Foundation for Prosthetic Orthopedic Rehabilitation (GEFPOR)

Gilbraltar

• Gibraltar Local Disability Movement

Hungary

• Hungarian association of the deaf and hard of hearing (aka sinosz) 

Iceland

• Blindrafelagid, The association of blind and partially sighted in Iceland

Ireland

• National service users executive

Italia

• ANMIL

• DPI Italia ONLUS

Latvia

• Resource Centre for People with Mental Disabilities "ZELDA"

Macedonia

• POLIO PLUS – Movement Against Disability

Malta
 
•  Kummissjoni Nazzjonali Persuni b'Dizabilita 
 
• Maltese council of disabled persons (MCODP) (kunsill malti tal-persuni b'dizabilita)   @ 

Moldava

• Centre of Legal Assistance for People with Disabilities 

Netherlands

• Dutch Coalition on Disability and Development 

Portugal

• Associação Portuguesa de Deficientes

Romania

• National Organisation of the Disabled People in Romania

Russian Federation

• Regional disability rights ngo perspektiva 

Serbia

• Center for Independent Living Serbia

Spain

• Fundación ONCE for the cooperation and social integration of people with disabilities

Switzerland

• Égalité Handicap

Turkey

• Association Of Türkiye Beyazay

• Alternative Life Association (AYDER)

United Kingdom

• Action on disability and development 

• Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO)

Latin America & the Caribbean

Regional

• Cai piña palmera a.c. 

• Disabled peoples' international north america and the caribbean (DPI NAC)

• Inter-American Institute on Disability & Inclusive Development

Barbados

• Barbados Council for the Disabled 

Brazil

• 3In - Inclusão, Integridade e Independência 

• Classificados Trabalho Especial e Acessibilidade 

• Instituto Paradigma 

Colombia

• Survivor Corps (formerly Landmine Survivors Network)

Dominican Republic

• Circulo de Mujeres con Discapacidad (CIMUDIS) @

El Salvador

• Survivor Corps (formerly Landmine Survivors Network)

Honduras

• Global Resource Center for Inclusive Education

Grenada

• Grenada national council of the disabled (GNCD)

Jamaica

• Combined disabilities association    @ 

Mexico

• Cai piña palmera A.C

• Enseñame A.C.

• Fundación Ven Conmigo, A.C.

Peru

• Proyecto Rehabilitación Basada en la Comunidad-RBC   @ 

Trinidad and Tobago

• Global Resource Center for Inclusive Education

North America & Pacific

 Regional 

• Access Living

• Global Reach Out Initiative, Inc.

Canada

• Arch disability law centre 

• Disability.Org

• Horn of Africa Sick Childrens Charity

• New Brunswick Association for Community Living

• Pei Disability Alert

United States of America

•  ABILITY Awareness

 • ABILITY Magazine

• Center for opportunities and outcomes for people with disabilities, Teachers College, Columbia University

• Community alliance for the ethical treatment of youth

• Center on Disability Studies, University of Hawaii, Honolulu

• Disability History Museum

• Disabled Peoples' International North America and the Caribbean (DPI NAC)

• Disabled Rights Action Committee 

• Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF) 

• Easter Seals New York

• Edward Janus | Disability Advocate and Activist

• Hearing Loss Association of America

• International Center for Accessible Radio Technology (I-CART)

• International Deaf Education Association

• Mulchand & parpati thadhani foundation (the mptf)     @ 

• NPR Labs

• RatifyNow

• Society for Disability Studies

• Survivor Corps (formerly Landmine Survivors Network)

Oceania

Australia

• Australia Pacific Islands Disability Support

• Women with Disabilities Australia (WWDA) 

 New Zealand

• Balance NZ Bipolar and Depression Network

• Central Potential – Te Rito Maaia Inc

• Ccs disability action. 

• Patients rights advocacy waikato incorporated

• People first new zealand, nga tangata tuatahi

• Webhealth

• Wellink 

 Vanuatu

• Disability promotion & advocacy association 

 Disclaimer

The below contacts are provided as a convenience and for informational purposes only; they do not constitute endorsement of or an approval by the United Nations of any of the products, services, or opinions of the corporation, organization, or individual. The United Nations bears no responsibility for the accuracy, legality or content of their statements and opinions.