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Bazyn Communications Helping people to realize their full potential; advice on resumes and skills, setting goals, projecting an image, and more.
Bipolar Dream [Canada]
British Mental Health Law [United Kingdom]
Declaration on the Rights of Mentally Retarded Persons Proclaimed by General Assembly resolution 2856 (XXVI) of 20 December 1971 [Switzerland]
Handling your Psychiatric Disability in Work and School
Hyperguide to [...]

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ABA Commission on Disabilities
ACLU position / briefing paper: Disability Rights, January 1, 1999
ADA&IT Technical Assistance Centers
ADA Accessibility Guidelines for Buildings and Facilities (ADAAG)
ADA Guide for Places of Lodging: Serving Guests Who Are Blind Or Who Have Low Vision
ADA Hot Links and Document Center
Adapt grassroots disability rights organization
Administration on Developmental Disabilities (ADD) U.S. Department of Health [...]

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Today, the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) entered into force. When you realize that an estimated 650 million people worldwide are affected by this groundbreaking treaty, this is very big news.
According to the news release about CRPD from the UN News Centre today, the rights of persons with disabilities [...]

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Bone and Joint Decade 2002-2011 The Bone and Joint Decade is a multidisciplinary world wide initiative involving everyone concerned with the care of bone and joint disorders.
Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Foreign Policy and Disability: Legislative Strategies and Civil Rights Protections to Ensure Inclusion of People with Disability [...]

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Accessibility: CHI 2001 and Beyond, Ariadne Issue 28
Action for Dystonia, Diagnosis, Education & Research (ADDER)
Artsline provides information on all the arts and leisure services available, both as audience or participants. The Artsline database provides updated data on the access to the arts and leisure venues and pursuits in the capital city of London. See their [...]

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Declaration on the Rights of Mentally Retarded Persons Proclaimed by General Assembly resolution 2856 (XXVI) of 20 December 1971
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights Adopted and opened for signature, ratification and accession by General Assembly resolution 2200A (XXI) of 16 December 1966
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Adopted and opened for signature, [...]

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Disability India Network India’s one-stop site for comprehensive information related to disability in India, is hosted by the Society for Child Development.
ICT for Persons with Disabilities in India, web-based network training workshop from the APCD, 21 July to 1 August 2003
Motor Assisted NARI Handicapped Rickshaw (MANHARA) Nimbkar Agricultural Research Institute (NARI) has developed a very [...]

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Accessible Information Solutions (AIS) Accessibility Toolbar lets IE users test different aspects of XHTML pages [Australia]
ARATA - Australian Rehabilitation & Assistive Technology Association "ARATA is a national association whose purpose is to serve as a forum for issues in rehabilitation and assistive technology."
Australian Government: Language Makes a Difference – Use of non-discriminatory language [Australia]
The [...]

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