Presentations and reports from some national and international conferences and workshops on disability and rehabilitation issues are presented here. All the files are in PDF format and open in a new window.

PRESENTATIONS & REPORT FROM THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INCLUSION OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES IN THE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION (Italy, 2015)

• Conference programme – Conference report – Summary – Complete conference report
• Guidelines of Italian Cooperation on accessibility of buildings – Guidelines of Italian Cooperation on disability issues in development programmes – Inclusive education and development cooperation – Disability Action Plan of the Italian Development Cooperation – Manual on inclusion of disability in the international cooperation – Italian Cooperation’s Vademecum on Humanitarian Aid and Disability
• Abstracts of the speakers’ presentations
• Presentations session 1: Alicia Martin Diaz, Europe Aid – Ingar Duering, Germany – Mina Lomuscio, DGCS, Italy
• Presentations session 2: Empowerment through CBR, Francesca Ortali – Maria del Carmen Perral, Fondacion ONCE
• Presentations session 3: Giampiero Griffo, DPI and RIDS – Mario Baldi, Emergency & Humanitarian Aid, Italy – Matilde Leonardi, Besta Institute – Stefano Severe, UNHCR – Valerie Scherrer, CBM & IDDC
• Presentations session 4: Alfedo Ferrante, National Observatory – Susanna Schlein, DGCS, Italy – Victoria Lee, IDA

PERSONS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES IN CBR (INDIA, 2012)

• Report of the international conference on persons with intellectual disabilities in CBR programmes
• Presentations on health – Alaa Sebeh – Sunanda Reddy
• Presentations on education – Katharina Pfortner – T. Batdulam
• Presentation on employment – Philipa Bragman
• Presentation on social inclusion & community – Kathy Al Jubeh – Zulekha Islam
• Presentation on research – Sunil Deepak

CBR, SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY & REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS (INDIA, 2012)

• Report on supporting social relationships, sexuality and reproductive rights in CBR
• Self-advocacy training for right to reproductive & sexual health, Ricardia B. Dennis
• Sexuality and disability – breaking the silence, Neha Naqvi
• A personal story, Heather Payne
• Social inclusion, sexuality & reproductive rights of persons with learning disabilities, Philipa Bragman
• Some key issues about sexuality, reproductive rights and disability, Tom Shakespeare
• Access to reproductive health and contraceptives for disabled women, Anita Ghai
• Supporting sexuality and reproductive rights at community level, Nandini Ghosh

VIOLENCE & ABUSE AGAINST PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES (INDIA, 2012)

• Report of the international workshop on violence and abuse against persons with disabilities and the role of CBR
• Country case studies: A survey in Mongolia on violence and abuse towards persons with disabilities, T. Batdulam – Violence and abuse of children with intellectual disabilities in the middle east, Alaa Sebeh – Violence against children with disabilities in Ethiopia, Marieke Boersma – (complete thesis of Marieke Boersma) – Stories on violence and abuse from Mandya district in India, Chaluvaraju & Mamatha
• Policies, laws, background: Disability, gender and violence, Abia Akram – Sexual violence, Janice Cooper – CRPD and violence & abuse towards persons with disabilities, Giampiero Griffo
• Prevention: Preventing and dealing with violence and abuse, T. Shakespeare – Working with communities for prevention of violence and abuse – Sarmila Shrestha

REPORTS OF INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES & WORKSHOPS

• CRPD and Community-Based Rehabilitation (Thailand, 2009)
• CBR and persons with disabilities due to leprosy (Thailand, 2009)
• CBR and persons with mental illness (Thailand, 2009)
• Disability inclusive development cooperation in the Mediterranean – Conference report (Italy, 2007)
• Strengths, weaknesses, threats and opportunities in CBR, by S. Deepak, first meeting on development of CBR Guidelines (WHO, Geneva, 2004)
• Training needs and opportunities in CBR (Italy, 2003)
• Evaluating CBR (Italy, 1995)
• Identifying indicators for CBR programmes (Italy, 1995)
• Community participation in CBR (Italy, 1995)
• Launching a CBR programme (Italy, 1995)
• Multi-sectoral nature of CBR (Italy, 1995)