Episode 88 Resources: A Day for All: International Day of Persons with Disabilities
Contents
- Featured Organization
- International Day of Persons with Disabilities
- Global Disability Rights Resources
- ADA Guidance on Public Access
- Past ADA Live Episodes on Related Topics
- Webinars on Related Topics
Featured Organization
- Inclusive Public Space Project (IPS)
The IPS Project is investigating the problems caused by unequal access to city streets around the world and the ways law and governments respond to them. This issue is particularly important to people with disabilities, older people, children, parents, and caregivers. Our aim is to raise public awareness and build solidarity, strengthen the rights of pedestrians, and make cities more inclusive.
Source: University of Leeds
Link: inclusivepublicspace.leeds.ac.uk - Burton Blatt Institute, UK University Begin Study of Inclusive Public Spaces and Accessibility of Streets
Source: Global Universal Design Commission (GUDC)
Link: globaluniversaldesign.org/news/burton-blatt-institute-uk-university-begin-study-inclusive-public-spaces-and-accessibility
International Day of Persons with Disabilities
- United Nations (UN)– International Day of Persons with Disabilities
Source: United Nations
Link: un.org/en/observances/day-of-persons-with-disabilities - Resource List: International Day of Persons with Disabilities
Source: Southeast ADA Center
Link: adasoutheast.org/events/12/international-day-persons-with-disabilities.php - Press Release: International Day of Persons with Disabilities (3 December 2020)
Source: World Health Organization (WHO)
Link: who.int/news-room/events/detail/2020/12/03/default-calendar/international-day-of-persons-with-disabilities
Global Disability Rights Resources
- Rising Phoenix Film Review and Trailer
Source: HTYT
Link: htyt.world/en-GB/projects/rising-phoenix/ - Article: Global Disabilities Map Visualizes the Strength and Power of Millions of Athletes around the World
Source: Yahoo News
Link: news.yahoo.com/global-disabilities-map-visualizes-strength-193305725.html - Global Disability Rights Advocacy Project
Source: Center for Sport, Peace, & Society at the University of Tennessee
Link: sportandpeace.com - Global Disabilities Map
Source: Center for Sport, Peace, & Society at the University of Tennessee
Link: sportandpeace.com/global-map - Equity and Access in Times of Pandemic Webinar Series
World experts talk about COVID-19 pandemic responses that are inclusive and responsive to persons with disabilities and older persons.
Source: World Enabled and Cities for All
Link: worldenabled.m-pages.com/c4a-webinar-series - United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)
13th Session of the Conference of States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)
Source: United Nations
Link: un.org/development/desa/disabilities/conference-of-states-parties-to-the-convention-on-the-rights-of-persons-with-disabilities-2/cosp13.html - Why is the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities important?
Source: World Health Organization (WHO)
Link: who.int/news-room/q-a-detail/why-is-the-convention-on-the-rights-of-persons-with-disabilities-important - International Association of Accessibility Professionals (IAAP)
Accessibility professionals from around the world come together to define, promote and improve the accessibility profession through networking, education and certification. The IAAP is a Division of the Global Initiative for Inclusive Information Communication Technologies (G3ict).
Address: Five Concourse Parkway, Suite 3000, Atlanta, Georgia 30328, U.S.A.
Phone: 941-254-1797
E-mail: info@accessibilityassociation.org
Link: accessibilityassociation.org
ADA Guidance on Public Access
- Project Civic Access
A wide-ranging effort to ensure that U.S. counties, cities, towns, and villages comply with the ADA by eliminating physical and communication barriers that prevent people with disabilities from participating fully in community life.
Source: US. Department of Justice (DOJ)
Link: ada.gov/civicac.htm - Proposed ADA and ABA Accessibility Guidelines for the Public Rights-of-Way
In the process of being finalized, these new guidelines address access to sidewalks and streets, crosswalks, curb ramps, pedestrian signals, on-street parking, and other components of public rights-of-way.
Source: U.S. Access Board
Link: access-board.gov/prowag
Past ADA Live Episodes on Related Topics
- Episode 74 Resources: Human Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Global Perspective with Ambassador Luis Gallegos of Ecuador
- Episode 74 Podcast
Link: adalive.org/episode74_resources
- Episode 39 Resources: Universal Design, Accessibility, and the ADA
- Episode 39 Podcast
Link: adalive.org/episode39_resources
- Episode 57 Resources: Inclusive Healthy Communities and the ADA
- Episode 57 Podcast
Link: adalive.org/episode57_resources
- Selected Resources from Episode 57
- National Center on Health, Physical Activity and Disability (NCHPAD)
Link: nchpad.org - How I Walk
Source: National Center on Health, Physical Activity and Disability (NCHPAD)
Link: nchpad.org/howiwalk - Complete Streets
Source: Smart Growth America
Link: smartgrowthamerica.org/program/national-complete-streets-coalition - Step It Up! The Surgeon General’s Call to Action to Promote Walking and Walkable Communities
Source: The Surgeon General
Link: surgeongeneral.gov/library/calls/walking-and-walkable-communities/index.html
- National Center on Health, Physical Activity and Disability (NCHPAD)
Webinars on Related Topics
- Disability in a COVID World: Employment, Communications, Physical Spaces & Mental Health
Source: Southeast ADA Center
Link: adasoutheast.org/webinars/2020/disability-and-covid19.php
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