We are happy to share with you set of interviews featured on Handi-Link. Sreedhar Ganta discusses the AWARE project with radio host Cam Wells. Handi-Link is a program on CJAM Radio that explores disability issues. Click on the play button below to play the interview. Click Here to download the Sreedhar Ganta Interview file Click […]
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AWARE Project Featured on Handi-Link Radio Show
We are happy to share with you an interview featured on Handi-Link about the AWARE project. Monica Ackermann and Sreehar Ganta discuss the AWARE project and the recent Employer Awards event held in India with the show’s host, Cam Wells. Handi-Link is a radio program on CJAM Radio that explores disability issues. Click on the play button […]
Book Review: Disability, Rights Monitoring and Social Change: Building Power out of Evidence
We’re excited to share a review of the recently released book edited by Marcia Rioux, Paula C Pinto, and Gillian Parekh entitled Disability, Rights Monitoring and Social Change: Building Power out of Evidence in the journal Disability and the Global South. The review can be found in the journal, Disability and the Global South (Click here to […]
Remembering Bengt Lindqvist (1936 – 2016)
“A sociologist, Robert A. Scott, wrote a book with the title, The Making of Blind Men, where he showed how people with disabilities, like no other group in society, are in the hands of experts, of doctors, nurses, social workers, teachers and also by their family and relatives … When awareness grew about this phenomenon, […]
Buenos Aires: DRPI Latin America Regional Online Platform Training
Feb 13 – 16 2016 marked the Latin America regional training on disability rights. With more than 20 participants representing around 10 countries, we at DRPI are ver pleased to have again the opportunity to meet with DPOs and leaders to learn more about disability rights but above all to keep empowering persons with disabilities […]
Pretoria: DRPI Africa Regional Online Platform Training, 26-29 Feb
Preparations finalized for the Africa Regional Training Introducing an Online Platform and Tools of Monitoring Disability Rights, which will be taking place in Pretoria, South Africa, from the 26th through 29th February 2016. Organized by the Disability Rights Promotion International – DRPI, in collaboration with the Africa Disability Alliance – ADA. The Training (the first […]
York University student wins mental-health fight
Navi Dhanota knew she needed some help to score top grades in university but this time, she wasn’t prepared to return to a psychiatrist’s chair to get it. She didn’t think any student should have to disclose their private mental-health diagnosis for the privilege of academic accommodations like getting extra time to hand in an […]
11th Annual CDSSA Conference: Crippin’ Canada
11th Annual CDSSA Conference: Crippin’ Canada April 8th, 2016 York University, Toronto York University’s Critical Disability Studies Student Association (CDSSA) is pleased to announce that our eleventh annual conference will be held on Keele campus on April 8th, 2016. The CDSSA invites graduate students, community researchers, and activists to submit proposals by February 1st 2016. This […]
examining DISABILITY – 3 books
examining DISABILITY – 3 books Please join us for a celebratory evening of poetry, music, conversation and solidarity You are invited to a book launch with Xuan Thuy Nguyen, Marcia Rioux, Gillian Parekh, and nancy viva davis halifax, for the release of our recent books. Together the three books demonstrate that disability is a key […]
New report: Employing Persons with Disabilities: A Model of Successful Corporate Culture Change
DRPI has released a new report: “Employing Persons with Disabilities: A Model of Successful Corporate Culture Change,” which was prepared by Douglas Waxman, PhD Candidate, Critical Disability Studies, School of Health Policy and Management, York University. Read the full report: Employing Persons with Disabilities: A Model of Successful Corporate Culture Change