by Salah Uddin,
Action on Disability and Development (ADD), Bangladesh, Septmeber 2003

Bangladesh is a poor 3rd world country where 80 percent people living below poverty, according to World Health Organization about ten percent people of our country are disabled. Disabled people, especially disabled women and girls, are almost invariably among the poorest, most oppressed and excluded members of the society. One of the main problems faced by disabled people is the negative attitude of the society to them. Negative attitudes, environmental and institutional barriers have made them vulnerable and neglected class of the society

Advice and Testimonial

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As an American obsessed with avoiding saturated fats, England was a trial. My wife, Lyndi, and I found mayonnaise and butter in abundance at any restaurant or pub. Thankfully, house trade in an English village had a wheelchair accessible kitchen. For the first time in my life I could easily look into the pots while I cooked. The sink also had clearance for my wheelchair. Everything was at my height.

Report of the CIB Expert Seminar on Building Non-Handicapping Environments, Harare 1992

Access legislation and
barrier-free environments in Taiwan

Joseph Y. B. Tsai, Taiwan Disabled People's Association, Taiwan.

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Report of the CIB Expert Seminar on Building Non-Handicapping Environments, Budapest 1991

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Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania (TOMRIC Agency) - August 21, 2000

Giti Masule says people with disabilities in Tanzania often feel totally excluded from the mainstream. He has recently taken over as the new program manager for Action of Disability and Development (ADD). The Organization is based in the Mwanza Region in northern Tanzania, on the shores of Lake Victoria.

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Rannveig Traustadottir
Updated by Perri Harris

The Center on Human Policy
Syracuse University

June 1997

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The materials in this information packet were compiled for anyone interested in learning about the lives of women and girls with disabilities.

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The Urban Institute gratefully acknowledges financial support for this research from the Commonwealth Fund, a New York-based foundation. The authors wish to thank the many respondents in the United States, the Netherlands, France, Germany, and Austria who provided the information for this paper. The views expressed in this paper are those of the authors and should not be attributed to the Urban Institute, its trustees, or its funders.

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People with disabilities are often invisible in movies and television shows, or, if visible, depicted in demeaning and stereotypical ways: as powerless, child-like, isolated victims, as bitter, sometimes psychopathic misfits, or as the "super-crip," who overcomes a disability with some extraordinary ability.

Moreover, storylines featuring people with disabilities inevitably resolve with a "cure" rendering the character "whole."