| Pathfinders:
Towards Full Participation and Equality of Persons with
Disabilities in the ESCAP Region
Social Policy Paper No. 2, 2001
ST/ESCAP/2170
Foreword
Introduction
PART ONE: NATIONAL COORDINATION AND
LEGISLATION
Chapter
I. Overview of national coordination and legislation
II. The National Disability Forum of Bangladesh
III. The Disability Action Council of Cambodia
IV. Eliminating discrimination through legislation in Hong
Kong, China
PART TWO: PUBLIC AWARENESS, ACCESSIBILITY
AND COMMUNICATION
V. Overview of public awareness, accessibility and communication
VI. Accessibility in Malaysia: Disability awareness training
for local
government technical personnel
VII. Let’s make the world accessible: Barrier-free
tourism in India
PART THREE: EDUCATION, TRAINING AND
EMPLOYMENT
VIII. Overview of education, training and employment
IX. Integrated education in Gujarat
X. Traditional Thai massage: Vocational training for blind
persons in Thailand
XI. Mushroom production for people with disabilities
PART FOUR: PREVENTION OF CAUSES OF
DISABILITY AND
REHABILITATION: COMMUNITY-BASED REHABILITATION
AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
XII. Overview of prevention of causes of disability and
rehabilitation:
community-based rehabilitation and social development
XIII. Community-based approach to early intervention for
children with
disabilities: The KAMPI experience
XIV. Lovely’s story: A case study from the Centre
for the Rehabilitation
of the Paralysed in Bangladesh
PART FIVE: SELF-HELP ORGANIZATIONS
XV. Overview of self-help organizations
XVI. Bright Future Group: Birth of a self-help organization
in Viet Nam
Annex: List of organizations
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