ADDC :: Australian Disability & Development Consortium

ADDC CONFERENCE – First Notice

The two-day conference and one-day action-based roundtable in Darwin, Australia seeks practical ways for people with disabilities in the Asia Pacific region and Australian Aboriginal communities to best fulfill their human rights.

Haiti: After the Devastation, the Emotional Wreckages

With so many people killed, so many buildings destroyed, so much wealth and infrastructure lost, there will, however, be invisible injuries too — to the psyches of the survivors. Emotional wounds may be the slowest to develop, but they can also be among the toughest to heal.

ADDC January 2010 Newsletter

Generic disability and domestic information will be included in our Newsletters when possible as part of our commitment to disability advocacy and strengthening partnerships: however our focus remains on disability & development issues.

Video – What Does International Day of People with Disability Mean to You?

We asked people what this annual day means to them….”It’s a day to celebrate the work of Disabled People’s Organisations in developing countries that are working hard to remind governments that people with disabilities have the same rights to access work, school, church and social and community life as everybody else.”