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Disability, Equality, and Human Rights A Training Manual for Development and Humanitarian Organisations Authors Contents Links Other titles

Authors

Alison Harris pioneered the Disability Equality Training of Trainers course which was developed in Kosovo in partnership with Handikos, a disabled people's organisation.

Sue Enfield is a well-known writer and trainer in the field of disability rights.

Contents

Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgements 
Abbreviations and Acronyms (PDF 101KB)

Introduction (PDF 85KB) 

Part One: The Principles of Disbility Equality Training

Chapter 1: Disability and development: an overview of the issues (PDF 158KB)
Chapter 2: What is 'Disability Equality'? (PDF 109KB)
Chapter 3: Working with disabled people's organisations (PDF 117KB)
Chapter 4: Guidelines for good practice (PDF 93KB) 

Part Two: The Practice of Disbility Equality Training

Chapter 5: The Disability Equality Training of Trainers (DETOT) course (PDF 87KB)
Chapter 6: Outline of the training materials (PDF 82KB)
Chapter 7: Preparing for the workshop and forming the group (PDF 149KB)
Chapter 8: Facilitation skills (PDF 270KB)
Chapter 9: Disability equality in practice (PDF 491KB)
Chapter 10: Action planning (PDF 79KB)
Chapter 11: Evaluation (PDF 90KB)
Chapter 12: Case studies (PDF 90KB)
Chapter 13: Some useful quotations (PDF 54KB)
Chapter 14: Sample worksheet agendas (PDF 73KB)
Chapter 15: Conclusion (PDF 58KB)

Resources (PDF 71KB)
Appendix: Oxfam's policy on disability (PDF 54KB)
General Index (PDF 74KB)
Index of training methods (PDF 59KB) 

Whole book (PDF 1182KB)

Related links

Please note, inclusion of these links does not imply that Oxfam agrees with or endorses statements made or opinions expressed in external websites.

• Action on Disability and Development
  works with disabled people for positive change
• Disability Awareness in Action
  the international disability & human rights network
• UN Disability Rights Resources Site
• Spinal Injuries Association
• Sight Savers International
  works in the world's poorest countries, to restore sight to many adults and children who are needlessly blind
• Disabled Peoples' International
  a network of national organizations or assemblies, established to promote human rights of disabled people through full participation, equalization of opportunity and development
• Institute of Independent Living
  serves self-help organizations of disabled people by offering training materials, technical assistance and information
• Research and Training Center on Independent Living
• Mobility International USA (MIUSA)
  works to people with disabilities around the world by ensuring their inclusion in international exchange and international development programs
• World Institute on Disability
  a nonprofit, public policy center dedicated to promoting independence and full societal inclusion of people with disabilities
• Handicap International
  aims to provide help to all those in situations of vulnerability, whatever the cause and the environment underlying that situation
• Leonard Cheshire
  is the leading charity provider of services for disabled people in the UK
• EENET
  is an information-sharing network which promotes the inclusion of marginalized groups in education worldwide

Other titles from Oxfam Publishing

• Gender, Development, and Diversity
• Gender and Disability: Women's Experiences in the Middle East
• Disability, Liberation, and Development
• Disabled Children in a Society at War: A Casebook from Bosnia
• Development and Social Diversity

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