This book's basic premise is that disabled people themselves know best what their needs are and that they should be involved in the planning and delivery of relief and development initiatives. The most effective support that agencies can offer is to empower them to claim their basic human rights and their civil and legal rights.

The text is based on the experience of Oxfam staff working before, during and after the crisis in Kosovo; but its principles and practical training materials can be applied far more widely. Case studies from Africa and Asia, arising from the work of Action and Disability and Development (ADD), show how the values of equality, empowerment, and autonomy that are promoted by the social model of disability are universal in their relevance. It suggests practical materials particularly useful to trainers working in geographically isolated areas without access to sophisticated equipment. Most activities and exercises can be adapated for use in groups of people with a wide range of impairments and educational levels.

CONTENTS

Foreward
Preface
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations and acronyms

Introduction

Part One: The principles of Disability Equality training
Chapter 1: Disability and development: an overview of the issues
Chapter 2: What is "disability equality"?
Chapter 3: Working with disabled people's organizations
Chapter 4: Guidelines for good practice.

Part Two: The practice of Disability Equality training
Chapter 5:The Disability Equality Training of Trainers (DETOT) course
Chapter 6: Outline of the training materials
Chapter 7: Preparing for the workshops and forming the group
Chapter 8: Facilitation skills
Chapter 9: Disability Equality in practice
Chapter 10: Action planning
Chapter 11: Evaluation
Chapter 12: Case studies
Chapter 13: Some useful quotations
Chapter 14: Sample workshop agendas
Chapter 15:Conclusion

Resources
Appendix Oxfam's policy on disability
General index
Index of training methods