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Direct linkLecompt, Jocelin; Mercier, Celine – Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, 2007
The crowning accomplishment of the Montreal Pan-American Health Organization and World Health Organization Conference on Intellectual Disability in 2004 was the unanimous adoption and endorsement, by its 65 participants from 17 countries of the Americas, as well as the principal organizations committed to the defense of the rights of persons with…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Organizations (Groups), International Cooperation, International Organizations
Sen, Reena; Goldbart, Juliet; Kaul, Sudha – Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, 2008
The Indian Institute for Cerebral Palsy (IICP) has been providing education and other services in Kolkata, Eastern India, for children and young adults with cerebral palsy and related disabilities for over 30 years. IICP started by providing education for just two children, and was highly dependent on western expertise. Described is the history of…
Descriptors: Multiple Disabilities, Cerebral Palsy, Young Adults, Nongovernmental Organizations
Samadi, Sayyed Ali – Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, 2008
In the Islamic Republic of Iran, considerable stigma is attached to the presence of a family member with intellectual disabilities, and even in Iran's new constitution, a word with traditional, negative connotation has been retained to refer to persons with intellectual disabilities. While two government organizations have recently become involved…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Mental Retardation, Nongovernmental Organizations, Foreign Countries
Parmenter, Trevor R. – Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, 2004
Since its inception in the early 1960s, the International Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual Disabilities (IASSID) has played an important role in advancing the scientific study of intellectual disabilities, primarily in the developed world. Through its regular world congresses, and its nongovernmental organization status with…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Nongovernmental Organizations, Non English Speaking, Scientists
Mung'omba, James – Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, 2008
In the Republic of Zambia, an estimated 256,000 persons have some form of disability, and of these, 5.4% have intellectual disabilities. Even now, traditional beliefs about the etiology of intellectual disabilities persist and considerable stigma is attached to the presence of persons with intellectual disabilities who are often excluded from…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Poverty, Mental Retardation, Etiology
