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Former USICD Intern Julia Wolhandler Champions Disability Rights in CIVICUS’s State of Civil Society 2013 (p. 229)
June 14, 2013
Source: State of Civil Society Report

Bangkok Recommendations for disability-inclusiveness
June 12, 2013
Source: Thailand The Nation

Hope in India as Mandatory Access For People with Disability Takes Shape
June 8, 2013
Source: India America Today

New Resource on English Language Learners with Disabilities
June 5, 2013
Source: Impact from University of Minnesota's CIRTCL

Don't Miss Handicap International's New Website!
June 5, 2013

EP POLITICAL GROUPS JOIN FORCES TO SUPPORT PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES
June 5, 2013
Source: European Disability Forum

"In The Shadow of the Sun" Shown in NY
June 5, 2013
Source: Human Rights Watch Film Festival

Eric Rosenthal Wins 2013 Charles Bronfman Prize
June 3, 2013
Source: The Charles Bronfman Prize

Norway Becomes 130th State Party to Ratify the CRPD
June 3, 2013

MDAC fights for the rights of parents with disabilities
May 31, 2013
Source: Mental Disability Advocacy Center

My Reflections on Disability and the UN Panel's Post-2015 Report
May 31, 2013
Source: Huffington Post

Given same opportunities as others, children with disabilities can be agents of change – UN report
May 30, 2013
Source: UN News Centre

Bob Dole's Revealing Fox News Sunday Interview: Veteran, Republican, Proud American (FNC) by Fox News Insider
May 29, 2013
Source: Fox News

Tunisia: Regional Arab Workshop On the 'Disabled Person's Status and MDGs'
May 29, 2013
Source: allAfrica

66th World Health Assembly adopts resolution calling for better health care for people with disabilities
May 28, 2013
Source: World Health Organization

Support Launch of UNICEF's State of the World’s Children 2013: Children with Disabilities
May 28, 2013

Recommendations of Pacific Declaration of the Preparatory Meeting for Pacific Indigenous Peoples on the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples 2014
May 26, 2013

The European Disability Movement Calls for a Social Way Out of the Crisis, Which Includes CRPD
May 26, 2013
Source: European Disability Forum

Immigrants Seeking Serenity in a Patch of California Land
May 25, 2013
Source: New York Times

Indigenous persons with disabilities present study to the UNPFII, upon framework of CRPD
May 22, 2013

Final Report of High-Level Panel on the Post-2015 Development Agenda to be released on 31 May
May 22, 2013

Op-Ed on CRPD: Measure won't infringe on rights
May 21, 2013
Source: The Tennessean

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First Virtual Master’s in Disability Policy – Fellowships Available
Monday, April 30, 2012

Pre-Registration for High-level Meeting on Disability and Development
Friday, June 14, 2013 - Monday, July 1, 2013

5th International Disability Law Summer School 2013
Monday, June 17, 2013 - Saturday, June 22, 2013

CREA’s 7th Sexuality, Gender, and Rights Institute: Exploring Theory and Practice
Saturday, June 22, 2013 - Sunday, June 30, 2013

Symposium on Disability, Technology and Rehabilitation in Low and Middle Income Countries
Thursday, June 27, 2013 - Friday, June 28, 2013

Summer School on Disability & Development in Indonesia
Thursday, July 18, 2013 - Thursday, July 25, 2013

Annual Justice for All Awards and ADA Celebration
Tuesday, July 23, 2013 - Tuesday, July 23, 2013
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2013 Annual Conference on Independent Living
Wednesday, July 24, 2013 - Saturday, July 27, 2013

International Summer School on Community Based Rehabilitation
Monday, July 29, 2013 - Friday, August 9, 2013

INTERNATIONAL MALARIA CONFERENCE INVITATION IN UNITED STATE AND ATHENS GREECE
Thursday, August 1, 2013 - Saturday, August 3, 2013

Global Methodist Mission Conference for the Deaf
Monday, August 5, 2013 - Friday, August 9, 2013

International Training Programme on Disability and Inclusive Development
Friday, August 16, 2013 - Thursday, August 22, 2013

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