World report on disability

Communities can:
¦ Challenge and improve their own beliefs
and attitudes.
¦ Protect the rights of persons with disabilities.
¦ Promote the inclusion and participation of
disabled people in their community.
¦ Ensure that community environments
are accessible for people with disabilities,
including schools, recreational areas and
cultural facilities.
¦ Challenge violence against and bullying of
people with disabilities.

People with disabilities and their families
can:
¦ Support other people with disabilities
through peer support, training, information, and advice.
¦ Promote the rights of persons with disabilities 
within their local communities –
for example by conducting access audits,
delivering disability equality training, and
campaigning for human rights.
¦ Become involved in awareness-raising and
social marketing campaigns.
¦ Participate in forums (international,
national, local) to determine priorities for
change, to influence policy, and to shape
service delivery.
¦ Participate in research projects.

http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/2011/9789240685215_eng.pdf

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