BOOKS, MANUALS, ARTICLES & REPORTS ONLINE ON DISABILITY & REHABILITATION

You can download books, manuals, articles and reports available from AIFO. Unless specified, almost all materials are in PDF (Acrobat) format and you will require an Acrobat reader to read them.

Complete books and workshop proceedings containing large number of documents are organised in directories.

If you are looking for articles and books on community-based rehabilitation, do not forget to take a look at our old archives of Asia Pacific Disability and Rehabilitation Journal (APDRJ).

Full books and Workshop proceedings on Disability, Rehabilitation & CBR

1. Presentations, reports and pictures from international CBR workshops - mental health, UN CRPD and leprosy, Bangkok, Thailand, February 2009

2. Innovations in Developing countries for People with Disabilities, edited by Brian O'Toole & Roy McConkey, published by Lisieux Hall-UK and AIFO-Italy, 1995 (Different chapters of the book for download)

3. Workshop on Community-based rehabilitation and country experiences of CBR, International Health Cooperation papers vol. 14, AIFO, Bologna, Italy, 1996 (different chapters of the book for download)

4. Promoting independence following a stroke - a guide for therapists and professionals working in primary health care, WHO/DAR/99.2, published jointly by WHO/DAR and AIFO, 1999 (different chapters of the book without pictures for download)

5. Review of CBR International Conference, Helsinki Finland, WHO/DAR, May 2003 - includes background papers, presentations, discussion papers, final recommendations, etc.

Documents, Articles, Papers, Reports & Books on Disability, Rehabilitation and CBR

• Promoting empowerment of marginalized persons - the Watch Model in Nepal - Best Practices from AIFO Projects (PDF of a powerpoint, 5 MB) - Promoting Empowerment of women in Nepal (PDF of descriptive document, 1.5 MB) - Enrico Pupulin and Robin Laukner, AIFO, January 2012

• Working paper: Article 32 of U.N. Convention on rights of persons with disabilities (CRPD) and CBR Guidelines, AIFO, October 2011 (PDF)

• Inclusion of Disability in the University Training Courses - Training module to mainstream disability in graduate and post graduate courses, AIFO and DPI Italy, Italy, 2008 (PDF, 800 KB)

• Riadis Newsletter 1, 2009 - newsletter from the network of NGOs and DPOs from the Americas (Word format)

• Guidelines on provision of manual wheelchairs in less resourced countries, WHO, ISPO & USAID, Geneva, 2008 (2 MB, PDF)

• Disability and Development Cooperation in Mediterranean area - report of a regional meeting held in Bari (Italy) in September 2007 (added in May 2008, PDF format 367 KB)

• Twenty years of Community-based Rehabilitation in Guyana - an impact assessment, Sunil Deepak, AIFO, Italy, October 2007 (PDF format 1 MB)

• Training manual on the human rights of persons with disabilities, Gianpierro Griffo & Francesca Ortali, DPI & AIFO, Ulaan Baator, Mongolia, 2007 (September 2007, 580 KB, in PDF format)

• Report of a meeting of AIFO projects on mental illness and CBR, Bangalore, India, 12 December 2006 (in PDF format)

• Achieving Rights-based Development through Joint Effort, APDF-UN Escape, Bangkok statement, 16-17 October 2006

• Sign language alphabet from Nepal (96 KB, in PDF format), August 2006

• An exclusive interview with UN Special Rapporteur on Disability, HRH Sheikha Hessa: in May 2006, Dr Sunil Deepak from AIFO/Italy had an opportunity to meet the UN Special Rapporteur on Disability during a WHO/EMRO meeting in Cairo (Egypt). Read this interview. June 2006

• National policy in Malawi for equalization of opportunities for persons with disabilities, 139 KB, June 2005

• Tributes to Farhat Rahman from RCPD, Peshawar (Pakistan), who died in 2005

• Stories of women with disabilities pursuing employment in Guyana: As employees or as entrepreneurs, 165 KB, Karen Hall, research thesis partially supported by a grant from AIFO, April 2005

• Joint position paper on CBR by WHO, ILO and UNESCO, September 2004 in word format  267 KB (and in Acrobat format 1 MB)

• Empowered to differ - Stakeholders' influences in community-based rehabilitation, Harry Flinkenflugen, Dissertation, University of Amsterdam, March 2004 (PDF, 1.4 MB)

• Mainstreaming of disabled students - an educational audit of university education in India for youth with disability, National Centre for Promotion of Employment for Persons with Disability (NCPEDP), India, August 2004 (275 KB)

• Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities & Threats in CBR, Sunil Deepak, presented at WHO/DAR meeting on Guidelines for CBR Programmes, Geneva 1 November 2004

• Inclusive education and CBR at Chandpur (India), a project report by St Joseph Service Society, Delhi, India, 26 November 2004

• Disability and Rehabilitation issues in South Asia, Foreword, Dr E. Pupulin & Dr S. Deepak, Selected Readings in CBR, January 2003, APDRJ

• Monitoring of community-based rehabilitation (CBR) and Primary Health Care (PHC) integration in AIFO supported projects in India, Jayanth Kumar, May 2003 (112 KB)

• Inter-country study on expectations, roles, attitudes and behaviours of CBR volunteers, Dr. M. Sharma & Dr S. Deepak, July 2003, APDRJ

• Answering rehabilitation needs of leprosy affected persons in integrated setting through Primary Health Care (PHC) and community-based rehabilitation (CBR), Dr S. Deepak, Indian Journal of leprosy, Vol. 75 (2) 2003

• Volunteers and community-based rehabilitation (CBR), Dr S. Deepak & Dr M. Sharma, January 2002, APDRJ

• CBR-Leprosy orientation training programme in India, Jayanth Kumar, February 2002, (113 KB)

• Disabled Peoples International (DPI) Sapporo Declaration, October 2002 (24 KB)

• Disabled women: an excluded agenda of Indian feminism, Anita Ghai, Hypatia, Vol. 17, no. 3 (Summer 2002) (149 KB)

• Including disability - Improving access to medical and rehabilitation services, Dr. S. Deepak, speech at Berlin disability meeting, 2002

• Male, female or disabled - barriers to expression of sexuality, Sunil Deepak, Dissertation for Masters in disability studies, University of Leeds, August 2002 (180 KB)

• Rethinking care in society providing equal opportunities for all, V. Finkelstein, March 1998 (Used as Discussion paper for Rethinking Care conference, WHO/DAR, May 2001) (75 KB)

• A brief case study of community-based rehabilitation programme in Mongolia, Dr M. Sharma & Dr S. Deepak, January 2001, APDRJ

• Ist Africa regional conference on CBR - A Participatory Strategy for Africa, 10-14 September 2001, Kampala Uganda, Workshop proceedings, (649 KB)

• Performance of community-based rehabilitation planning in rural areas of Iran, M. Kamali, Discussion paper for WHO/DAR meeting, Geneva, 2001 (95 KB)

• A participatory evaluation of community-based rehabilitation in North-Central Vietnam, Dr M. Sharma & Dr S. Deepak, June 2001, Disability and Rehabilitation Journal

• Mainstreaming gender in disability and rehabilitation - a developmental perspective, Gulshan Rahman, Dissertation in Development & Planning, University college of London, September 2001 (243 KB)

• Rehabilitation needs in leprosy, Dr E. Pupulin & Dr S. Deepak, presentation at AIFO conference, Vatican city, January 2000

• CBR Pilot Programme South Sulawesi Indonesia - Challenges for new approaches, F. Ortali, July 2000, APDRJ (84 KB)

• Rehabilitation of leprosy affected persons - Problems and challenges for provision of services, Dr Sunil Deepak, AHRTAG Bulletin, 1997

If you are looking for articles and books on community-based rehabilitation, do not forget to take a look at our archives of Asia Pacific Disability and Rehabilitation Journal (APDRJ).