Global Movements on Disability and Japanese Disability Policy

- 30years since UN Declaration on the Rights of Disabled Persons1975 to UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disability 2006 -

1. Influence of the UN Declaration in 1971 & 1975 and following international co-operative actions and movements.
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1. The International Year of Disabled Persons (1981)
2. The World Program of Action concerning Disabled Persons (1982)
3. The UN Decade of Disabled Persons (1983-1992)
4. The UNESCAP Asian & Pacific Decade of Disabled Persons (1993-2002 and 2003-2012)
5. The Standard Rules on the Equalization of Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities (1993)
6. Contribution of ILO , WHO and other UN special agencies
7. Movement for the convention of the rights of People with disability

*ADA (Americans with Disabilities ACT) in1990 and its influence to the world disability movements

1. Rehabilitation Acts of 1973
2. UK, Australia and other countries followed

2. Japanese Disability Policy
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1. First Disability Policy ・・The Fundamental Law on Disabled People
2. Responsibility of Nation, National Government and Local governments
3. Movements of disabled people individual organizations' movements and united movements

3. videos:
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1. Emerging (Canadian Rehabilitation Association 1980)
2. Rehabilitation in Japan( JSRPD 1985),
3. Breaking Barriers (UN 1982)