Dear DRI Supporters,
Several weeks ago, I visited a baby house in Eastern Europe. It houses about 130 infants and small children, a third of whom are children with disabilities. Most babies are eventually returned to their birth parents, put into foster care or are adopted. But not the babies with disabilities. They have nowhere to go.
Disability Rights International is a human rights organization dedicated to protecting the human rights and promoting the full community integration of persons with disabilities worldwide.
This 2010 video, narrated by Susan Sarandon, reveals the human rights abuses that go unchecked in institutions around the world.
60-second PSA for Disability Rights International's (DRI) Worldwide Campaign to End the Institutionalization of Children
This bill represents everything we’ve been working on for over two decades. All children — especially children with disabilities — need our support to live and grow up in a loving family. And they need protection against being placed in orphanages or other institutions.
— Laurie Ahern, President, Disability Rights International
30-second PSA for Disability Rights International's (DRI) Worldwide Campaign to End the Institutionalization of Children.