Our work in United States of America
Overcoming abuse, trauma, and exclusion in indigenous communities - UN COSP virtual side-event on June 9, 2025
Disability Rights International (DRI) hosted this UN COSP virtual side-event exploring the challenges that indigenous people with disabilities are facing in communities in Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala, and the United States.
Support of the International Children with Disabilities Protection Act
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
UN Side Event June 11th: US Disability Community Responds to Attacks on Inclusion, Cuts in Funding
Disability Rights International (DRI) & United States International Council on Disabilities (USICD) cohosted this 2 part UN COSP side-event exploring international implications of recent developments in the United States and around the world.
Standing Up for Disability Inclusion & International Engagement in a Time of Adversity: A Global Response from the US Disability Community
International Children with Disabilities Protection Act: Senate Briefing & Reception December 6th 2022
Video for DRI PSA Senate Bill for the International Children with Disabilities Protection Act