Video for DRI PSA Senate Bill for the International Children with Disabilities Protection Act

Ade Adepitan of Unreported World travels to Mexico to meet with disability activists of the Colectivo Chuchan who are going into psychiatric institutions to expose the abusive and inhumane conditions inside (captions available).

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.

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

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