Born under the umbrella of ADAPT, the Rights Group (ARG) was conceptualized and founded by Miss Malini Chib, an international activist for the rights of the disabled.

All over the world, Disabled People’s Organizations (DPO’s) are primarily made up of groups of disabled persons.  Carrying forth the parent organizations commitment to inclusion, Malini believes that both “able” and “disabled” should work together to form an “inclusive” society where “all” are welcomed and included.  Malini and her team of activists strongly condemn the segregation of disabled persons in “ghettoized” organizations, made up of only the disabled.  The ARG team believes that this attitude is yet another expression of exclusion, that further hinders the creation of a truly inclusive society.

From its inception, the central message of ARG has been “Nothing About Us Without Us”.  ARG recognizes that without a wide collective recognition of people with disability and an acknowledgement of their human rights, there will be no public and political will or lobby for change.

OBJECTIVES OF ADAPT

ARG works towards removing barriers that prevent people with disability from being active participants in everyday life by:

  • Providing a forum for sharing information and resources.
  • Advocating and lobbying for issues and concerns of people with disabilities.
  • Organizing seminars, workshops and social events for the disabled.
  • Raising awareness and providing community education on disability issues.
  • Networking with individuals and other NGO’s to achieve common goals.
  • Working to bring about changes in the attitude of society towards people with disability, through dissemination of information via print, electronic media and public events.

The Empowerment Course

ADAPT’s Empowerment Course is designed by people with disability with the aim of enabling everyone to understand good practices of inclusion towards people with disability.

The Objectives

  • To enable participants to address discriminatory forms of practice towards people with disability.
  • To recognize use of appropriate language when addressing issues of disability, and when speaking to persons with disabilities.
  • To encourage participants to overcome negative attitudes towards people with disability

Duration
One day interactive workshop

Course Content Includes

  • Raising awareness:
    • How people with disability are viewed and how to challenge this viewpoint.
  • Models of disability:
    • Developing a human rights based approach to empowerment of people with disability. 
  • Experiencing disability
  • The importance of language
  • Disability Etiquettes
    •  Is there such a thing?
  • Circle of friends
    • Creating social networks for people with disabilities
  • Portrayal of disability and imagery in media.
  • Empowerment 

Employment of people with disabilities

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