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Disability World Links: Asia-Pacific
  • All Sanghar Handicaps Association - Person With Disabilities (PWDs) in Pakistan face severe difficulties and discrimination in all aspects of their lives, in large part because of the conservative ideas, high illiteracy rate, non-availability of laws, being a developing country etc. All Sanghar Handicaps Association (ASHA) is working for achieving basic rights of Person With Disabilities in a rural area district Sanghar of Sindh province in Pakistan.
  • Asia Disability Institute - Site posting comprehensive reports, primarily on independent living and disability rights activities in Japan.
  • Asia-Pacific Development Center on Disability - Founded in 2002, the Asia Pacific Development Center on Disability, based in Thailand, is a technical assistance project of the government of Japan and the government of Thailand. Site features news, training courses & information resources.
  • Care Society - Care Society is a non-governmental organization in the Maldives with an informative web site about their efforts to increase public awareness of disability and other projects.
  • Chinagate.com - A portal site with information about various aspects of disability in the People's Republic of China.
  • Christian Care Foundation for Children with Disabilities - Christian Care Foundation for Children with Disabilities in Thailand (CCD) has been providing care and support abandoned children with disabilities, regardless of gender, nationality, creed or religion, since 1986. CCD works with the Thai Government Home which houses over 2,000 children. CCD currently provides rehabilitation to 150 children. CCD's prime objective is to provide care and support to abandoned children & young adults in professional learning and development environments.
  • Disability Forum Vietnam - "Lively news and information site of the Disability Forum Vietnam, dedicated to improving collaboration among government ministries, non-governmental organizations and disabled people's organizations. In English, with mirror sites in other languages."
  • Disability INFormation Resources - The aim of DINF is to provide an information resource for supporting the study of health and welfare topics for people with disabilities. The information is collected from many Japanese and international sources. There is a special emphasis on the role technologies can play in improving access to information for disabled persons.
  • Disability News and Information Service - Information is a powerful tool. It can lead to self-advocacy and empowerment, if used intelligently. This is what we firmly believe in at Disability News and Information Service (DNIS) - a fortnightly news service on the Indian disability sector.
  • Disability Rights - The site of the Australian Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission featuring "a range of resources and links on disability rights and discrimination issues."
  • Ministry of Martyrs and Disabled - The well-updated site of the Ministry of Martyrs and Disabled Persons, containing news, profiles of NGOs, legislation and policies.
  • Navy One Pal - A disability-friendly website about travel in the Himalayas: Nepal, Tibet & Bhutan.
  • Physical Disability Council of Australia (PDCA) - "The PDCA's mission is that by 2010 the needs of people with a physical disability will be met in all Commonwealth Government legislation, policies, services and programs and in all areas of the private sector and the community of Australia, enabling full participation."
  • Voices for Ability - Based in Bangalore, a website for disabled people in India to exchange information, links and views.
  • WheelAbout - An Australian owned and operated wheelchair accessible van rental and sales service catering for the individual needs of people with limited mobility.

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