A national network
The Australian
Disability & Development Consortium - ADDC - is a national network focusing
attention, expertise and action on disability issues in developing countries,
building a national platform for disability advocacy.
A
significant number of academic, development and disability focused agencies are
currently involved in a wide range of activities targeting disability in
developing countries.
However, these activities and the agencies involved are
not currently linked in a coherent or coordinated fashion and the ADDC attempts
to address this.
Supported
by the Australian Government and Australian agencies these activities include:
• Community Based Rehabilitation,
blindness prevention and other disability prevention and treatment
programs • Volunteer placements of
disability specialists including Occupational Therapists and
Physiotherapists • Landmine prevention, awareness
and victim-assistance programs • Vocational rehabilitation and
microfinance programs • Seminars and training on
disability inclusive development practice • Disability advocacy • Research
For more information visit the ADDC