Youth and disabilities - Related documents

Resources and References

Youth and Disability in the EU and International Institutions

• Disability Intergroup - a cross party group of the Members of the European Parliament from each of the 27 EU Member States supporting the rights of people with disabilities
• EU Framework Directive 2000/78/EC on equal treatment in employment
• European Disability Strategy 2010-2020
• Council of Europe Directorate of Human Rights and Anti-Discrimination, Division "Social Cohesion and Integration", Integration of People with Disabilities Unit
• United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
• European Disability Forum Youth Committee
• Human rights of persons with disabilities, overview of the International Human Rights Instruments related to disability, Human Rights Education Associates (HREA)
• Overview of International Legal Frameworks for Disability Legislation, UN

Reports and handbooks

• World Report on Disability, 2011, WHO
• OECD Report "Transforming Disability into Ability: Policies to Promote Work and Income Security for Disabled People" , 2003
• UN CRPD Handbook for Parliamentarians
• Report on equality of educational and training opportunities for young disabled people in European countries, ANED, 2010

Journals

• Journal of Disability Policy Studies

Youth and Disability - Facts & Figures 

• Youth with Disabilities Fact Sheet , UN High Level Meeting on Youth, 2011
• Disability and Health Fact sheet N°352, WHO, June 2011

Resources produced or curated by youth with disabilities and their organisations

• "Young and Disabled: Daily Challenges for Equality", EDF Youth Committee Publication, published in 2006 and updated in 2009
• ExchangeAbility leaflet for coordinators of student exchanges involving youth with disabilities, Erasmus Student Network and EDF Youth Committee, 2009
• Youth with Disabilities, youth policy resource page on youth with disabilities, curated by WORLD ENABLED – a collaborative initiative of the Pineda Foundation for Youth

Definition of disability and models of disability

• International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health, WHO
• Disability Models, International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences

Disability Research Networks

• Academic Network of European Disability Experts (ANED)

Education and Training

• SALTO Inclusion home page, includes booklets on inclusion, toolbox on training and youth, training opportunities calendar, links on disability issues
• "Role of European trainings, Arts and Participation in Inclusion of Youth with disabilities" (Coyote Magazine, Issue 8-2004) by Karina Chupina
• "No Barriers, No Borders" manual on organising and running mixed ability projects,  SALTO-YOUTH Inclusion Resource Centre, 2008

Disability youth organizations active on the European level

• Network of Blind and Partially Sighted Youth - European Blind Union
• International Federation of Hard of Hearing Young People
• Leonard Cheshire Disability Young Voices
• European Union of Deaf Youth
• World Enabled/Pineda Foundation for Youth
• World Federation of the Deaf Youth Section
• European Disability Forum Youth Committee
• Disabled Students Association in Slovenia
• Association of Students with Disabilities in Serbia and Montenegro
• Norwegian Association of Youth with Disabilities
• The Swedish National Association for Disabled Children and Young Persons