“ States Parties shall take effective and appropriate measures, including through peer support, to enable persons with disabilities to attain and maintain their maximum independence, full physical, mental, social and vocational ability, and full inclusion and participation in all aspects of life. To that end, States Parties shall organize, strengthen and extend comprehensive habilitation and rehabilitation services, particularly in the areas of health, employment, education and social services."
Convention of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, article 26 (extract)
Handicap & CBR
According to the International Labour Convention, UNESCO and the World Health Organizations Community Based Rehabilitation (CBR) is “a strategy that’s part of the broader process of community development. It focuses on rehabilitation, equal rights and social integration of people – children and adults- with disabilities. CBR is based upon the joint efforts of people with disabilities, their families and caretakers and finally the service providers within the areas of education, health, vocational training and social services in general”. Supporters of CBR advocate combining the individual approach with services focussed on inclusion and rooted in the own community.
Publications
Internal
External
- WHO. Helander, E., Mendis, P., Nelson, G. Training disabled people in the community. Geneva, 1989.
- Rodgers, G. R. CBR and Independent Living, 1998.
- Miles, M. Children with spina bifida and hydrocephalus in Africa: can medical, family and community resources improve the life chances?, 2006.
- WHO. Report of the 4th Meeting on Development of CBR Guidelines. Geneva, 2006.
- Rodgers, G.R. A Word about Portage, 1998.
- World Council of Churches. CBR, 2001.
- WHO. International Consultation to Review Community-Based Rehabilitation (CBR). Helsinki, 2003.
- Sally Hartley, Centre for International Child Health, 2006.CBR as Part of Community Development - A Poverty Reduction Strategy
- Centre for International Child Health, 2002. CBR As a participatory strategy in Africa
Links
- The World Bank and CBR
- Sally Hartley, 2009. CBR Policy Development and Implementation
- WHO, 2010. Community-based rehabilitation guidelines
- ILEP & WHO, 2007 Technical guide on community-based rehabilitation and leprosy:Meeting the rehabilitation needs of people affected by leprosy and promoting quality of life
- Shia & WHO. 2002. Community-Based Rehabilitation as we have experienced it……voices of persons with disabilities in Ghana, Guyana and Nepal. Part 2 - Country Reports
- Shia & WHO. 2002. Community-Based Rehabilitation as we have experienced it……voices of persons with disabilities. Part 1
- AIFO & WHO. June, 2002. Equal Opportunities for All: Promoting Community-Based Rehabilitation (CBR) among Urban Poor Populations: Initiating and Sustaining CBR in Urban Slums and Low-Income Groups
- The WHO newsletter on disability and rehabilitation
- DCDD: Community Based Rehabilitation
- The World Bank and CBR
- WHO and CBR
- Ask Source and CBR
- Handicap International and CBR