Decade Activities

The focus of ESCAP's Decade action is the inclusion of disabled persons in the mainstream development process.

Some ESCAP activities include:

• Promotion of Non-handicapping Environments
• Education for Children and Youth with Disabilities into the Twenty-first Century
• Survey of National Coordination Committees on Disability in Asian and the Pacific
• Report of the Regional Forum (November 1999) on;
  • "Meeting the Targets for the Asian and Pacific Decade of Disabled Persons, and Equalization of Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities"
  • "Education for Children and Youth with Disabilities"
  • "Early Intervention and Education for Children and Youth with Disabilities"
• Report of Asia-Pacific Conference on Tourism for People with Disability, Bali, Indonesia, 24-28 September 2000
• Symposium : People with Intellectual Disability
• Poverty & Disability : Field Study-cum-Regional Seminar on Poverty Alleviation among Rural Persons with Disabilities
• Regional Training Workshop on Disability Statistics, New Delhi, 7-11 February 2000