South American Legal and Policy Resources
This section includes resources dealing
with legal issues and disabilities in South America. It is divided into sections and
these resources may appear in more than one place. The information will
include papers, case law, and various South American laws and policies that cover people with
disabilities. If you know of laws or resources
on the Internet that deal with this subject, please contact us, at: icdri@icdri.org.
IID
Headquarters/Washington, DC
C/O-Rosangela Berman Bieler
711 Brent Road
Rockville, MD 20850
USA
Tel.: 1(301) 838-3031
Fax: 1(301) 838-3029
Email: iidisab@aol.com
IID Latin-American
Regional Office
C/O- Messias Tavarez de Souza
Rua Venezuela, 212 Apto. 304 - Espinheiro
Recife, PE 52020-170
BRAZIL
Tel: (55-81) 222-5539
Fax: (55-81) 439 3316
Email: messias@nlink.com.br
" The Inter-American
Institute on Disability (IID) is a non-profit entity, founded and
managed by disabled people and their allies, to empower people with all
kinds of disabilities and their families in the Inter-American region,
and also in Spanish and Portuguese speaking countries of Europe and
Africa."
"The purpose of the Institute is to
interface between public and private organizations and service
providers, stimulating international and multi-cultural cooperation and
awareness for disability development in the Inter-American Region as a
whole."
Quoted from the web site. The web site in in English, Spanish, and
Portuguese
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