GLOBAL VISION PROJECT: Global Vision of Rehabilitation
and Recreation for People with Disabilities in the 21st Century

RESOURCES:
"World Organizations Interested in Rehabilitation
of People with Disabilities in the 21st Century" (1)

Compiled by Prof. John A. Nesbitt, Ed.D., CTRS, Pres/CEO
Special Recreation for disABLED International;
Assisted by Ms. Christine Walters and Mr. Randall Essing,
University of Iowa Libraries

A. World Voluntary Non-Governmental Organizations

Boy Scouts World Bureau, URL: http://www.scout.org
Central Union for Child Welfare (CUCW) http://www.efcw.org/ 
E-Mail: lskl.toimisto@lastensuojelunkeskusliitto.fi
Disability International Foundation, http://www.teleport.com/~dif
Disabled Peoples' International, URL: http://www.dpi.org
Education International, URL: http://www.ei-ie.org
Helen Keller International, URL: http://www.hkworld.org
GLADNET Global Applied Disability Research and Information Network on
GLADNET Employment and Training, Canada: http://www.gladnet.org
Goodwill Industries International, URL: http://www.goodwill.org
Inclusion International (II-MI), E-Mail: ibe@xs4all.nl
International Bureau for Epilepsy (I.B.E.), E-Mail: bice@dial.eunet.ch
International Catholic Child Bureau, E-Mail: bice@dial.eunet.ch
International Committee of the Red Cross, URL: http://www.icrc.org
International Conference of Free Trade Unions, URL: http://www.icftu.org
International Council for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sport,
and Dance (ICHPERSD) E-Mail: ichper@aahperd.org
International Council of Nurses, URL: http://www.icn.ch
International Council of Society of Industrial Design, http://www.icsid.org
International Council on Social Welfare [social work], URL: http://www.icsw.org/
International Diabetes Federation, URL: http://www.idf.org
International Federation of Disabled Workers and Civilian, (FIMITIC) E-Mail: fimitic@t-online.deHandicapped
International Federation of Multiple Sclerosis Societies, URL: http://www.ifmss.org.uk
International Federation of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (IFPMR), no URL/EM
International Hospital Federation, URL: http://www.ihf.co.uk
International League of Societies for the Mentally Handicapped
International Leprosy Association (ILA)
International Social Security Association, URL: http://www.issa.int/
International Social Service, American Branch (ISS/AB)   E-Mail: issusa@lirs.org
International Society for Prosthetics and Orthotics (ISPO)
Phone:45 31207260 Fax: 45 31181669
International Union Against Cancer, URL: http://www.uicc.ch/
(CUCW)Lastensuojelun Keskusliitto
People to People Committee on Disability, http://www.ppcd.org
Prevent Blindness America, URL: http://www.preventblindness.org
Rehabilitation [of disabled] International, http://www.rehab-international.org
Salvation Army, URL: http://www.salvationarmyusa.org
SRDI Special Recreation for disABLED International,
SRDI Global Vision Project  http://www.jccniowa.org/~recdsabl,
SRDI Disability Prevention FIREWORKS http://bailiwick.lib.uiowa.edu/fireworks/
World Association of Persons with Disabilities, USA, http://www.wapd.org
World Association for Psychosocial Rehabilitation - U.S. Branch,
Phone:(212) 369-0500 Fax: (212) 369-0935
World Blind Union, URL: http://www.once.es/wbu
World Confederation for Physical Therapy, E-Mail: wcpt@dial.pipex.com
World Federation for Mental Health, URL: http://www.wfmh.org
World Federation of the Deaf, URL: http://www.wfdnews.org
World Federation of Hemophilia, URL: http://wfh.org
World Federation of Occupational Therapists, E-Mail: wfot@multiline.com.au 
World Leisure and Recreation Association, URL: http://www.worldleisure.org 
World Medical Association, URL: http://www.wma.net
World Veterans Federation, E-Mail: fmacwvf@cybercable.fr

B. United Nations
United Nations, http://www.unsystem.org [Bureau of Social Affairs, Rehabilitation Unit]
International Labour Organization, http://www.ilo.org
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, http://www.unesco.org
United Nations Children's Fund, www.unicef.org, http://www.unicefusa.org
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, http://www.unhcr.org
United Nations Relief and Work Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, http://www.un.org/unrwa/
World Health Organization, http://www.who.int

Footnotes

(1) Based on: Nesbitt, John A. "World Service for the Disabled: An Overview," International Rehabilitation Review, Rehabilitation International (formerly International Society for Rehabilitation for the Disabled), Vol. XVIII, No. 3, July, 1967, REV. 1980, 1990, 2000.
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GLOBAL VISION PROJECT:
Global Vision of Rehabilitation and Recreation
for People with Disabilities in the 21st Century
A JOINT PROJECT BY:
Disability International Foundation AND
Special Recreation for disABLED International

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