TY - JOUR
T1 - Guest Editorial
T2 - Commentary on the World Report on Disability
AU - Emerson, Eric
PY - 2011/9
Y1 - 2011/9
N2 - On June 9, 2011, the World Health Organization and World Bank launched the first-ever World Report on Disability. The aims of the report are ambitious: to synthesize the best available scientific information and, from this, to make recommendations for action at national and international levels that will promote the well-being, dignity, social inclusion, and human rights of people with disabilities around the globe. This monumental task has taken 4 years and has included contributions from 370experts (including several members of the International Association on the Scientific Study of Intellectual Disability) from74 countries.
AB - On June 9, 2011, the World Health Organization and World Bank launched the first-ever World Report on Disability. The aims of the report are ambitious: to synthesize the best available scientific information and, from this, to make recommendations for action at national and international levels that will promote the well-being, dignity, social inclusion, and human rights of people with disabilities around the globe. This monumental task has taken 4 years and has included contributions from 370experts (including several members of the International Association on the Scientific Study of Intellectual Disability) from74 countries.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=80052563655&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1111/j.1741-1130.2011.00303.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1741-1130.2011.00303.x
M3 - Editorial
AN - SCOPUS:80052563655
VL - 8
SP - 217
JO - Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities
JF - Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities
SN - 1741-1122
IS - 3
ER -