Nagase,
You are correct that the initial walkout which lead to the formation of DPI did
occurr at the RI World Conference in Winipeg in 1980. The issue was equal
representation for pwd's in RI particularly leading up to IYDP and beyond.
Frank HB
Nagase Osamu wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> I noted in Jane Campbell and Mike Oliver's
> "Disability Politics" stating that "Disabled delegates
> were outraged at the decision not to ensure disabled
> people's representation on the IYDP organizing
> committee. In protest they walked out ...", which
> indicates that the representation of disabled people
> at the IYDP organizing committee was the major
> reason for the formation of Disabled Peoples'
> International.
>
> >From Driedger's "Last Civil Right Movement" and
> DPI's official "The First Decade", I was reading that
> representation of disabled people within RI was the
> foremost reason for the DPI's formation and am
> curious to know if there are other materials or statements that
> indicate IYDP representation was the major factor.
>
> Of courese these two overlap but the different weight
> is given in the above different sources and accounts.
>
> Any assistance or enlightments are welcome.
>
> Best regards.
>
> NAGASE Osamu
> University of Tokyo
>
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