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People with disabilities have the right to live in the community, according to Article 19 of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. However, more than a decade after the adoption of the CRPD by the UN and nearly global ratification, children with disabilities continue to be placed in institutions in every region of the world. Worse still, low-middle income countries that have never had systems of institutionalization have started to build them.
In 2017, the CRPD Committee adopted general comment No. 5 on Article 19 on living independently and being included in the…
The Finding the Way Home documentary highlights the painful realities of the eight million children living in orphanages and other institutions around the world. The film draws on intimate access to families from Brazil, Bulgaria, Haiti, Nepal, India and Moldova to tell six stories of children who have found their way into the care of loving families after spending periods of their lives in an institution. The documentary was made with the support of ACER (Brazil), Catalysts for Social Action (CSA, India), Next Generation Nepal, Lumos and others who helped identify and support some…