SPECIAL ADVISOR HEUMANN TO ARRIVE TO ADVOCATE DISABILITY RIGHTS

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ The US Embassy in Ulaanbaatar Wednesday announced that it will host Ms Judith Heumann, the Special Advisor on Disability Rights, from the U.S. Department of State on this September 4-7. During her stay, Judith Heumann will meet with a broad range of government, private sector, and civil society representatives in Ulaanbaatar. She will run dialogues on increasing disability awareness in Mongolia and throughout the world, will explore ways to increase international cooperation to share best practices and draw on the experiences, challenges and lessons learned from the disability movement in the United States. Previously served as the Director for the Department on Disability Services for the District of Columbia, where she was responsible for the Developmental Disability Administration and the Rehabilitation Services Administration, and as the World Bank's first Adviser on Disability and Development, Ms Heumann has experience in working with governments and civil society on including disability in the discussions, also in improving policies, programs, and projects that allow the disabled around the world to live and work in the economic and social mainstream of their communities.