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The International Disability Rights Monitor (IDRM) is an international grass-roots research project designed to document and assess the status of people with disabilities worldwide. It represents an ongoing collaboration between the Center for International Rehabilitation (CIR)--a not-for-profit organization that develops research, education and advocacy programs to improve the lives of people with disabilities internationally--and many international and national disability groups. IDRM is the worlds only systematic, international disability rights shadow monitoring project focusing on disability rights.
The primary focus of the IDRM project is a series of regional and themed reports. The regional reports focus on several key areas such as legal protections, education, employment, accessibility and health and housing services for people with disabilities. They include a collection of country reports and also a report card which allows comparison of progress made by countries across the region. Since 2003 the IDRM project has released a landmark series of reports that have been submitted and used, along with official government reports, by the UN Special Rapporteur on disability to judge international compliance with the UN Standard Rules.
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United States