Disability Mentoring Day
Career Development for the 21st Century







Job Shadowing and Hands-On Career Exploration
Empowering Students and Job Seekers
Promoting a Diverse Workplace
Recruiting New Talent


International Efforts

In addition to helping Disability Mentoring Day to take root in all 50 states and all US territories, AAPD is pleased to lead in international efforts to help transplant DMD around the world. New Zealand was the first nation to begin taking the DMD model beyond the borders of the US, and other nations are joining in this ongoing work with more to follow.

If you would like assistance in building on this pioneering work in your country beginning in 2006, please contact one of the following National Coordinators below. If your country is not listed, contact AAPD by phone (800) 840-8844, or by Email.


AUSTRALIA

Dr. Kevin Murfitt
Willing and Able Mentoring (WAM) Program
School of Psychology
Deakin University
221 Burwood Hwy
Melbourne, Victoria 3125, Australia
VOICE: 03 9251 7190
International: +61 3 9251 7190
Email Dr. Kevin Murfitt


ARGENTINA

Mary Ellen Parker
Culture & Diversity Program Manager
Hewlett-Packard Company
2 Results Way, Marlboro, MA 01752
VOICE: (239) 495-8409
Email Mary Ellen Parker


BANGLADESH

Abdus Sattar Dulal, Executive Director
Delower Hossain, Assistant Director
Bangladesh Protibandhi Kallyan Somity (BPKS)
BPKS Complex
Dakkhinkhan
Uttara, Dhaka 1230
VOICE: 880-2-8923915, 8960077
FAX: 880-2- 8960078
Email Kallyan Somity or
Email Bangladesh Protibandhi Kallyan Somity


BULGARIA

Maria Goranova
Marie Curie Association
9A Magura Street
Plovdiv 4000
Bulgaria, Europe
VOICE: +359 32 628890
FAX: +359 32 628890
Email Maria Goranova
Marie Curie Association website


CANADA

Mary Ellen Parker
Culture & Diversity Program Manager
Hewlett-Packard Company
2 Results Way, Marlboro, MA 01752
VOICE: (239) 495-8409
Email Mary Ellen Parker


CHINA

Marlene Sloper
Global Diversity Program Manager
Hewlett-Packard Company
3000 Hanover Street, ms 1241
Palo Alto, California 94304
New Zealand
VOICE: (650) 857-5085
FAX: (650) 852 2907
Email Marlene Sloper


COLUMBIA

Hernando Pradilla-Cobos, Lic. Fil., Let. and Ped., M.A. SE, Mag. Env. Ed.
President
Asociación Colombiana de Personas con Limitación
(Colombian Association of Persons with Impairments - ACOPIM)
Calle 119 A No. 56-20
Bogotá, DC 11002
Colombia, SA
PHONE: +571-253-0850
CELL: +315-334-6285
Email Hernando Pradilla-Cobos


COSTA RICA

Mary Ellen Parker
Culture & Diversity Program Manager
Hewlett-Packard Company
2 Results Way, Marlboro, MA 01752
VOICE: (239) 495-8409
Email Mary Ellen Parker


DENMARK

Mary Ellen Parker
Culture & Diversity Program Manager
Hewlett-Packard Company
2 Results Way, Marlboro, MA 01752
VOICE: (239) 495-8409
Email Mary Ellen Parker


FRANCE

Mary Ellen Parker
Culture & Diversity Program Manager
Hewlett-Packard Company
2 Results Way, Marlboro, MA 01752
VOICE: (239) 495-8409
Email Mary Ellen Parker


GERMANY

Mary Ellen Parker
Culture & Diversity Program Manager
Hewlett-Packard Company
2 Results Way, Marlboro, MA 01752
VOICE: (239) 495-8409
Email Mary Ellen Parker


GHANA

Alexander Tetteh
Ghana Society of the Physically Disabled
Private Mail Bag,
T.U.C. Accra
Ghana
VOICE: 233-21-680099
FAX: 233- 21-680099
Email Alexander Tetteh


IRELAND

Brenda Tallon
Employment Officer
Midland Employment Support Agency (MESA)
Dawn Learning Centre
Grafton Court
Longford, Ireland
VOICE: 00353 86 3872855
EMAIL: Brenda Tallon


JAPAN

Mary Ellen Parker
Culture & Diversity Program Manager
Hewlett-Packard Company
2 Results Way, Marlboro, MA 01752
VOICE: (239) 495-8409
Email Mary Ellen Parker


KOSOVO

Ms. Hiljmnijeta Apuk, Mr. Xhevat Islami, and Ms. Fazile Bungu
National Coordinators - DMD of Kosovo
Little People of Kosovo
Hendifer Ferizaj
Hiljmnijeta Apuk Rr. Adem Trepca #4
40000 Mitrovica
Kosovo-UNMIK, Yugoslavia
V/FAX: ++381 28 24 670
Little People of Kosovo website


MAURITANIA

Moussa Sidibe
UNHPM
P.O. Box 42
Mouadhibou, Mauritania
PHONE: 002225742078 or
002225741210
CELL: 002226715177
Email Moussa Sidibe


MEXICO

Mary Ellen Parker
Culture & Diversity Program Manager
Hewlett-Packard Company
2 Results Way, Marlboro, MA 01752
VOICE: (239) 495-8409
Email Mary Ellen Parker


NEW ZEALAND

Pam Crothall
National Coordinator - DMD of New Zealand
State Services Commission
PO Box 329
Wellington
New Zealand
VOICE: 644 495 6751
FAX: 644 495 6691
Email Pam Crothall
State Services Commission website


NIGERIA

Innocent Kalu
Cerebral Palsy - Nigeria (CPAN)
Trans Amusement Park Complex, Suite 2
Old Ibadan, Airport
Box 21752 (U.I.) Post Office
Ibadan
Nigeria
VOICE: (234) 2-810-0150; (234) 8-2-327-8583
Email Innocent Kalu
Cerebral Palsy - Nigeria (CPAN) website


PUERTO RICO

Mary Ellen Parker
Culture & Diversity Program Manager
Hewlett-Packard Company
2 Results Way, Marlboro, MA 01752
VOICE: (239) 495-8409
Email Mary Ellen Parker


UNITED KINGDOM

Mary Ellen Parker
Culture & Diversity Program Manager
Hewlett-Packard Company
2 Results Way, Marlboro, MA 01752
VOICE: (239) 495-8409
Email Mary Ellen Parker


RUSSIA

Daria Koudriacheva & Denise Roza
Local Coordinator for Moscow, Russia
Perspektiva
8.2-Frunzensraya Street
Moscow, 119146, Russia
VOICE: (603) 444-5802 (New Hampshire, United States)
mountain3@verizon.net


SPAIN

Mary Ellen Parker
Culture & Diversity Program Manager
Hewlett-Packard Company
2 Results Way, Marlboro, MA 01752
VOICE: (239) 495-8409
Email Mary Ellen Parker


UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

American Association of People with Disabilities
DMD
1629 K Street NW, Suite 503
Washington, DC 20006
VOICE/TTY: (202) 457-0046
TOLL FREE/TTY: (800) 840-8844
FAX: (202) 457-0473
EMAIL:
AAPD website

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