International Society for the Welfare of Cripples
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Identifies LC/NAF RWO
Identifies RWO
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Sources
found: Changing attitudes towards the disabled, 1954:t.p. (International Society for the Welfare of Cripples)
found: National union catalog, pre-1956 imprints, v. 406:p. 574 (The name of the International Society for the Welfare of Cripples was changed in 1960 to International Society for Rehabilitation of the Disabled)
found: RI Global WWW history p. (Along the way, there have been four major name changes: The International Society for Crippled Children, 1922; The International Society for the Welfare of Cripples, 1939; The International Society for the Rehabilitation of the Disabled, 1960; and Rehabilitation International, 1972. These name changes reflect changing social awareness towards disability. At present, the organization is known around the world by the abbreviation of its 1972 name: RI Global) - http://www.riglobal.org/about/history/
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Change Notes
2001-01-21: new
2019-10-03: revised
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