Ilene R. Zeitzer
President
Disability Policy Solutions
Av. Atlantica, 3916
Apto. 402
Rio de Janeiro, 22070-001
BRAZIL
US Phone: (202) 657-6744

Email: Ilenezdc@yahoo.com

DPS draws expertise from a worldwide network of nationally and internationally recognized authorities in areas including

• Foreign and domestic social insurance systems
• Identifying best practices in rehabilitation services delivery
• Disability civil rights models
• Labor laws
• Program analysis, including identification of areas and recommendations for improvement and/or change
• Adaptation and replication of successful models and best practices
• Step by step implementation strategies for new programs
• Innovative approaches to employment initiatives and re-integration/ accommodation  for people with disabilities in the workforce
• Report writing
• Technical advice
• Special Education assessment and strategies

Current and previous DPS clients include:

• Prefeitura Do Rio (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
• International Labor Office, Central and Eastern Europe Team (Budapest, Hungry)
• International Social Security Association (Geneva, Switzerland)
• Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (Paris, France)
• The Government of Poland
• The Social Insurance Agency of Albania
• Prop Station (Kobe, Japan), an NGO providing employment opportunities and placement in the technology industry for people with disabilities
• The World Bank (Washington, DC)
• U.S. Department of Labor (Washington, DC)
• National Council on Disability (Washington, DC)
• United States International Council on Disabilities (Washington, DC)
• Rehabilitation International (New York, NY)
• World Institute on Disability (Oakland, CA)
• Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Employment and Disability Institute (Ithaca, NY)
• National Disability Authority (Ireland)
• Ministry of Social Affairs (Bahrain)
• Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Population; Government of  Azerbaijan Republic
• Skills and Employability Department (SKILLS), International Labor Office (ILO), Geneva, Switzerland in coordination with the ILO Sub-regional Office for the Caribbean
• Totolika, Parent Non-Governmental Organization, Curaçao, the Netherlands Antilles