A bimonthly web-zine of international disability news and views • Issue no. 17 January-March 2003

home page - text-only home page Contents: Issue no. 17 January-March 2003 Independent Living Australian Activists Protest Visit by Christopher Reeve Japan Coco Farm and Winery support independent living for persons with disabilities Kenyan Disability Groups Protest Neglect by Ruling Party Brazil: Argentinean Indoor Soccer Blind Team Wins World Championship South Africa: Building a Movement Venezuela: Sports for Daughters and Sons, Respite for Parents Access and Technology Costa Rica Designs and Tests First Accessibility Protocol in Protected Wildlife Areas France Holds Conference on Needs of Forgotten People Colombia: Institute for the Blind Develops Accessible Information Programs Fact Sheet: Telephone Access for People with Speech Disabilties Access and Technology briefly Online Resources for Providing Good Customer Service for People Who Are Deaf and Hard of Hearing, and Emergency Preparedness Guide for People with Disabilities Employment Pakistan: Progress Report on Vocational Training of Adults with Disabilities Australia: Employer Accommodations for People with Mental Health Related Disabilities Corporate Partnership Program Launched for European Year of Disabled People United States: the impact of ADA on employment opportunities for people with disabilities Job Characteristics Influence Speed of Return to Work After Stroke Adapting with Grace: Volunteering with Houston's Paratransit System ILO Videos Encourage Hiring of Disabled Workers Release of "Solutions at Work" and Diversity World Disability Network Governance and Legislation Disability rights going Dutch The African Decade for Disabled Persons - towards a common vision for people with disabilities Argentina: Demonstration Held to Support Prompt Legislative Approval of Projects Legislators of Buenos Aires Pass Law to Improve Physical Accessibility There is no clear government commitment toward the population of persons with disabilities in Costa Rica The Roosevelt Award for Ecuador: an opinion Speaker of Ghana's Parliament Promises Disability Law Costa Rican Public Agency Responsible for Disability Issues Has Not Yet Assumed its Directing Role The right to live in this world and be treated with respect; The possibilities of criminal law U.S. Disability Organizations Protest Nomination of Judge with Perceived Anti-ADA Bias Disabled Ugandans Questioned on Need for National Council Voting Rights Victory in European Union Arts and Media A Conversation about Frida, the Movie "Profoundly Normal": a Television Movie Above the Norm An Interview with Mike Gourley, New Zealand Disability TV and radio presenter Interview with founder of Radio program "Overcoming Barriers": strong voice of persons with disabilities Vice President of Colombia at the Society for all Awards 2002 Columbia: a Forum on Inclusive Information, December 2003 British TV's "Boss from Hell" Tackles Discrimination at the Office British Conference on Finding the Spotlight Women Social Activist is Victimized Again in Argentina South African Girls Education Movement Descends on Parliament, Bastion of Exclusion What's New for Women with Disabilities: Upcoming Conferences and New Resources "Disability must become an issue for the feminist movement" Costa Rican Workshop Held to Strengthen Women with Disabilities The Second International Women's Institute on Leadership and Disability (WILD 2003) Children and Youth Still Cleaning Up after 25 Years: Vietnam Focuses on Landmines, Unexploded Ordnance & Rehabilitation of War-related Disability Spain: Young Deaf Children Achieve Optimum Results After Cochlear Implants International News and Views Interview: Luis Gallegos of Ecuador, Chairman of UN Ad Hoc Committee on an International Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities Interview with Judith Heumann, Advisor on Disability and Development at the World Bank A UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: The Next Steps A Summary of European Union Policies concerning People with Disabilities Arab Nations Launch Regional Decade for People with Disabilities A Global Survey on HIV/AIDS and Disability: Please Help International Course on Disablity & Rehabilitation Management in Developing Countries European Commissioner Highlights Goals of European Disability Year Council of Europe Adopts Recommendation on Full Inclusion Wry Notes on Disability in Iraq Associate Director Position Available at Mental Disability Rights International The University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Disability Studies Unique Conversational Spanish Classes for Travelers with Disabilities at Project Projimo in Mexico Results of International CBR training Program, India War in Iraq Arouses Disability Rights Advocates Scientists Say Warmer World Will Be a Sicker World Disability Research Institute Position Announcement: Post-Doctoral Research Associate Resources & Book Reviews French Experts' Cool Gaze at New WHO Disability Classification Shop Window for East Asians With Disabilities: Book Review International Disability and Rehabilitation Journals: Another (Relatively) Brief Review A New Book: Disabled Rights Dutch Coalition on Disability and Development issues newsletter News from Disability Research Institute, based at Univeristy of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Electronic Australian Disability Newsletter Colombian National Institute for the Blind adds to its Talking Book Program New international publications on European Disability Year, disability and development, disability and conflict, human rights abuses, and what disabled people think about CBR Special Issue of the Journal of Disability Policy Studies International Disability Rights Law and Policy Book Published by the U.S. Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund Where There is No Psychiatrist Southern Africa Disability Bibliography on the Net New World Blind Union Website Launched Disability Buzz home page - text-only home page