A bimonthly web-zine of international disability news and views • Issue no. 23 April-May 2004

home page - text-only home page Contents: Issue no. 23 April-May 2004 Issue no. 23 is also available to download as a MS Word document or as an Adobe PDF file. Current Contents Download this issue as a MS Word document or as an Adobe PDF file. International News & Views Anthony Babington: Disabled British Judge, Historian & Campaigner, 1920 - 2004  U.S. Crackdown on Wheelchairs Highlights Tensions between Policies Close the Institutions: Everyone Can Live in the Open Society  Social Entrepreneurs and Disability Rights  Evaluators of IDEAS Project Find DisabilityWorld Provides Unparalleled Global Information Service  New Disability Studies Society in Japan  New Disability Point Person at the White House  Kenya Forum Held on African Views on UN Disability Convention  Norway's new approach to disability and development  CBR Service Network Pioneer Honoured by Pakistan  RI Recommends "Right to Rehabilitation" as part of UN Convention  Abuse and Neglect of People with Mental Disabilities in Romania  Rwanda: Genocide & Disabled People  Read Online Summaries of UN Disability Convention Meetings  World Blind Union position on International Classification of Functioning  World Health Organization's Disability Unit Requests Support  Prosthetics/Orthotics Training Course to be held in India  Disability Studies Quarterly Call for Papers: Special Issue on Technology & Disability  Call for Papers: Regional Seminar on Childhood Disability, Dhaka  Call for Papers: Special Issue of Radical History Review on "Disability and History"  Independent Living U.K. Project to capture history of disability movement  Japan: Community Support for Adults with Autism  Reality is Mud - Native American Disability Forum  Disabled Youths Work for Access to Education in former USSR Independent Living briefly  Access and Technology A Visit to the Virtual World: Computer-adaptations for disabled people  Access to Information Technology in Bangladesh  Global Universal Design Educator's Calendar  New UK Disability Bill must push ahead on transport rights  May 2004 Global Access Travel E-Zine  Ljubljana receives European award for accessibility  Holland: Heleen Plays Her Adapted Piano  Proposal: Direct Payments for Assistive Technology  First Universal Design Seminar Held, Novi Sad, Yugoslavia  New Online Course in Universal Design  Employment Employment & Disability Strategy in Afghanistan  Ethiopia: Women Entrepreneurs with Disabilities  Report of Gladnet 2003 Meeting on Employment Research  Study of Nondiscrimination Policies & Practices in U.K. & U.S.  Illinois Study on Employment of Disabled Graduates  Employment briefly  Governance & Legislation Disabled People & Education in Afghanistan  Inquiry into Australia's Disability Discrimination Act  Japan's Pension System & People with Mental Disorders  Liberia: Call for Self-Representation  Sebenzile Matsebula of South Africa: A Voice in the Presidency  IDEAS Project Sponsors Governance session in Oslo  Arts & Media New Georgian Disability Coalition Requests Videos for National Public Education Efforts  Quick Web References: Where do I find...?  Superfest XXIV-June 5, 6 in Berkeley: 11 Winning Films  Quadriplegic Directs Comedy About Quadriplegia  Arts & Media briefly  Women Disabled Women on the Web  Madagascar: Creating a Support Center for Disabled Young Women  Madagascar: Creation d’un Centre d’insertion Scolaire et Professionnelle des Filles Handicapees Physiques    Newsletter Features Mother/Daughter Relationships  Call for Participants in Study of Menopausal Health Issues  Violence against Girls in South African Schools   Women briefly  Children & Youth Afghanistan: CBR for Disabled Children - a reality?  Segregation/Integration of U.S. Schools Reviewed  South Africa: Innovative approaches to including disabled children  Resources & Book Reviews First Self-Advocacy Dictionary Requests Submissions  US Census Facts for Features on Disability  The Drum Beat - Why Invest in Communication for Immunisation?  EQUITY: Newsletter on Disability & Assets Management  North American Clearinghouse on ICF Messages  National Technical Assistance Center (National Technical Assistance Center for Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders with Disabilities)  home page - text-only home page