home page - text-only home page Table of Contents for Issue no. 5 October-December 2000 Access and Technology Disabled Russians Protest Inaccessible Metro Michael Auberger, co-founder of ADAPT, recently announced that disabled activists in Moscow staged the first demonstration . . . Technical Assistance Available to Disabled Citizens of Russia: history, development and the current situation By Lev N. Indolev The oldest of our citizens will remember what it was like when disabled veterans returned home at the end of the Second World War . . . Access and Technology briefly Buses for All Succeeds with European Union, Manufacturer & Blind Advocacy Group to Develop Voice-Guided Automated Teller Machines, and more . . . Arts and Media South Africa celebrates "Arts, Culture and Disability" Activities started on 1 November 2000 with a National Launch of the Disability Awareness month. . . Art, Technology, and Disability: Interviews with Three Artists Edited by Jane Berliss-Vincent (jane@wid.org) What is your definition of "technology"? JG: I think my own definition of technology might go back to . . . Short Stories: documentary film review By Barbara Duncan (bjdnycla@aol.com) This approximately 60 minute film by award-winning documentary producer Robert Byrd, is an intimate portrait of . . . Interview with Alison Walsh, Disability Advisor for Channel 4 Television, Britain By Simon Minty (simonminty@compuserve.com) Alison has been working for Channel 4 Television for nearly five years as their Disability Advisor. . . Disability Television Series Funded in New Zealand INSIDE/Out, New Zealand's disability TV programme has received public funding for . . . Who is Pelswick Eggert? By Neil Marcus (storm@well.com) He's the latest cartoon character to hit U.S. television screens in a major disability cool way. . . Artist Produces Illustrations of Children & Adults with Disabilities By Madison Moore For society in general, the absence of the differently-abled from its role models, artistic representations and commercial imagery perpetuates social stereotypes, artificial limitations and low expectations. . . Arts and Media briefly Canadian Museum - Condoning Killing Of Disabled Girl?, British Charity Satirized by Cyber Artists, and more . . . Children and Youth The Story of Archana: in search of her place in the world By Anuradhua Mohit (nab@vsnl.com) One sunny afternoon of November 1998, I received a phone call from a lady who had earlier been introduced to me by a common friend. . . Children and Youth briefly UN Agencies Call for Funds for Last Big Push to Eradicate Polio, Amnesty International Launches Report on Torture of Children, International NGO Requests "How to" Information on Deinstitutionalization of Kosovo Children, and more. . . Employment International Exchange: A Valuable Step in Career Focus By Mary Ann Curulla, ILRU NetWork Online Melissa Mueller wasn't sure what kind of setting she would be working in after graduating in 1996 . . . Independent Living Center Succeeds at Providing Temporary Business Employees By Kaye Beneke, ILRU NetWork Newsletter Looking back on it, Susan Webb sees the loss of a major contract as one of the best business opportunities . . . Employment briefly A new British report, "Jobs Worth: Disability in Small Business," finds that ineffective information and advice is the main barrier to small businesses employing disabled workers . . . Governance and Legislation Kosovo Elections Made More Accessible By Kay Schriner (kays@uark.edu) Kosovo citizens with disabilities may have been surprised to find themselves the target of a get-out-the-vote effort . . . First Norwegian MP to Use a Wheelchair By Kay Schriner (kays@uark.edu) Lars Oedegaard, the Secretary General of the Norwegian Association of the Disabled (NAD), is the first member of the Norwegian Parliament to use a wheelchair . . . Governance and Legislation briefly Japan Reviews Laws Barring Disabled Persons from Various Professions, India to Include Disability Questions in 2001 Census, Disability in Russia Reportedly on Increase, and more . . . Independent Living Global Perspectives on Independent Living: Second International Summit Conference The Global Perspectives on Independent Living: Second International Summit Conference will be held in Honolulu, Hawaii, December 4-6, 2000 . . . Consumer-Directed Home and Community Services Programs in Five Countries: Policy Issues for Older People and Government By Jane Tilly (jtilly@ui.urban.org), Joshua M. Wiener, and Alison Evans Cuellar [The Urban Institute] A major innovation in long-term care for elderly persons in the United States and Europe is the development of consumer-directed home care . . . The League of the Physically Handicapped & Independent Living in 1935 excerpted from Freedom of Movement, by Steven E. Brown, Houston: ILRU, 2000 The example of the New York League of the Physically Handicapped, rediscovered by historian Paul Longmore in the late 1980s, demonstrates why many people have difficulty portraying FDR as a champion of disability rights . . . International News and Views High Level Baloney for Third World Disabled People By M. Miles (m99miles@hotmail.com) Modern governments run largely on baloney . . . Regional Training Workshop on Promotion of Accessible Tourism People with disabilities and older persons are growing groups and consumers of tourism services . . . Exciting Kiwi Discovery By Robyn Hunt (robyn@iecho.co.nz) Medical history was made at the recent DPA New Zealand conference by the announcement of an exciting new discovery . . . Fallout from the Olympics & Paralympics On November 15, the Australian Human Rights & Equal Opportunity Commission ordered the Sydney Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games (SOCOG) to pay . . . International Conferences 2000-2001 Listings and descriptions for upcoming disability conferences in Africa, Asia, Europe, and North America . . . International Disability Law & Policy Symposium Held in USA An International Disability Law and Policy Symposium, "From Principles to Practice", was held in Washington, D.C. from October 22 to 25, 2000 . . . Resources The New Disability History: American Perspectives Edited by Paul K. Longmore and Lauri Umansky Disability has always been a preoccupation of American society and culture . . . Moving Out, Moving In: how seven people with disability found their own home By Rea Dennis and Lesley Chenoweth A collection of stories about relocating to the community, this book presents the personal accounts of seven Queenslanders with severe intellectual disabilities . . . The Future of Disability Policy By Jonathan M. Young This substantive article describes the precept, goals, and core policies of our nation's laws relating to people with disabilities . . . New, Improved "Quotes of the Day" Women What is it about "all" that you don't understand? By Robyn Hunt, New Zealand I want to begin by honouring all women with disability, and women who have stood alongside us in our struggle for equality. . . Women & Disabilities: It isn't them and us By Mona Hughes (SemiYung@aol.com) As a woman and as a woman with a disability, I have seen successful women who've never had their successes acknowledged. . . Disabled Women in Pakistan Start Newsletter A report from The Society For Disabled Women Alliance SDW was a result of a long baseline survey and work at the grass roots level . . . Women briefly Criminal Investigation into Sterilization of Mentally Disabled Women in France, Call for Presenters: Symposium on Women, Diversity & Sexuality University of Hawaii, March 2001, Opportunity to Join Research on Aging and Women with Intellectual Disability, and more . . . Disability Buzz As we post the latest disabilityworld, all the UN agencies are issuing press releases and reports marking the International Day of Disabled Persons . . . home page - text-only home page