Disabilityworld - Volume 3 - JUNE/JULY 2000

Independent Living

A Brief Historical Account of the Disability Movement in Russia
Epilepsy Youth in Europe Launched
World Organization of People with Disabilities Chooses President for Latin America
 

  Briefly/ Independent Living:

Berkeley's Ed Roberts Campus awarded $300,000
Psychiatric Survivors Meet with Gore Staff in White House

  Announcements from Gladnet:

Information Technology Request
Request from Swedish Institute Concerning Best Practices
Mental Health and the Workplace

High Tech Web Site To Promote Return to Work Activities
Training People With Epilepsy in Technology-Based Skills

  Briefly/Employment:

Disabled Workers' Biggest Barrier: Bias
Employment and Disability in Brazil: The Debate Reaches Society
UK Survey of 500 Businesses Reveals Accessibility Problems
European Union and Employment
Employment and Vocational Training in Taiwan
People with Disabilities Working in Mexico
Microcredit in Honduras

Irish Film Company says "Lights! Disability! Action!"
Epilepsy: Myths Prevent Treatment For Africans
TASH and Music From The Heart Release Joint Recording
Three New Commercial Films with Positive Disabled Characters
Arts & Media at the SDS Conference

  Briefly/Media:

London Institute of Contemporary Arts Explores Eugenics Films
Independence Festival Bermingham, August 18-20
International Film Festival Helsinki, April 2001
International Short Film Festival, Munich, November 2001
Australian Invites Contacts for "Not Quite Dead Yet Poets Society"
U.S. Comic Strip with Character Using a Wheelchair
Spain to Improve Arts Access for Visually Impaired Persons
Fanlight Productions Offers New Mental Illness Films

New Zealand's New Access Standard
Making Science Accessible to Blind students
Housing for the Future - The Sydney Olympic & Paralympic Games Experience
Disabled Gabonese Reject "Tricycles of Death"
International Universal Design Conference Presents Awards
Talking Books Speak Volumes
What about the Electric Wheelchair? Smithsonian Online Exhibit on Disability Rights Leaves Out Key Technology
Combating Technological Apartheid in Brazilian Favelas
Ease of Web Use Changes Lives of Disabled Brazilians
New Information Service from the University of Salamanca, Spain
 

  Briefly/ Access & Technology:

Electronic Literacy Journal Invites Disability-related Submissions
Some Insurance Companies Refusing to Pay for Cochlear Implants
U.S. Government Requires More Access to Emergency Information
U.S. Court Rules: Cruise Ships Covered by ADA
Assistive Technology Journal Available
Brazil: AEI's Mobility for All to be Published in Portuguese by Interamerican Development Bank
Brazil: Saci Network promotes citizenship in the Web
European Conference of Ministers of Transport Adopts Charter on Access To Transport
Asia Pacific Conference on Tourism
San Francisco on Wheels

Disability Strategy Group Appointed in New Zealand
Transit Access in Japan Finally on the Fast Track
Introducing The UK Disability Rights Commission
Argentina: Senate Presented a Complaint about Financing of PyMES Act
Working toward Anti-Discrimination Legislation in Europe and Germany
 

  Briefly/ Governance

U.S. Organizations Mount Voter Education and Turnout Campaigns
Court Rules that Persons with Mental Illness Competent to Vote
Ugandan President Travels with Sign Language Interpreter
Focus on Wilma Newhoudt-Druchen, South Africa

Internet Resources on Toys for Children with Disabilities
New Books for Children on Disability
Papers from Lebanon and OECD presented to World Education Forum, held in Dakar, Senegal
Handle with Care

  Briefly/ Children & Youth:

Mandela and Graca to Lead Global Children's Initiative
Child Labour Convention Sets Ratification Records
New Youth Magazine Looking for Writers
Children's Health in Emergencies: Publication for Health Workers

Women with Disabilities Impact Beijing+5 UN Meetings
Georgian Disabled Women's International Association Founded
Tangling with Tigers and Tulips in New Zealand
Amputated Desire, Resistant Desire: Female Amputees in the Devotee Community
Susan Sygall

  Briefly/Women:

Call for Papers: Feminist Philosophy Journal
Annotated Bibliography on Women and Violence
International Feminist Webzine
Looking for Participants in U.S. National Survey on Women and Employment
Invitations/Requests for Collaboration
Report Card on US Implementation of UN Platform for Action

Equality by Degrees: A Place on the Platform
News from Germany
Interview with George Bush, U.S. Presidential Candidate
Developments in New Zealand
FDR Statue Victory, USA
Mobilizing to Promote a United Nations Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities

Discussion Paper: The Case for, and Content of, a UN Convention
Resolution Regarding and International Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities

Measuring the Quality of Life: Rethinking the World Bank's Disability Adjusted Life Years

Events & Announcements

RI World Congress, Rio de Janeiro -Final Program

Version in English
Version in English (text)
Versão em Português
Versión en español

Calendars of International Disability Events
Global Rights Campaign
Last Chance to Submit Presentations for Conference on Disabled Students
Autumn Conference on Disability Studies: A Global Perspective
Gallaudet University Offers Young Scholars Program
Conference Announcement and Invitation from Singapore
Back Pain and Disability: Unraveling the Puzzle
Keynote Speakers For "IYDP+20" Announced
Second Call for Papers: Planning a Barrier Free World
Smithsonian Exhibit on "The Disability Rights Movement"
Call for Abstracts: 2001 International Conference on Mobility and Transport, Warsaw
More Information about Prader-Willi Syndrome Needed in South America
Events 2000 in Iberoamerica

Conference Reports

National Council on Disability Opens "Think Tank 2000"
International Special Education Congress Held in Cuba
What I Did on My Summer Vacation
Enthinderungen--A Conference for the Inclusion and Equalization of Disabled People
 

Three Books: Noticing a Third World of Disability
U.K. Disability Network Newsletter for Nurses
Welcome to I-Can
Consumer Guide on Managing Personal Care Assistants
Selected Articles from Resources to Go Newsletter
Sexuality and Disability Resources
AllAboutArthritis.com
Access-Able Newsletter
Selected Articles from Global Access Travel E-Zine
New Resources

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