Table of Contents

Welcome to Disability World

 Independent Living

Disabled Youth Advocacy Teams in Russia
Global Perspectives on Independent Living for the New Millennium

 Employment

Blind Ghetto Struggles to Survive in Russia
European Guidelines for Managers on Workplace Accessibility
How Mentally Ill People Get Jobs
New Italian Rehab Technology & Employment Center
New Labor Government in New Zealand: Removing Barriers for People with Disabilities
briefly/employment

Microsoft Leads New Push to Hire Disabled People
Working Quads
Ugandan Women with Disabilities to Get Loans
Workforce Integration in Central America
Supported Employment Listserv in Spanish

The Media & Mental Illness
briefly/media

The Startled Pig Humor Club
Superfest XX, an International Media Festival on Disability
Brazil's National Pro Mental Association
"The Life and Times" project, a survey of public attitudes in Northern Ireland
GnarlyBone News

Top 10 travel sites on the web: a review
Fibreglass and Plastic Wheelchairs from New Zealand
Virtual Vision Improves Internet Banking for Visually Impaired in Brazil
Whirlwind Women Train Mexican and Ugandan Disabled Women to Build Wheelchairs
Paraplegic Designs Hand Controls "Made in Russia"
briefly/access & technology

The Olympics & Braille
Accessible E-Commerce in Australia
California Announces First "Talking ATMs" in USA
Blind Citizens Sue America Online
"Iliad" Browser from NASA, New Search Tool for Blind Web Surfers
Buses for All
Accessibility Campaign in Thailand
Portugal Leads European Union Efforts to Make Web Accessible
New British Internet Sites
Independence 3000 Promises to Revolutionize Wheelchairs
SoreButts 2000 Cushion Design Competition

Disabled Members of Parliament Wield Influence in Uganda
Rights for People with Disabilities in Peru
briefly/governance & legislation

Global Survey of the Political Process & People with Disabilities
South Africa Re-drafts Anti-Discrimination Law
Australia Amends Human Rights Legislation
Lebanon Considers Plan to Ensure Rights
USAID Supports Rights of Disabled Guatemalans in Democratic Processes

Overview: Early Childhood and Disability
The Process of Inclusion in Brazil and in Latin America

Australian Women With Disabilities Win Violence Prevention Award
Disabled Women's Group in Georgia Republic
Lifting the Shroud in Afghanistan
briefly/women

U.S National Science Foundation Reports
Virtual Working Groups on Beijing+5
Spinal Cord Injury Fax Network

RI Adopts Charter for the Third Millennium
International Classification of Functioning and Disability: A New Release from WHO
Disabled Children and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
Online Art Exhibit
Equal Opportunities for International Experiences
Disability Studies Information Wanted
Book by Learning Disabled Malaysians

quote of the month

variety

what's new/disability buzz