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2008-02-17: Were Masakhwe, Phitalis. 2008-02. "Development System Locks Out the Disabled."
2008-01-28: Were Masakhwe, Phitalis. 2008-01-28. "Trials and tribulation of persons with disabilities in 2007 general election."
2008-01-24: Were Masakhwe, Phitalis. 2008-01-24. "Post-election violence and disabled people in Kenya; issues for reflection and action."
2008-01-25: The Pan Africa Wheelchair Builders Association (PAWBA) and The Tanzanian Training Centre for Orthopaedic Technologists (TATCOT). 2007-12. ”Report of 4th All Africa Wheelchair Congress, 17TH – 21ST September 2007, Uhuru Hotel, Moshi, Tanzania” (PDF, 446 KB).
2007-12-03: Were Masakhwe, Phitalis. 2007-12-03. "The UN Day for Persons with Disabilities: How the world is unfair to people with disabilities."
2007-11-12: Elmén, Bengt. 2007-11. "Att instruera sina assistenter". Internet publikation URL: www.independentliving.org/assistanskoll/At-instruera-sina-assistenter.html(In Swedish.)
2007-11-12: Smaaland, Jessica. 2007-11-07. "Vilken är din typ? - Erfarenheter av assistansanordnare". Internet publikation URL: www.independentliving.org/assistanskoll/Erfarenheter-av-assistansanordnare.html (In Swedish.)
2007-10-05: Anderberg, Peter. 2007-10. "Kort om assistansberedningens delbetänkande med Stefan Pelc, egen arbetsgivare för sina assistenter". Internet publikation URL: www.independentliving.org/docs7/anderberg200710a.html (In Swedish.)
2007-10-05: Anderberg, Peter. 2007-10. "Assistansutredningens delbetänkande - Hårdare tag mot användare av assistans"! Internet publikation URL: www.independentliving.org/docs7/anderberg200710b.html (In Swedish.)
2007-09-03: Miles, M. 2007-08. “Disability and Deafness in East Asia: Social and Educational Responses, from Antiquity to Recent Times. A bibliography of European-language materials with introduction and some annotation.” (This work revises and greatly extends an earlier bibliography on the former History of Education website at the Catholic University of Nijmegen). Internet publication URLs: http://independentliving.org/docs7/miles200708.html and http://independentliving.org/docs7/miles200708.pdf
The bibliography introduces and lists 900 articles, chapters and books connected with social and educational responses to disability, deafness and mental disorders in China, Korea and Japan, from antiquity to 2007, some with annotation.
2007-07-18: Miles, M. 2007-07. “Disability and Deafness, in the context of Religion, Spirituality, Belief and Morality, in Middle Eastern, South Asian and East Asian Histories and Cultures: annotated bibliography.” Internet publication URLs: http://www.independentliving.org/docs7/miles200707.html and
http://www.independentliving.org/docs7/miles200707.pdf
The bibliography introduces and annotates materials pertinent to disability, mental disorders and deafness, in the context of religious belief and practice in the Middle East, South Asia and East Asia.
2007-06-14: Barnes, Colin. 2007-06-05. “‘Direct Payments’ for Personal Assistants for Disabled People: a key to independent living?” Internet publication URL: www.independentliving.org/docs7/barnes20070605.html
2007-06-01: Brown, Steven E. 2007-05-31. “The Pursuit of Radical Change: Perceptions and Realities of the Americans with Disabilities Act.” Internet publication URL: www.independentliving.org/docs7/brown20070531.html
2007-05-16: Miles, M. 2007-05. "Parents of Deaf Afghan Children -- On The Air". [Earlier versions of these scripts were circulated in 1984, 1986 and 1988, from the Mental Health Centre Peshawar, Pakistan.] Internet publication URL: www.independentliving.org/docs7/miles200705.html
In these short scripts from a radio series, Afghan parents and a counsellor discuss issues of raising their deaf child in a rural area of Afghanistan, and several ways in which they can assist her in learning to communicate. An explanatory note follows, on the origin and purpose of the radio series.
2007-05-16: Miles, M. 2007-04. “Review – Epileptic Graphic.” Internet publication URL: www.independentliving.org/docs7/miles200704.html
Review of “Epileptic” by “David B.”, a remarkably frank account, in graphics and cartoon strip, of childhood and adulthood with an older brother having epilepsy, and a family doing the tour of cures in France of the 1960s and 1970s.
2007-05-16: Miles, Christine. 2000, revised 2007. “Imran’s Djinn, and Theories of Epilepsy.” This article and the review comment were first published in “EPICADEC News” (from the Foundation Epilepsy Care Developing Countries, Leiden), October 2000, pp. 9-10, titled “Imran’s Djinn”. They are here reproduced with permission, after slight revision. Internet publication URL: www.independentliving.org/docs7/miles-christine2000.html
The article concerns an Asian boy living in UK. His family had trouble using the health services, because of different concepts of Imran’s illness. One of Imran’s teachers met the family half way, respecting their beliefs and giving them time to digest a different approach to epilepsy and its treatment. A scientific reviewer comments on the story.
2007-01-11: Miles, M. 2007-01. "International Strategies for Disability-related Work in Developing Countries: historical, modern and critical reflections." Revised version of a paper first published in the Zeitschrift Behinderung und Dritte Welt, 3/2003, pp. 96-106, and here reproduced with permission. Internet publication URLs: www.independentliving.org/docs7/miles200701.html and www.independentliving.org/docs7/miles200701.pdf
International strategies concerned with disability in developing and transitional countries (DTC) are scrutinised critically, with an historical focus on beneficial traditions and practices in Asia and Africa, attesting the variety and complexity of social responses to disability.
2006-12-07: Grunewald, Karl. 2005-05. "Experiences with Successful Policy for Community- Based Services." Intenet publication URL: www.independentliving.org/docs7/grunewald200505.html
2006-12-07: Grunewald, Karl. 2003. "Close the Institutions for the Intellectually Disabled - Everyone Can Live in the Open Society." A pamphlet on the European Year of People with Disabilities. Intenet publication URLs: www.independentliving.org/docs7/grunewald2003.html and www.independentliving.org/docs7/grunewald2003.pdf