2008
Were Masakhwe, Phitalis.
2008.
Development System Locks Out the Disabled. Internet Publication URL: www.independentliving.org/docs7/masakhwe200802.html
Miles, M.
2008.
Glimpses of Disability in the Literature and Cultures of East Asia, South Asia, the Middle East & Africa. A modern and historical bibliography, with some annotation. This annotated bibliography lists a selection of 130 novels, short stories, biographies, autobiographies, materials from philosophy, anthropology and folklore, and literary criticism, in which disability, deafness or mental disorders play some significant part, from East Asia, South Asia, the Middle East and Africa, available mostly in English or French. Internet publication URLs: independentliving.org/docs7/miles200807.html and independentliving.org/docs7/miles200807.pdf
Miles, M.
2008.
HITTITE DEAF MEN IN THE 13th CENTURY BC: introductory notes with annotated bibliography. The article introduces bibliographical evidence on deaf men working in palaces and temples of the Hittite Kingdom in Anatolia (now Turkey) during the 13th century BC, with further notes on signing and deaf people's activities in the ancient and medieval Middle East. With some additions and revision September 2009. Internet publication URLs: www.independentliving.org/docs7/miles200809.html and www.independentliving.org/files/miles200809.pdf.
miles200809.pdf (107.78 KB)
HITTITE_DEAF_MEN_IN_THE_13th_CENTURY_BC_traduction_francaise_4.pdf (637.26 KB) Independent Living Institute.
2008.
Independent Living Institute (ILI) Annual Report 2007. Internet publication URL: www.independentliving.org/docs1/ilanrp2007.html
Independent Living Institute.
2008.
Independent Living Institute Verksamhetsberättelse 2007. Internet publication URL: www.independentliving.org/docs1/ilarsbrtls2007.html
Dr. Adolf Ratzka.
2008.
Vem sparar i LSS-kommitténs förslag? Internet publication URL:http://www.independentliving.org/ratzka20081001
Stars of Hope Society, Ramallah, Palestine.
2008.
Workshop on Article 19 in the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities "living independently and being included in the community". Report on the workshop on Article 19 “Living independently and being included in the community“ of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities held in Ramallah, West Bank, Palestine on October 30, 2008. The organizers were Stars of Hope Society, Ramallah, which is an organization of women with disabilities, and Handicap International.
StarsofHopeSociety20081115.pdf (115.64 KB) 2007
Anderberg, Peter.
2007.
Assistansutredningens delbetänkande - Hårdare tag mot användare av assistans"!. Internet publikation URL: www.independentliving.org/docs7/anderberg200710b.html (In Swedish.)
Barnes, Colin.
2007.
'Direct Payments' for Personal Assistants for Disabled People: a key to independent living? Background notes to a verbal presentation at the Centre for Independent Living, Dublin, Conference 'Independent Living 2007,' Croke Park Conference Centre, Dublin 3, Tuesday, June 5th 2007. Internet publication URL: http://www.independentliving.org/docs7/barnes20070605.html
Miles, M.
2007.
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. Revised Version 4.0, August 2007. 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. (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: independentliving.org/docs7/miles200708.html and independentliving.org/docs7/miles200708.pdf
Miles, M.
2007.
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. 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. Internet publication URLs: www.independentliving.org/docs7/miles200707.html and www.independentliving.org/docs7/miles200707.pdf
Miles, Christine.
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.
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. Internet publication URL: www.independentliving.org/docs7/miles-christine2000.html
Dr. Adolf Ratzka.
2007.
Independent Living for people with disabilities: from patient to citizen and customer. Keynote at the conference in Barcelona 22 October 2007 organized by the Catalan Party Convergéncia i Unió in commemoration of the 25th anniversary of The Spanish Law for Persons with Disabilities of 1982. Internet publication URL: www.independentliving.org/docs7/ratzka20071022.html
Independent Living Institute.
2007.
Independent Living Institute (ILI) Annual Report 2006. Internet publication URL: www.independentliving.org/docs1/ilanrp2006.html
Independent Living Institute.
2007.
Independent Living Institute Verksamhetsberättelse 2006. Internet publication URL: www.independentliving.org/docs1/ilarsbrtls2006.html
Miles, M.
2007.
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.
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. Internet publication URLs: www.independentliving.org/docs7/miles200701.html and www.independentliving.org/docs7/miles200701.pdf (112 KB).
miles200701.pdf (111.63 KB) Miles, M.
2007.
Parents of Deaf Afghan Children -- On The Air. 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. [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
Brown, Steven E.
2007.
The Pursuit of Radical Change: Perceptions and Realities of the Americans with Disabilities Act. The author was invited to address an audience in Stockholm, Sweden, in June 2007, regarding the Americans with Disabilities Act and how it might relate to the implementation of an anti-discrimination law in Sweden. This paper is an attempt to shed light on the ADA in that context. Discussions include 1) how American laws are made, 2) historical background relating to the development of the ADA, 3) a discussion of the Act itself, 4) enforcement mechanisms, 5) impact of the ADA, and 6) future directions. Internet publication URL: www.independentliving.org/docs7/brown20070531.html
Miles, M.
2007.
Review - Epileptic Graphic. 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. Internet publication URL: www.independentliving.org/docs7/miles200704.html
[Anonymous].
2007.
Stockholm 2010. Stockholm - världens mest tillgängliga huvudstad år 2010?
Enligt Stockholms stads tillgänglighetsprojekt ska Stockholm bli världens mest tillgängliga huvudstad senast 2010. Vi vill bidra med information om hur långt konkurrensen har kommit.
Smaaland, Jessica.
2007.
Vilken är din typ? - Erfarenheter av assistansanordnare Internet publikation URL: www.independentliving.org/Erfarenheter-av-assistansanordnare.html och www.independentliving.org/assistanskoll/Erfarenheter-av-assistansanordnare.html
2006
Miles, M.
2006.
Children with spina bifida and hydrocephalus in Africa: can medical, family and community resources improve the life chances? This much extended and revised article incorporates material from: M. Miles (2002) Children with hydrocephalus and spina bifida in East Africa: can family and community resources improve the odds? Disability & Society 17: 643-658, Carfax Publishing, Taylor & Francis. (The latter material is republished with permission.) The revised article concerns social responses to children with hydrocephalus and spina bifida in African countries, and the historical development of ways in which various resources have been used to improve their life chances, and overcome the disabling effects of these conditions. Internet publication URLs: www.independentliving.org/docs7/miles200609.html and www.independentliving.org/docs7/miles200609.pdf (239 KB).
miles200609.pdf (238.41 KB) Independent Living Institute.
2006.
Independent Living Institute (ILI) Annual Report 2005. Internet publication URL: www.independentliving.org/docs1/ilanrp2005.html
Independent Living Institute.
2006.
Independent Living Institute Verksamhetsberättelse 2005. Internet publication URL: www.independentliving.org/docs1/ilarsbrtls2005.html
Hellman, Finn.
2006.
"Mediebilden av funktionshinder" – ett program om fördomar, förebilder och allt vad det nu är. Lyssna-RealAudio (32:37 minuter, 30,6 MB). Vissa får inte namnskyltar som andra, vissa får inte några direkta frågor. Hör Cecilia Blanck och Kerstin Selin berätta om hur Sveriges Television särbehandlar intellektuellt funktionshindrade. Och lyssna till Anna Bergholtz, blind journalist som öppnar ögon - i det här programmet i form av en lista på tips till icke-funktionshindrade kollegor. Missa inte heller när Elisabet Höglund bemöter kritik som riktats mot ett av hennes reportage.Reporter och producent: Finn Hellman. Medverkande: Kerstin Sellin, Cecilia Blanck. Elisabeth Höglund, Anna Bergholtz. Teknik: Wei Wei Jin. (In Swedish.) Miles, M.
2006.
Signs of Development in Deaf South & South-West Asia: histories, cultural identities, resistance to cultural imperialism. First published in 2001, this revised article extended and updated 2006-04 offers evidence and hypotheses for a short cultural history of deaf people, culture and sign language in South Asia and South West Asia, using documents from antiquity through 2005. A new appendix shows 110 items on deafness and sign language in the Arab countries of the Eastern Mediterranean and South West Asia. This is a further revised, extended and updated version of a chapter first published in: Alison Callaway (ed) Deafness and Development, University of Bristol, Centre for Deaf Studies, 2001. It is here republished with kind permission. Internet publication URL: www.independentliving.org/docs7/miles200604.html
Hellman, Finn.
2006.
Skit i normerna och börja lev – ett program om funktionshinder och sex. Lyssna-MP3 (36:40 minuter, 34,4 MB), lyssna-RealAudio, download-RealAudio (19,8 MB). Programmet i text. Vi bjuder på recensioner av tre sexupplysande tidskrifter och besöker en kraschad kärleksmiddag. Men framförallt undersöker vi om ett mer avromantiserat synsätt på sex skulle gagna personer med funktionshinder. Hör varför sexologen Carol Queen rekommenderar funktionshindrade att ta efter Sado-masochister och lyssna till Stefan Reitersjös piskor och tankar kring assistans och bondage. Reporter och producent: Finn Hellman. Medverkar gör även: Susanne Berg, Sebastian Ferrer, Carol Queen och Stefan Reitersjö. (In Swedish.) Internet publication URLs: www.independentliving.org/radio/skit-i-normerna.mp3, www.independentliving.org/radio/skit-i-normerna.ram, www.independentliving.org/radio/skit-i-normerna.rm och www.independentliving.org/radio/skit-i-normerna.html