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Science and Society - Critical Comments on the 1999 World Conference on Science, Budapest, Hungary

Wolbring, Gregor.  1999.  Science and Society - Critical Comments on the 1999 World Conference on Science, Budapest, Hungary.
English

The Natural Sciences (biological/medical sciences) have a huge impact on society and within societies the biggest impacts are felt among disadvantaged/marginalized group. Among these groups we can count women, disabled people, ethnic minorities and indigenous people to name a few. I will look at the characteristic disability for the rest of the report but most of my reasoning and arguments can be extended to every disadvantaged group.

Independence Care System: Managed Care for People with Disabilities

Wilner, MaryAnn, Wyatt Ann.  1998.  Independence Care System: Managed Care for People with Disabilities.
English

by MaryAnn Wilner, Ph.D. & Ann Wyatt, CSW, NHA, 1998

Dr. Wilner is Director of Health Policy, Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute, and works in collaboration with consumer, worker, and high quality provider agencies to educate state and federal policymakers about "the labor impact of healthcare policy." She also develops advanced educational programs for the home health aides in the Cooperative network. Ms. Wyatt is Director of Care Management, Independence Care System, and has been instrumental in designing Independence Care System. 


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Independence Care System: Managed Care for People with Disabilities

Wilner, MaryAnn, Wyatt Ann.  1998.  Independence Care System: Managed Care for People with Disabilities.
English

av MaryAnn Wilner, Ph.D. & Ann Wyatt, CSW, NHA, 1998

Dr.Wilner är chef för Health Policy, Paraprofessional Health Care Institute, tillsammans med konsumenter, anställda och högkvalitetsagenturer arbetar hon med att utbilda delstats och federala policyplanerare i "vårdpolicyns påverkan på arbetet” (the labor impact of healthcare policy”). Hon utvecklar också avancerade utbildningsprogram för hemhjälpsbiträden/vårdbiträden inom ramarna för the Cooperative network. Ms Wyatt är chef för Care Management, Independence Care System, och har varit en nyckelperson i utformningen av Independence Care Systems.

A People's History of the Independent Living Movement

Willig Levy, Chava.  1998.  A People's History of the Independent Living Movement.
English

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RTC/IL Monographs in Independent Living is published by the Research and Training Center on Independent Living (RTC/lL), The University of Kansas.
Copyright 1988 by Research and Training Center on Independent Living (RTC/IL). University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045.

"Wasn't That a Time," by Lee Hays. Quoted with permission.
"Talking Wheelchair Blues," by Fred Small. Quoted with permission.

Opportunities and challenges of barrier-free design consciousness - an evaluation of the application of barrier-free design principles in the socio-cultural circumstances in Ghana

Wellington, H N A.  1992.  Opportunities and challenges of barrier-free design consciousness - an evaluation of the application of barrier-free design principles in the socio-cultural circumstances in Ghana.
English

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Report of the CIB Expert Seminar on Building Non-Handicapping Environments, Harare 1992

 

Dr. H. N. A. Wellington, Building & Road Research Institute and Dept. of Architecture, University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

 

Contents 

 

Steering Systems and Their Application

Weiss-Lindencrona, Hanne.  1984.  Steering Systems and Their Application.
English

 

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Report of the International Expert Seminar
Building Concept for the Handicapped

Stockholm, Sweden, April 10-12, 1984

Contents

About the Center of Independent Living Zürich

Wehrli, Peter.  1999.  About the Center of Independent Living Zürich.
English

Selbstbestimmtes Leben logo

Zentrum für selbstbestimmt Leben

by Peter Wehrli, April 1999

Symposium on Disability and Human Rights

Wallace, Mary.  1997.  Symposium on Disability and Human Rights.
English

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Dublin, Ireland, 18th November, 1997

Closing address by Ms. Mary Wallace, T.D., Minister of State at the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform


Introduction

The Growing Digital Divide in Access for People with Disabilities: Overcoming Barriers To Participation In The Digital Economy

Waddell, Cynthia D.  1999.  The Growing Digital Divide in Access for People with Disabilities: Overcoming Barriers To Participation In The Digital Economy.
English

UNDERSTANDING THE DIGITAL ECONOMY

Data, Tools and Research

May 25 and 26, 1999

US Department of Commerce

Washington DC

THE GROWING DIGITAL DIVIDE IN ACCESS FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES: 
OVERCOMING BARRIERS TO PARTICIPATION IN THE DIGITAL ECONOMY

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EU programmes with relevance to persons with disabilities

Verney, Arthur.  1996.  EU programmes with relevance to persons with disabilities.
English

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Presentation by Arthur Verney
Development Worker, Disabled Peoples' International - European Union Committee
at the ENIL Meeting in Stockholm, 10 June 1996

Presentation of the "European Manual for an Accessible Built Environment

van Hek, Roy.  1991.  Presentation of the "European Manual for an Accessible Built Environment.
English

 

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Report of the CIB Expert Seminar on Building Non-Handicapping Environments, Budapest 1991

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Technical aids and accessibility problems

Uritsky, Felix M.  1991.  Technical aids and accessibility problems.
English

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Report of the CIB Expert Seminar on Building Non-Handicapping Environments, Budapest 1991

Technical aids and accessibility problems

Felix M. Uritsky, Club "Contacts", Moscow, Russia

 

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Americans With Disabilities Act PUBLIC LAW 101-336 JULY 26, 1990 104 STAT. 327

United States of America.  1990.  Americans With Disabilities Act PUBLIC LAW 101-336 JULY 26, 1990 104 STAT. 327.
English

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Pamphlet about the Act (HTML)

One Hundred First Congress of the United States of America

At the Second Session, Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday, the twenty-third day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety.

An Act: To establish a clear and comprehensive prohibition of discrimination on the basis of disability.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Declaration on the Rights of Disabled Persons Proclaimed by United Nations General Assembly resolution 3447 (XXX) of 9 December 1975

United Nations General Assembly.  1975.  Declaration on the Rights of Disabled Persons Proclaimed by United Nations General Assembly resolution 3447 (XXX) of 9 December 1975.
English

The General Assembly,

Mindful of the pledge made by Member States, under the Charter of the United Nations to take joint and separate action in co-operation with the Organization to promote higher standards of living, full employment and conditions of economic and social progress and development,

Reaffirming its faith in human rights and fundamental freedoms and in the principles of peace, of the dignity and worth of the human person and of social justice proclaimed in the Charter,

Report of the United Nations Consultative Expert Group Meeting on International Norms and Standards Relating to Disability

United Nations.  1998.  Report of the United Nations Consultative Expert Group Meeting on International Norms and Standards Relating to Disability.
English

This documentation is courtesy the United Nations.

Convened by the United Nations in cooperation with
Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California at Berkeley
and the World Institute on Disability (Oakland, California USA)
at Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California at Berkeley
8-12 December 1998.

United Nations Decade of Disabled Persons 1983-1992, World Programme of Action Concerning Disabled Persons

United Nations.  1982.  United Nations Decade of Disabled Persons 1983-1992, World Programme of Action Concerning Disabled Persons.
English

This documentation is courtesy the United Nations.

PDF, 143 KB

The World Programme of Action concerning Disabled Persons was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly at its 37th regular session on 3 December 1982, by its resolution 37/52. 1/

 


Objectives, Background and Concepts

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Objectives

Background

Definition

Prevention

Rehabilitation

Equalization of opportunities

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Disability Situation & Impact of ADD work in Bangladesh

Uddin, Salah.  2003.  Disability Situation & Impact of ADD work in Bangladesh.
English

by Salah Uddin,
Action on Disability and Development (ADD), Bangladesh, Septmeber 2003

Bangladesh is a poor 3rd world country where 80 percent people living below poverty, according to World Health Organization about ten percent people of our country are disabled. Disabled people, especially disabled women and girls, are almost invariably among the poorest, most oppressed and excluded members of the society. One of the main problems faced by disabled people is the negative attitude of the society to them. Negative attitudes, environmental and institutional barriers have made them vulnerable and neglected class of the society

Wheelchair Ease: The Internet, England, & My Summer Vacation

Tusler, Anthony.  2001.  Wheelchair Ease: The Internet, England, & My Summer Vacation.
English

Advice and Testimonial

Published wiith kind permission of www.disabilityworld.org

As an American obsessed with avoiding saturated fats, England was a trial. My wife, Lyndi, and I found mayonnaise and butter in abundance at any restaurant or pub. Thankfully, house trade in an English village had a wheelchair accessible kitchen. For the first time in my life I could easily look into the pots while I cooked. The sink also had clearance for my wheelchair. Everything was at my height.

Access legislation and barrier-free environments in Taiwan

Tsai, Joseph Y B.  1992.  Access legislation and barrier-free environments in Taiwan.
English

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Report of the CIB Expert Seminar on Building Non-Handicapping Environments, Harare 1992

Access legislation and
barrier-free environments in Taiwan

Joseph Y. B. Tsai, Taiwan Disabled People's Association, Taiwan.

 

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Bemäktiga individerna - Om domstolarna, lagen och de individuella rättigheterna i Sverige

Trägårdh, Lars.  1999.  Bemäktiga individerna - Om domstolarna, lagen och de individuella rättigheterna i Sverige.
Swedish

 

SOU och Ds kan köpas från Fritzes kundtjänst

Beställningsadress:

Fritzes kundtjänst
106 47 Stockholm
Orderfax: 08-690 91 91
Ordertel: 08-69091 90
E-post: fritzes.order@liber.se
Internet: www.fritzes.se

 

ISBN 91-38-20980-2
ISSN 0375-250X

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Legislation: Strategy or final solution?

Treffers, Bastian.  1991.  Legislation: Strategy or final solution?
English

 

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Report of the CIB Expert Seminar on Building Non-Handicapping Environments, Budapest 1991

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Why People with Disabilities in Tanzania Deserve Economic Empowerment

TOMRIC Agency.  2000.  Why People with Disabilities in Tanzania Deserve Economic Empowerment.
English

Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania (TOMRIC Agency) - August 21, 2000

Giti Masule says people with disabilities in Tanzania often feel totally excluded from the mainstream. He has recently taken over as the new program manager for Action of Disability and Development (ADD). The Organization is based in the Mwanza Region in northern Tanzania, on the shores of Lake Victoria.

Women with Disabilities: Issues, Resources, Connections Revised

Traustadottir, Rannveig.  1997.  Women with Disabilities: Issues, Resources, Connections Revised.
English

 

Prepared by:

Rannveig Traustadottir
Updated by Perri Harris

The Center on Human Policy
Syracuse University

June 1997

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The materials in this information packet were compiled for anyone interested in learning about the lives of women and girls with disabilities.

Consumer-Directed Home and Community Services Programs in Five Countries: Policy Issues for Older People and Government

Tilly, Jane, Wiener Joshua M, Evans Cuellar Alison.  2000.  Consumer-Directed Home and Community Services Programs in Five Countries: Policy Issues for Older People and Government.
English

The Urban Institute
2100 M Street, NW
Washington, DC
20037  USA
Tel.: (202) 261-5651
E-mail: jtilly@ui.urban.org

The Urban Institute gratefully acknowledges financial support for this research from the Commonwealth Fund, a New York-based foundation. The authors wish to thank the many respondents in the United States, the Netherlands, France, Germany, and Austria who provided the information for this paper. The views expressed in this paper are those of the authors and should not be attributed to the Urban Institute, its trustees, or its funders.

Honest portrayals of disabilities drive popular television show

Taylor, Zara Buggs.  1998.  Honest portrayals of disabilities drive popular television show.
English

by Zara Buggs Taylor

 

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People with disabilities are often invisible in movies and television shows, or, if visible, depicted in demeaning and stereotypical ways: as powerless, child-like, isolated victims, as bitter, sometimes psychopathic misfits, or as the "super-crip," who overcomes a disability with some extraordinary ability.

Moreover, storylines featuring people with disabilities inevitably resolve with a "cure" rendering the character "whole."

Awakening to Disability - Nothing About Us Without Us

Stone, Karen.  1998.  Awakening to Disability - Nothing About Us Without Us.
English

Review courtesy of Ability Network, Spring 1998
Canada's Cross Disability Magazine
Review by Lucia Dutton, Executive Editor


This is one of the best general, all purpose books I've read about disability. It tells us what everyone should know about disabilities in general, while providing much specific information at the same time. The outlook and the attitudes embodied in the book are both positive and universal. As someone who has lived with MS for many years, the author knows whereof she speaks.

A Call for "Visitability

Smith, Eleanor.  1999.  A Call for "Visitability.
English

by Eleanor Smith, Concrete Change

Tremendous improvements in disability access have occurred since I was a child in the 1940s and '50s, using a wheelchair from age three on. Many of these improvements have come to be considered customary building practices, helpful to the general population as well as people with disabilities. In earlier years, disabled people wheeled down the street looking for a driveway to getup on the sidewalk. Now, curb cuts at corners are common. In earlier years, children with disabilities often waited outside while their friends ran up the steps into a store to buy a trinket or treat. Now, new stores offer the freedom to come and go.

Lagstiftning mot Diskriminering - Rapport från seminarium den 29 april 1999 arrangerat av riksdagens nätverk för handikappfrågor

Sjögren, Johan.  1999.  Lagstiftning mot Diskriminering - Rapport från seminarium den 29 april 1999 arrangerat av riksdagens nätverk för handikappfrågor.
English

På åhörarplats i en av riksdagens lokaler fanns ett 50 tal personer - riksdagsledamöter och representanter från Independent Living- och handikapprörelsen.

Sonja Fransson (s) slog an tonen på dagens seminarium med orden "Hur skall en diskrimineringslag se ut?" Mot bakgrund av IL-Sveriges arbete det gångna året och bemötandeutredningens förslag om grundlagstillägg etc verkar det numera blivit allmän sanning att vi skall ha lagstiftning mot diskriminering - frågan är bara hur den skall se ut? Det är i första hand en framgång för människor med funktionshinder och i andra hand för IL-rörelsen som på kort tid vunnit gehör för det som står högst på dagordningen - lagstiftning mot diskriminering.

Mäkleri - en kort historik

Shields, Craig V.  1988.  Mäkleri - en kort historik.
Swedish


In English

 

Enligt en källa är mäkleri en påhittig avnämarbaserad inriktning för tjänsteförmedling som har sina rötter "i framväxandet av konsumentrörelsen och utvecklingen av konstitutionella rättigheter". Termen användes först på 70-talets senare hälft som benämning på en inriktning som utvecklades av en grupp familjer på Kanadas västkust, "som anser att deras svårt funktionshindrade barn hade rätt att planera sina liv och skulle erbjudas möjlighet och tillräckliga resurser för detta".

A brief history of brokerage

Shields, Craig V.  1988.  A brief history of brokerage.
English

by Craig V. Shields, 1988

 

A View from Ethiopia

Seifu, Michael.  2004.  A View from Ethiopia.
English

Other Columns

by Michael Seifu (rahelmu2000@yahoo.com), Ethiopia, February 2004

Expansion of Telephone Service For Many People With Speech Disabilities

Segalman, Bob.  2000.  Expansion of Telephone Service For Many People With Speech Disabilities.
English

If you have a speech disability and live in one of the thirteen states listed below, you can now use a new, free telephone assistance service 24 hours a day. Speech-to-Speech (STS) provides communications assistants (CAs) for people with difficulty being understood by the public on the telephone.

People with speech disabilities can dial toll free to reach a patient, trained CA who is familiar with many speech patterns and has excellent language recognition skills. This CA makes telephone calls for them and repeats their words exactly.

People with Speech Disabilities Now Have a Telephone Service

Segalman, Bob.  1999.  People with Speech Disabilities Now Have a Telephone Service.
English

If you have a speech disability and live in : ARIZONA, CALIFORNIA, MARYLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA, WISCONSIN, GEORGIA, and WASHINNGTON STATE, you can now use a new, free telephone assistance service 24 hours a day.

This service, called Speech-to-Speech, provides human voicers for people with difficulty being understood by the public on the telephone. The FCC expects all states to provide Speech-to-Speech in two years.

If you have a speech disability, you can dial toll free to reach a patient, trained operator who is familiar with many speech patterns and has acute hearing. This operator makes telephone calls for you and repeats your words exactly.

Beyond Ramps: Disability at the End of the Social Contract

Russell, Marta.  1998.  Beyond Ramps: Disability at the End of the Social Contract.
English

Book review courtesy of Common Courage Press


"What Ralph Nader did for the consumer movement...Marta Russell has accomplished in her riveting Beyond Ramps. No one who reads this book...will come away unchanged."

- Marcus Raskin, Institute for Policy Studies


Beyond Ramps: Disability at the End of the Social Contract

Marta Russell
256 pages; Index
PAPER $18.95, ISBN: 1-56751-106-6


A WARNING FROM AN UPPITY CRIP

Is International Travel Accessible for Persons with a Disability?

Rosen, Fred.  1999.  Is International Travel Accessible for Persons with a Disability?
English

A Position Paper
By
Fred Rosen

Author of

HOW TO TRAVEL -- A Guidebook For Persons With A Disability

And

Travel Consultant For Persons With A Disability

The Question:

IS INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL ACCESSIBLE FOR PERSONS WITH A DISABILITY?

Legala aspekter av diskrimineringslagstiftning i Sverige

Rennerstedt, Kristina.  1998.  Legala aspekter av diskrimineringslagstiftning i Sverige.
English

"Konferensen om Lagstiftning för Mänskliga Rättigheter "
Stockholm, Sweden, 24 augusti 1998

Kristina Rennerstedt, statssekreterare Justitiedepartementet, legala aspekter

 

Resolution om Personlig assistans

Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA).  1998.  Resolution om Personlig assistans.
Swedish

In Engish

Artikeln är tidigare publicerad i American Rehabilitation Volym 24, nummer 4, Vintern 1998 Personal Assistance Services del 2 av 2. American Rehabilitaion är Rehabilitation Services Administrations (RSA) officiella publikation. Adress: 330 C Street S.W Washington D.C. 20202-2531.

Antagen av deltagarna på International Personal Assistance Services Symposium, sponsrat av World Institute on Disability. Symposiet ägde rum i Oakland, Kalifornien, den 29 september till den 1 oktober 1991.

Resolution

Resolutions on Personal Assistance Services

Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA).  1998.  Resolutions on Personal Assistance Services.
English

På svenska

Passed by Participants of the International Personal Assistance Services Symposium Sponsored by the World Institute on Disability, Convened September 29 to October 1, 1991, Oakland, California. Published in: American Rehabilitation, Volume 24, Number 4, Winter 1998, Personal Assistance Services, Part 2 of 2. American Rehabilitation is the official publication of the Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA) 330 C Street S.W. Washington D.C. 20202-2531.

STIL mot hemtjänststalinisterna

Dr. Adolf Ratzka.  1990.  STIL mot hemtjänststalinisterna.
English

Hemtjänsten kritiseras mer och mer av sina brukare. Klagomålen handlar om kraftiga nedskärningar och kvalitetsförsämringar. Anledningen till dessa brister är att kommunen idag har ett trefaldigt monopol på hemtjänstområdet: som tillsynsmyndighet, som finansiär och som tjänsteproducent. Den bedömer behoven, finansierar och producerar tjänsterna. Ofta förenar en och samma hemvårdsassistent dessa tre funktioner samtidigt. Den enskilde hemtjänstbrukaren står helt maktlös inför en sådan maktkoncentration.

Gustav Möller (s) och STIL

Dr. Adolf Ratzka.  1990.  Gustav Möller (s) och STIL.
English

STIL-modellen - maximalt självbestämmande men offentlig finansiering - knyter an till gammal socialdemokratisk tradition. Artikeln skrevs 1990.

Inependent Living and Yugoslav Experience

Rajkov, Gordana.  2003.  Inependent Living and Yugoslav Experience.
English

Center for Indpendent Living, Beograd

INEPENDENT LIVING AND YUGOSLAV* EXPERIENCE

* Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, has been now constituted as State with name Union of Serbia and Monte Negro

by Gordana Rajkov, 2003-03

Center for Independent Living of Serbia,
Presented at the European Network on Independent Living (ENIL) conference in Southampton, England, 7-9 March 2003

(Another presentation at the conference: Belli, Raffaello. 2003-03. "Independent Living and some Italian Experiences.")

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