Independent Living Institute

Toward an Inclusive Definition of Disability

Imparato, Andrew J. 1999. Toward an Inclusive Definition of Disability.

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by Andrew J. Imparato, June 28, 1999

General Counsel and Director of Policy
National Council on Disability

As an attorney who has spent my career working to promote policies and laws that expand opportunities for the 54 million Americans with disabilities, I am deeply concerned that the U.S. Supreme Court totally missed the mark last week in three cases construing the definition of “disability” in the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The Supreme Court has left me and millions of other Americans with significant mental or physical impairments unprotected against egregious discrimination.

Violence and Disabled Women

Iglesias, M, Gil G, Joneken A, Mickler B, Knudsen J S. 1998. Violence and Disabled Women.

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Version española.

by Iglesias, M.; Gil, G.; Joneken, A.; Mickler, B.; Knudsen, J.S.,
METIS project, European Unión DAPHNE initiative, 1998

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

GENERAL ISSUES

Portrait of a woman with disability

What do we understand by violence?

Causes, origins and consequences

Why women?

Foreword to The Independent Living Movement: International Experiences

Heumann, Judith E. 2003. Foreword to The Independent Living Movement: International Experiences.

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In 1949 when I had polio there was nothing resembling the Independent Living Movement. As was the case for disabled people across the US and throughout the world we were not seen as a individuals who could make contributions to our society. We were out of sight and out of mind. Few laws existed which made it illegal to discriminate against disabled people.

HELIOS II: Sammanfattning av undersökningen om service med personlig assistans i Europa. Beskrivning och utvärdering av den bästa servicen med personlig assistans i ditt land

HELIOS. 1996. HELIOS II: Sammanfattning av undersökningen om service med personlig assistans i Europa. Beskrivning och utvärdering av den bästa servicen med personlig assistans i ditt land.

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Social integrering och Independent Living

Om att avskaffa socialpsykologiska hinder: Assistans i daglig livsföring
Temagrupp nummer 5, Rapport 1996

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Innehållsförteckning

HELIOS II: Social Integration and Independent Living. The Elimination of Socio-psychological Barriers: Assistance in Daily Living

HELIOS. 1996. HELIOS II: Social Integration and Independent Living. The Elimination of Socio-psychological Barriers: Assistance in Daily Living.

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Policy Issues in Independent Living Rehabilitation

Galvin, Donald E. 1980. Policy Issues in Independent Living Rehabilitation.

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by Donald E. Galvin, Ph.D., Director,

University Center for International Rehabilitation (UCIR), June 1980

This paper was presented at the 1980 World Congress of Rehabilitation International held in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, June 22-27, 1980.

Independent Living Models

Frieden, Lex. 1980. Independent Living Models.

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Frieden, Lex. 1980. "Independent Living Models." In: Rehabilitation Literature, Special Article, July-August, 1980, Vol 41, No. 7-8, pp. 169-173. A-289. Internet publication URL: www.independentliving.org/docs6/frieden1980.html.

by Lex Frieden**

Introduction