Independent Living Institute

Published in Disability & Society, 9 (4), 1994, pages 481-99.

by David Pfeiffer, Ph.D., 1994
Department of Public Management
School of Management
Suffolk University
Boston, MA 02108-2770
USA

NOW AT:
Center on Disability Studies
University of Hawai`i at Manoa
1776 University Ave UA 4-6
Honolulu, HI 96815 USA

Abstract

Within the community of disabled persons in this country there is a division between those concerned with civil rights and those concerned with service delivery. On the one hand, there is the Independent Living Movement which is a necessary fact of life for disabled persons in this country today, whether or not they require the services of an Independent Living center. There is also the Disability Rights Movement which is a necessary for disabled persons in this country today, whether or not they face civil rights violations. Although there is an overlapping membership, persons who identify with the Independent Living Movement are concerned with the provision of services to disabled individuals in order to make them truly independent.

All of us who are disabled try to "hang in there". In my case, the expression has taken on a double meaning.

I have had multiple sclerosis for over 30 years and, as my condition worsened, I foresaw the day when I would need greater assistance with bathroom transfers.

Public lecture on behalf of Strathclyde Centre
for disability research and Glasgow City Council

by Mike Oliver,
Professor of Disability Studies University
of Greenwich 27 April 1999

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Foreword
Acknowledgements
Executive Summary

CHAPTER ONE: SITUATION ANALYSIS

Pretoria, South Africa - Innovative Disabled Entrepreneur Award Scheme (IDEAS) is a Ntsika Enterprise Promotion Agency competition for successful disabled Small, Medium and Micro Enterprises.

IDEAS seeks to affirm and give recognition to entrepreneurs with disabilities who have demonstrated excellence and innovation as well as triumph over adversities in their business enterprises.

Entry forms with requirements to be collected at the Provincial SMME/Disability Desk. People eligible for the competition are:

"Legislation for Human Rights"
Stockholm, Sweden, 24 August 1998

by Jerry Nkeli, Human Rights Commissioner

Ladies and gentlemen and colleges, Today I will sketch for you the history of South Africa from the point of view of the Disability Rights Movement. In the 1970s we had no Disability Rights Movement in South Africa. Most disabled people were in institutions, they worked in sheltered workshops, they were not organized and they had no rights.

Seminar on Human Rights for Persons with Disabilities
from a North and South Perspective
Stockholm, Sweden 23 August, 1998

Jerry Nkeli, Human Rights Commissioner, South Africa

English title: NCD Releases Report on Improving the Enforcement of Civil Rights of Air Travelers with Disabilities

In English

WASHINGTON (1999) - The National Council on Disability (NCD) har släppt en betydande rapport som visar på en undermålig tillämpning av Air Carrier Access Act (ACAA) sedan dess antagning 1986. NCDs rapport Enforcing the Civil Rights of Air Travelers with Disabilities innehåller rekommendationer för hur tillämpningen av medborgerliga rättigheter för resenärer med funktionsnedsättning ska förbättras. Detta inkluderar även ändringar i lagen och förbättringar hos transportdepartementet.

På svenska

WASHINGTON (1999) --The National Council on Disability (NCD) has released a groundbreaking report documenting ineffective enforcement of the Air Carrier Access Act (ACAA) since the law's passage in 1986. NCD's report, Enforcing the Civil Rights of Air Travelers with Disabilities, contains recommendations on how to improve the enforcement of civil rights of air travelers with disabilities, including changes to the law and improvements for the Department of Transportation.