Independent Living Institute

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

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Dear Friends,

As the consequence of my meeting with Director General of Bangkok Mass Transit Authority (BMTA) yesterday, the inauguration of Thailand First Accessibility Bus Lines will occur on August 5, 1999 at 09.00 AM.

Mr. Sonthaya Khunplum Dept. Minister of Transportation & Communication will preside over the first launching of service. Hundreds of persons with disabilites including 30 wheelchair users will witness the ceremony. You can get update news at www.bangkokpost.net on August 6, 1999. The schedule for the launch of this service is as follows:

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Final Report to the
Disability Research Consortium
Bureau of Economic Research, Rutgers University
and New Jersey Developmental Disabilities Council
April 1999

The Office of Women's Health in the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) announces the first-ever federal resource center for women with disabilities as part of the expanding National Women's Health Information Center (NWHIC). NWHIC serves as a single gateway to thousands of federal and private sector publications and organizations on women's health through its Web site (http://www.4woman.gov) and toll-free information number (1-800-994WOMAN).

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

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Capability of daily living of old persons and their accident experiences:
Implication for the design of safer and easier-to-use dwellings

Satoshi Kose, Building Design and Use Division, Building Research Institute, Tsukuba, Japan

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

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Design guidelines of public collective housing for the aging society:
The move toward a new era in Japan

Satoshi Kose, Building Design and Use Division, Building Research Institute, Tsukuba, Japan

“Legislation for Human Rights”

Stockholm, Sweden, 24 August 1998

by Gyorgy Konczei

Today I am going to talk about the genesis of the Hungarian 'Anti-Discrimination Legislation', its content, and about the developments that are going on in the Council of Europe concerning the necessity of the anti-discrimination legislation in member states of the Council of Europe.

The background

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by: Audrey King

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by: Audrey King, Fall 2000

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

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UWZ efforts in improving accessibility in Zanzibar Stone Town

H. Khalfan, DPI, Zanzibar, Tanzania