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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

by Anita Kelles-Viitanen, Asian Development Bank

The following article appeared in DISABILITY INTERNATIONAL; Asia-Pacific Region, Vol.11, No. 2 1999. Disabled Peoples' International. The paper was presented by Ms. Viitanen at the Disability and Development Workshop held at the ADB Headquarters in Manila, Philippines from October 13-14, 1999 under the sponsorship of the Finnish government and ADB.

In October 2000, Yoshi KAWAUCHI, architect, access specialist and advocate, Tokyo, Japan, email address bzh15277@nifty.ne.jp sent us this report on the new Japanese legislation on access in public transportation:

The law requires public transportation operators to make their facilities accessible in the case of new construction or major renovation, and make efforts (note 1) to make their existing facilities accessible.

Ms Katz is Director, Division of Disability and Aging, Office of Disability, Aging, and Long-Term Care Policy, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, U.S.. Department of Health and Human Services.

The following is an article from 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

Internet browsers with computer-generated speech and smarter wheelchairs and canes are just some of the innovations making it easier for people with disabilities to interact with the world.

Imagine being able to type simply by looking at the letters on a keyboard. Or being able to hear the Internet "spoken" by a Web browser.

For most people, such innovations could make life more convenient. But for people with disabilities, they could change the way they live.

by Bob Kafka, 1999

Imagine you have a stroke, your child has a car wreck or your newborn has physical and/or mental disabilities. What do you do? Where do you go? What kind of services are available?

Accessing community-based services for the growing number of people with disabilities, older Americans and their families is one of the most critical issues facing this country.

The current public system of support services was designed more than 30 years ago based on a medical model of service that held that people with disabilities, regardless of their age, should receive services in nursing homes or some other congregate institution.

Presentation at the Munich Disability Policy Meeting, November 13, 1995

by Dr. Andreas Jürgens,
legal counsel to ISL, e.V. (Interessenvertretung "Selbstbestimmt Leben" Deutschland e. V. - ISL)

PROGRESS REPORT 1994-1995