Independent Living Institute

by Suresh C. Ahuja
Executive Director National Association of the Blind, India
Chairman World Blind Union Committee on Social Development

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

Accessible, adaptable low-cost housing in Egypt

Dr. Safaa M. Issa Abdou, Development & Popular Housing Co., Cairo, Egypt

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Introduction

Architecture is a measure of society's advancement or retardation and a record of nations' civilization. Man is civilization's creator and its primary architect who set its foundations and raised its magnificent, tall edifices. And for Man there has always been the pursuit of civilization, freedom and equality.

Colin Barnes, Disability Research Unit, Leeds

I’d like to thank Adolf and the Institute for Independent Living for inviting me here.

Prof. Colin Barnes, Disability Research Unit, Leeds, UK

In England we have a strong and vibrant disability people’s movement which in many ways preceded the development of Disabled People’s International (DPI). The British Council of Organisations of Disabled People (BCODP) was actually formed so that it could be represented at and participate in the first DPI conference in 1981. The driving force behind much of the work initiated within the British movement was done by a disabled South African man, Vic Finkelstein.

Geneva, Switzerland, August 1988

This text is courtesy the

(BIC Document #88-0806 )

Until recently, the disabled have constituted a minority in obscurity. Unlike certain other groups that fall victim to discrimination, the disabled do not comprise a self-contained, close-knit social community. Instead, they populate every social sector, every class, every age group, every ethnic and religious community. And at every level, society has tended to ignore them, believing them incapable of participating in the community, or avoiding them as unpleasant reminders of the fragility of our existence.

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

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Waste disposal in the household - recycling systems for everyone

Erik & Tina Bahn, Arkitekterne Bahn, Danish Building Development Board, Denmark

Continuation

Copyright © The Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps (TASH) - Disability Advocacy Worldwide 1997

WHEREAS, the U.S. Supreme Court has determined that assisted suicide is not a constitutional right, but is an issue to be decided by the states; and

WHEREAS, bills to legalize physician-assisted suicide are currently pending before state legislatures; and

WHEREAS, no bill to legalize physician-assisted suicide applies to all citizens equally, but singles out individuals based on their health status in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act; and

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

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Towards general accessibility of the built environment for persons with limited mobility

Alain Armeni, Ministry of Housing, France

(The Independent Living Movement: International Experiences.)