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Frank HB
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Subject: Newsletter from Institute on Independent Living, 2001-06-08
Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2001 14:19:12 +0200
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Dear colleague
Since you visited our website or are interested in disability issues,
we would like to inform you of recent developments at
http://www.independentliving.org
Personal Assistance Network
We just finished our project "Personal Assistance Network". During
the 3-year project period we built a full-text internet-based library
with
documents about personal assistance for persons with extensive
disabilities and related themes. Visit the project's site at
http://www.independentliving.org/PANetwork/index.html
and read the executive summary of the final report at
http://www.independentliving.org/PANetwork/panmars2001.pdf
Disability Radio Worldwide
New on the site is Jean Parker's Radio Disability Worldwide. Jean is
a well-known disability rights activist with years of experience
working in the movement. Jean's list of program guests reads like a
"Who's Who" of the disability community leadership around the
globe. Almost all of the guests on Disability Radio Worldwide are
people with disabilities and experts in their field(s), discussing the
full
spectrum of issues related to advancing the human rights of people
with disabilities around the world.
Jean broadcasts her programs on short wave from Costa Rica's
Radio for Peace International. Now you can listen online to a number
of her shows on our site with streaming audio at
http://www.independentliving.org/radio/index.html
Online services of interest to the disability community
We've also developed interactive online services for
- personal assistant referral with nearly 100 current entries with job
openings or assistants offering their services at
http://www.independentliving.org/assex/index.html
- worldwide networking among organizations and companies
working in the disability field with over 300 entries at
http://www.independentliving.org/donet/index.html
- swapping accessible homes for vacations with over 200 attractive
exchange objects from many parts of the world at
http://www.independentliving.org/vacaswap.html
Full-text Virtual Library on Independent Living
Our constantly growing library presently offers some 1,200
documents for online browsing and downloading. The themes are
disability rights, advocacy, international development issues, women
and disability, accessibility, peer support and other independent living
themes at http://www.independentliving.org/htdig/libsrch.html
Get published
Have you written any texts, manuals, reports, articles on disability
issues? We can publish your materials, new or old, that promote
self-determination and empowerment of people with disabilities.
You'll get exposure to presently 7,000 visitors/week from all over the
world. More about this free service at
http://www.independentliving.org/Publish.html
Other projects
We also run a number of projects that are not web-related such as
TAXI FOR ALL which is a pilot project in Stockholm, Sweden for
mainstream accessible taxi service. For information on all our
activities read the Institute's annual report at
http://www.independentliving.org/docs1/ilanrp2000.pdf
Volunteers Wanted
We have our hands full of interesting work, lots of exciting ideas for
new internet-based services but very little money. We are looking for
people who can share some of their spare time, computer and
internet skills and commitment to disability issues. For more
information on our current volunteer positions see
http://www.independentliving.org/volopenings.html
I hope you've enjoyed our update and we are looking forward to your
visit at http://www.independentliving.org
Sincerely
Adolf D. Ratzka, Ph D
Institute on Independent Living
www.independentliving.org
Latest annual report at
http://www.independentliving.org/docs1/ilanrp2000.pdf
Swedish version at
http://www.independentliving.org/docs1/ilarsbrtls2000.pdf
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