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Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2005 16:36:36 -0600
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From: Alissa Wilts DPI HQ
DPI e-news / bulletin électronique de l'OMPH / boletín electrónico de la OMPD
Friday, January 14, 2004 / le vendredi 14 janvier 2004 / Viernes 14 de Enero de 2004
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Dear Friends and Colleagues,
For this week's e-news bulletin, I have posted a number of articles on the controversial
topic of euthanasia in the Bioethics section of the DPI website. There are articles
relating to the decriminalization of euthanasia in the Netherlands and that country's
move toward euthanizing infants, as well as news of the continuing fight to keep
brain-disabled Terri Schindler-Schiavo from having her life support removed by
her husband in Florida.
In the Netherlands, where euthanasia for adults was legalized in 2001, there has been a move
toward euthanizing infants. It is already legal to euthanize any Dutch citizen over
12 years of age. Doctors at the Groningen Academy Hospital have admitted to euthanizing at
least three babies in the last year, claiming that "worldwide, [...] many deaths among
newborns are based on end-of-life decisions, after physicians reached the conclusion that
there was no quality of life." Citing an example of that lack of "quality of life," one
of the doctors mentioned a child born with spina bifida.
The case of Terri Schindler-Schiavo took a bit of a downward slide last week, when a Florida
appeals court threw out a new motion by her parents to protect her from her husband's desire
to remove life support. Michael Schiavo intends to go through with removing Terri's feeding
tube as soon as the court permits him to do so -- an act that will ultimately end in her death.
You can read articles on both of these cases by clicking on the links in the Bioethics section
of the list that follows. Is euthanasia being practiced on people with disabilities in your
country? If you have stories to share on this hot-button subject,
please send articles to [log in to unmask]
As I mentioned in our supplementary e-news bulletin earlier this week, DPI's Tsunami
Resources page is at http://www.dpi.org/en/resources/current_news/01-11-05_tsunami.htm.
Visit the page to find more information on what is happening to people with disabilities in
the disaster-torn region of Southeast Asia and Africa. I will continue to add more information
to this page in the near future.
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Today you will find the following new postings on the DPI website:
Aujourd'hui vous trouverez les publications nouvelles suivantes sur le site Web de l'OMPH:
Hoy encontrará las siguientes nuevas informaciones en el Sitio Web de la OMPD:
EVENTS / ACTIVITÉS / ACTIVIDADES
1. 2nd Global Conference - The Erotic: Exploring Critical Issues - Budapest, Hungary, May 9 - 11, 2005:
http://www.dpi.org/en/events/europe/01-13-05_erotic.htm
2. Alzheimer Society of Canada's 27th National Conference - Regina, Canada, April 7 - 9, 2005:
http://www.alzheimer.ca/english/newsevents/conference-intro.htm
3. Société Alzheimer du Canada 27e Congrès national - Régina, Canada, le 7 - 9 avril 2005:
http://www.alzheimer.ca/french/newsevents/conference-intro.htm
4. CSUN's 20th Annual International Conference "Technology and Persons with Disabilities" - Los Angeles, USA, March 14 - 19, 2005:
http://www.csun.edu/cod/conf/index.htm
5. 10th International Conference on Computers Helping People With Special Needs - University of Linz, Austria, July 12 - 14, 2006:
http://www.icchp.org/
6. Communication for All: Where ideas create action - Sophia-Antipolis, France, February 17 - 18, 2005:
http://www.newdimensionevents.com/industry.htm
PUBLICATIONS / PUBLICACIONES
1. Alzheimer Europe Newsletter - December 2004 (PDF):
http://www.dpi.org/en/resources/documents/2004-12_AlzEuNewsletter.pdf
2. UNESCO EFA Flagship - The Right to Education for Persons with Disabilities: Towards Inclusion, Newsletter No. 3 December 2004 (MS Word):
http://www.dpi.org/en/resources/documents/eflagdec04.doc
3. Mental Health Europe Newsletter No. 12 December 2004 (MS Word):
http://www.dpi.org/en/resources/documents/NewsletterNo12-2004.doc
CURRENT NEWS / ACTUALITÉS / ACTUALIDADES
1. Access to Work the Key As Disability Grants Bill Soars (South Africa):
http://www.dpi.org/en/resources/current_news/01-13-04_grants.htm
2. Canadian Centre on Disability Studies (CCDS) - Employment Opportunities:
http://www.dpi.org/en/resources/current_news/01-13-05_ccds.htm
3. Concours de dessins humoristiques de l'association ARGOS:
http://www.dpi.org/fr/resources/current_news/01-13-05_argos.htm
4. Disabled still fighting for jobs, by Claudienne Edwards (Jamaica Observer):
http://www.dpi.org/en/resources/current_news/01-13-05_jamaica.htm
5. Information Society for all: Commission opens consultation to make ICT products and services more accessible:
http://www.dpi.org/en/resources/current_news/01-14-05_infosociety.htm
6. Job openings at the National Mental Health Association (USA):
http://www.dpi.org/en/resources/current_news/01-14-05_nmha.htm
7. DPI organizes workshop in Jaipur (India):
http://www.dpi.org/en/resources/current_news/01-14-05_jaipur.htm
CONVENTION / CONVENCION
1. Ad Hoc Committee on a Comprehensive and Integral International Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities, Fifth session, New York, 24 January - 4 February 2005: Provisional Agenda and Proposed organization of work:
http://www.dpi.org/en/resources/topics/convention/documents/AdHocCommittee.doc
2. Statement by the Chairman on the organization of work at the fourth session (A/59/360, annex 3) (MS Word):
http://www.dpi.org/en/resources/topics/convention/documents/coordinatorreport.doc
3. Report of the Coordinator to the fourth session of the Ad Hoc Committee (A/59/360, annex IV) (MS Word):
http://www.dpi.org/en/resources/topics/convention/documents/coordinatorreport.doc
IDDP ACTIVITIES / ACTIVITÉS DE LA JIPH / ACTIVIDADES DEL DIPD
1. Almost two per cent of population have a disability - NSO (Malta):
http://www.dpi.org/en/events/international/IDDP2004/europe/Malta.htm
2. Journée mondiale des handicapés : Accessibilité aux infrastructures (Sénégal):
http://www.lesoleil.sn/archives/article.CFM?articles__id=44803&index__edition=10356
BIOETHICS / BIOÉTHIQUE / BIOÉTICA
1. Dutch Doctors Want Guidelines on Euthanasia After Hospital Kills Newborns, by Steven Ertelt (LifeNews.com Editor):
http://www.nysrighttolife.org/news/12032004/dutch_doctors_want_guidelines_on.htm
2. Dutch consider infant euthanasia, by Geraldine Coughlan (BBC News):
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4093965.stm
3. Child Euthanasia Already Happens Everywhere, Says Dutch Hospital, by Eva Cahen (CNSNews.com):
http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewCulture.asp?Page=%5CCulture%5Carchive%5C200412%5CCUL20041213b.html
4. Disabled Woman's Parents Lose Latest Bid to Keep Her Alive, by Jessica Azulay (The NewStandard):
http://newstandardnews.net/content/index.cfm/items/1363
5. Death trumps choice, by Debra J. Saunders (San Francisco Chronicle):
http://www.dpi.org/en/resources/topics/bioethics/01-13-05_choice.htm
6. List of articles at Euthanasia.com about people with disabilities:
http://www.euthanasia.com/page5.html
7. Experts advise widening of Dutch euthanasia guidelines (health.news.designerz.com):
http://health.news.designerz.com/experts-advise-widening-of-dutch-euthanasia-guidelines.html
8. Mercy Killing in the Netherlands: Euthanasia or Eugenics?, by Cinnamon Stillwell (ChronWatch.com):
http://www.chronwatch.com/content/contentDisplay.asp?aid=11893&catcode=13&mode=print
9. Indian sparks euthanasia debate, by Geoff Thompson (The World Today):
http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/content/2004/s1267763.htm
10. Should euthanasia be legalized? (The Times of India):
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/966936.cms
11. Why assisted suicide must not be legalized, by Marilyn Golden (California Disability Alliance):
http://disweb.org/cda/issues/pas/golden1.html
12. Dutch doctor defiant over killing newborns (WorldNetDaily):
http://wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=42109
13. End the charade, Michael Schiavo, by David N. Bass (WorldNetDaily):
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=42294
REPORTS / RAPPORTS / REPORTES
1. Canadian attitudes toward disability issues (Office of Disability Issues):
http://www.sdc.gc.ca/asp/gateway.asp?hr=en/hip/odi/documents/attitudesPoll/index.shtml&hs=pyp
2. Effective HIV/AIDS and Reproductive Health Information to People with Disabilities - A Final Report by Alister Munthali, Peter Mvula and Sandra Ali (University of Malawi Center for Social Research) (MS Word):
http://www.dpi.org/en/resources/documents/FinalReportforFedomaStudyOctober2004.doc
3. Living Conditions among People with Activity Limitations in Malawi - A National Representative Study, by ME Loeb, Arne H Eide (editors) (MS Word):
http://www.dpi.org/en/resources/documents/Malawireport.doc
PRESS RELEASES / PRESSE / PRENSA
1. Création d'entreprise & handicap - 3 500 entrepreneurs handicaps ont créé leur entreprise en 2004 (AGEFIPH) (PDF):
http://www.dpi.org/fr/resources/documents/Communique2005.pdf
2. International Disability Technology Experts Converge on London:
http://www.dpi.org/en/resources/press_releases/01-14-05_vision.htm
3. Joan Letulle leaves legacy through LU scholarship:
http://www.dpi.org/en/resources/press_releases/01-14-05_letulle.htm
4. News Release Issued by the International Secretariat of Amnesty International: Human rights imperative for mental health reforms:
http://www.dpi.org/en/resources/press_releases/01-14-05_amnesty.htm
ARTICLES / ARTICULOS
1. Cumplimos el sueño de un niño: ser gendarme por un día (Chile):
http://www.dpi.org/sp/resources/articles/01-13-05_gendarme.htm
2. Inclusion of disabled people in every aspect of society, by Inge Komardjaja:
http://www.dpi.org/en/resources/articles/01-14-05_komardjaja.htm
LINKS / LIENS / VINCULOS
1. Disability and Information Technologies (Dis-IT) Research Alliance (Canada):
http://www.dis-it.ca/
2. Diversity Employment Solutions: http://www.my-des.com/
3. International Journal of Disability, Community & Rehabilitation:
http://www.ijdcr.ca/
4. Disabled Online:
http://disabledonline.com
PROJECTS / PROJETS / PROYECTOS
1. La Fundaciôn Dominicana de Ciegos:
http://www.dpi.org/sp/resources/topics/proyectos/01-13-05_fdc.htm
PUBLIC AWARENESS / CONSCIENCE PUBLIQUE / CONCIENCIA PUBLICA
1. Holiday house exchange website offering free membership for a limited time:
http://www.dpi.org/en/resources/topics/public_awareness/01-14-05_matching.htm
Watch for our next update on January 21, 2005!
Notre prochain bulletin arrivera le 21 janvier 2005 !
Nuestro Próximo boletín es el 21 de Enero de 2005 -- esté atento(a)!
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