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Devva, I know many people in Australia would be interested in this Conference (cost to get there may be problem). I would certainly like to plan for it. Anita, does India have a Disability Act. Is it about Rights or funding of services? Nagase, is Japan looking at disability rights leglisation? Look forward to hearing from you. Frank Hall-Bentick President Disability Australia ---------------------------------------------------------- Devva Kasnitz wrote: > Barb, > > I just got back from England and we talked about this a lot! I could put together a panel comparing US/UK/Australia with my UK colleagues. > > devva > > At 11:50 AM 7/29/99 EDT, you wrote: > >Especially Bregman & Belli > > > >There are very preliminary plans being discussed now by a couple U.S. > >government agencies about having an international conference next summer to > >note 10 years since the ADA. The main purpose would be to look at other > >comprehensive disability legislation passed in this period and how > >implementation is going with those laws and the ADA. There is probably more > >interest here in rights-based legislation but there is acknowledgement that a > >lot of laws in other countries are not necessarily rights-based. > > > >In any case, it would be great to know if other countries were interested and > >what issues are considered most important. > >Barbara Duncan > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Devva Kasnitz, PhD > Research Director, > Research and Training Center > on Independent Living and Disability Policy > World Institute on Disability > 510 16 Street, Suite #100 > Oakland, CA 94612-1500 > > Voice: 510-251-4348 > TTY: 510-208-9493 > FAX: 510-208-9494 > > email: [log in to unmask] > http://www.wid.org/ > > Home: > 2345 7th St > Berkeley, CA 94710 > 510-549-1865 > > [log in to unmask] > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%