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Subject: PRESS RELEASE: DisabilityWorld Reports on Advances BenefitingPeople
with Disabilities in 25 Countries
Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2002 11:18:34 -0800
From: Disability World <[log in to unmask]>
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PRESS RELEASE
November 7, 2002: DisabilityWorld Reports on
Advances Benefiting People with Disabilities in 25 Countries
The latest issue of DisabilityWorld, the international webzine of news and
views, contains reports of progress in technology, accessibility, employment
and others areas affecting people with disabilities in 25 countries. The
magazine, published in English and Spanish, is available only on the web:
http://www.DisabilityWorld.org
Posted on October 31, 2002, this issue features the following reports:
Independent Living: the challenges of a "normal" Dutch family with two
intellectually disabled children; disability rights activists from Cyprus; a
Norwegian advocate explores if "rehabilitation" is still a useful concept; and
U.S. independent living centers in the U.S. serving the Latino population.
Access & Technology: British software could make the QWERTY
keyboard outmoded; international website on making democracy more
accessible; access improved in Brazilian banks, on Bogota buses, in Peru's
theatres and for Japanese mobile phone users; new-improved-bionic bodies?;
accessible hotel run by disabled Berliners; Argentine students invent Braille
conversion software; and the European Union places internet accessibility
higher on its agenda.
Employment: a disability perspective on the Bush administration's summer
economic forum; looking at the disability population as a market; company
hires disabled Cambodians to bridge digital divide; the labor market and
disability in Italy & Poland; technology training for employment in India;
and Viet Nam's disabled citizens fight employment discrimination.
Women & Children: U.S. hearing on needs of disabled girls; women's
groups active in Latin America; triple oppression in South Africa;
international women's congress scheduled in Spain
Arts & Media: freak shows in the Philippines; Japanese artistic products
earn impressive sales; Colombian deaf students tackle TV production;
awareness raising in South Africa; and 500 Russians turn out for disability
film festival.
Disability World is supported by a grant from the U.S. National Institute
for Disability &
Rehabilitation Research, conducted by the World Institute on Disability in
collaboration with
Rehabilitation International, Independent Living Research Utilization & the
Inter-American
Institute on Disability. Contributions may be submitted via email:
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