“Universal Design and Visitability: From Accessibility to Zoning”

Edited by Jack Nassar and Jennifer Evans-Crowley, this resource contains several chapters worldwide sources. To download, go to kb.osu,edu/dspace/handle/1811/24833 .

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Subject: Trainings on faith and disability

Please join in on October 12th at 2:00 Eastern for a one hour teleconference
on how to effectively conduct outreach with faith communities and train
faith leaders on disabilities as well as domestic violence.

Experienced presenters include:
Bill Gaventa, Coordinator, Community and Congregational Supports from The
Elizabeth M. Boggs Center on Developmental Disabilities;

Jerry Blackburn, Chair of the Interfaith Leaders Committee for the Utah
Domestic Violence Council;

Sachin Pavithran, ADA Coordinator and Project Trainer for the Utah

Interagency Faith and Disability Training Initiative, and Marilyn Hammond,
Project Director for the Utah Interagency Faith and Disability Training
Initiative.

To call in, please dial 1-800-490-7515, then enter the room number when
prompted, which is *7977142* (you need to use the asterisks before and after
the #).

David Clark speaks up about “encountering unspoken barriers” and what he is doing about it.

An open source Web developing expert with 15 years of experience, Clark receives at least four or five recruiting calls a week. However, after hearing his voice which is affected by cerebral palsy, nothing further happens.

Listen to him speak about networking and read the Boston Globe article about networking at

bit.ly/a3fNcL.

David Clark is a a member of Old South Church in Boston. He is serving his sixth year as a member of the United Church of Christ Disabilities Ministries Board of Directors. He designed, set up, and administers the ministry’s web site, uccdm.org.

REQUEST for SUBMISSIONS for 2011 BARBARA WAXMAN FIDUCCIA PAPERS ON WOMEN AND GIRLS WITH DISABILITIES

E-News from the Center for Women Policy Studies, September 1, 2010

To be considered as an author for the 2011 BARBARA WAXMAN FIDUCCIA PAPERS, we invite you to submit a brief summary of your proposed Paper to the Center’s president at lwolfe@centerwomenpolicy.org by NOVEMBER 1, 2010.
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