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Announcements
Homeownership Resources in MD
Homeownership for Individuals with Disabilities Program
The program is offered through the Maryland Dept. of Housing and Community for low-income individuals with disabilities. Funding for this program is limited. For further information, call
410-514-7535.
Own A Home
The Maryland Rural Development is conducting "First Time Home Buyers Workshops" to assist people in making the American Dream a reality. There will be 5 workshops held in Cecil, Dorchester, Caroline, Kent, and Talbot counties on one Saturday a month. For more information on these workshops, call 410-479-1063 ext. 12 or fax at 410-479-3710.
"Living at Home: Maryland Community Choices"
Maryland Department of Human Resources
Office of Personal Assistance Services (800) 332-6347
Provides attendant care, personal assistance services, accessibility adaptations, durable medical supplies, case management, transportation, occupational, speech therapy for people with physical disabilities, 21-59 years old, who medically qualify for nursing home level of care under the Maryland Medical Assistance Program to enable them to live in their own homes.
Disability World Calls for Submissions
The editorial board of Disability World, (http://www.disabilityworld.org) the international webzine of news and views, has issued a Call for Submissions on "Disability & Political Violence." Researchers, writers and organizations around the world are invited to contribute articles, annotated bibliographies, photo-essays and audio-video presentations examining the relationship between disability and political violence. The deadline is December 31, 2002.
We are looking for material documenting how political violence leaves impairment and trauma in its wake. While this is a problem of global proportions, in our estimation the international disability community has yet to acknowledge the relationship of political violence to disability. We define "political violence" broadly as violent conflict motivated by national, religious, ethnic, cultural, racial and other differences, often rooted in disputes over power within a historical context.
Please submit material to editor@disabilityworld.org in the following formats: written articles as MS Word (.doc) or plain text (.txt) documents; graphics in JPEG (.jpg) or TIFF (.tif), preferably at 300 dpi resolution; and audio-video files as Real Media or Quicktime files.
New Issue of Disability World Critiques Progress in Access, Employment, Governance, Media & Institutions
In the latest issue of Disability World, many reporters took a close look at developments in key sectors affecting the status and human rights of people with disabilities and found the pace of progress too slow.
As examples: a report from Chile critiques the accessibility of the voting and election process; articles from Norway examine ways to make headway in the stagnant employment situation; a South African lawyer praises the intent but not the glacial rate of implementation of rights among the distinct disabled populations; a European project attacks large institutions at their roots in eight Eastern European countries; a U.S. reporter interviews British advocates about how they are challenging the recent spate of media reports supporting euthanasia and suicide among disabled individuals; a Dutch traveler is not happy with the level of accessibility in European theme and vacation parks; a Costa Rican journalist reflects on the "lights and shadows" being cast on disability issues by prominent politicians; a disabled Fullbright scholar takes an inside look at sheltered workshops in the Philippines; and two reports examine institutional and cultural resistance to reducing discrimination against women and girls with disabilities.
Check out the 14th issue of this international magazine, presenting 70 new articles and resources, available only on the web: http://www.disabilityworld.org
Free Video Captioning Device from WGBH
MAGpie 2.0 is now available!
Free, do-it-yourself caption and description authoring tool for digital multimedia developed by the CPB/WGBH National Center for Accessible Media (NCAM).
MAGpie is Java-based. It will run on Windows 95, 98, NT4, 2000, and XP, and on Macintosh OS X. There is currently no support for earlier versions of Mac OS.
To download MAGpie 2.0, please go to
http://ncam.wgbh.org/webaccess/mapie/magpie2_regsitration.html
If you have any questions, please email them to
magpie@wgbh.org
Southern University seeking Department Chair of Special Education
The Department of Special Education at Southern University - Baton Rouge seeks to hire a Chair, beginning Spring or Fall 2003.
Rank: Tenure track, Associate or Full Professor
Salary: Commensurate with qualifications, and experience.
Required Qualifications: Earned Ph.D./Ed.D. in Special Education (mild/moderate or high incidence disabilities); administrative experience in Higher Education; record of excellence in university teaching, research, scholarship, and grantsmanship; and experience working with doctoral students and directing doctoral dissertations.
Responsibilities: Provide leadership for undergraduate and graduate programs; promote faculty and student diversity; commitment to innovative, high-quality personnel preparation programs in special education, including alternative teacher preparation and effective e-teaching/e-learning; teach and advise graduate students; develop partnerships with local schools to bring about significant PK-12 reform; perform other duties and responsibilities as deemed necessary by the administration.
To Apply: Send letter of application addressing qualifications for the position, vitae, official transcripts, and three current letters of recommendation to Dr. Chhanda Ghose, Search Committee Chair, Department of Special Education, Southern University, P. O. Box 11298, Baton Rouge, LA 70813. For additional information, send e-mail to cghose@subr.edu
Review of applications: Review will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. Southern University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.
Beginner Sign Language Classes
Beginner sign language classes for adults and youth will be offered in Cockeysville, Maryland in February and March 2003. For more information and/or to register, please call 410-887-5370 (Voice) or 410-887-5319 (TTY).
Free Assistive Technology Classes for individuals with disabilities
The United Support Foundation in Prince George's Maryland is offering free training classes to individuals with disabilities on a variety of course topics. USF provides training courses in Computer Use, Mathematics and Statistics. All individuals who successfully complete these trainings receive certificates for their efforts.
For more information on these trainings, or to see the current training schedule, visit the website www.usfonline.org
Or Contact USF at
6201 Riverdale Road
Suite 201
P.O.Box 910
Riverdale, MD 20738
Phone: 301-277-7576
Fax: 301- 277-7646
TDD/TTY: 301-277-8813
Toll-Free: 1-888-388-0100
Or Email at contact@usfonline.org