History

Blind and Sighted Pioneer Teachers in 19th Century China and India (revised edition)

Miles, M. 2011. Blind and Sighted Pioneer Teachers in 19th Century China and India (revised edition).

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M. Miles, West Midlands, UK.

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DEAF PEOPLE, SIGN LANGUAGE & COMMUNICATION, IN OTTOMAN & MODERN TURKEY: Observations and Excerpts from 1300 to 2009. From sources in English, French, German, Greek, Italian, Latin and Turkish, with introduction and some annotation

Miles, M. 2009. DEAF PEOPLE, SIGN LANGUAGE & COMMUNICATION, IN OTTOMAN & MODERN TURKEY: Observations and Excerpts from 1300 to 2009. From sources in English, French, German, Greek, Italian, Latin and Turkish, with introduction and some annotation.

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Miles, M. 2009-06. "Deaf People, Sign Language and Communication, in Ottoman and Modern Turkey: Observations and Excerpts from 1300 to 2009. From sources in English, French, German, Greek, Italian, Latin and Turkish, with introduction and some annotation." Internet publication URL: www.independentliving.org/miles200907.html

Sources and texts are introduced and quoted, identifying deaf men and women through more than 700 years of Turkish history, and sign language through 500 years, continuing to the present.

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Independent Living in Sweden

Dr. Adolf Ratzka. 2003. Independent Living in Sweden.

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by Adolf D. Ratzka, PhD (1), 2003

Contents

1. Origins of the movement in Sweden

1.1. The situation of persons with disabilities in Sweden in the 1980s

The movement of persons with disabilities

1.2. “Folkhem” revisited

Preparing the ground

1.3. The 1983 Conference on Independent Living

1.4. STIL’s proposal

Foreword to The Independent Living Movement: International Experiences

Heumann, Judith E. 2003. Foreword to The Independent Living Movement: International Experiences.

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In 1949 when I had polio there was nothing resembling the Independent Living Movement. As was the case for disabled people across the US and throughout the world we were not seen as a individuals who could make contributions to our society. We were out of sight and out of mind. Few laws existed which made it illegal to discriminate against disabled people.

Back To Basics - Hampshire Center for Independent Living's Expert Seminar on Independent Living

Mason, Philip. 1998. Back To Basics - Hampshire Center for Independent Living's Expert Seminar on Independent Living.

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Keynote at the Expert Seminar
organized by the Hampshire Center for Independent Living
in Southampton, May 30 -31 1998

by Philip Mason

I am privileged and overawed to be the first speaker in this conference. A conference which is looking at the future in respect of those well known phrases 'Independent Living' and 'Direct Payments'. It is a privilege and also a responsibility because I need to strike the right note. I need to encourage but also to challenge.

So where do we start? Do we talk about the past; look at the present, and then think about the future?

We ought to do a little bit of all three and it is my job to start the ball rolling.