EQUITY e-newsletter: October 2004

Celebrating Disability Awareness Month

"I'll Believe It When I See It": People with Non-Apparent Disabilities Living In-Between the Able/Disabled Divide

Sarah Triano, Access Living, explores the challenges, frustrations, as well as the power of having a disability that is not visible to the casual observer. She describes that disability is more than what you see and challenges us to expand what we think of as "real" disabilities.

World Institute on Disability Wins CFED Asset Innovators Award

News from the 2004 IDA Learning Conference: Sharing Our Visions, Forging Our Paths New Orleans, LA September 21-23

The American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD): Working to Advance Economic Empowerment

Diane DeAngelis, provides an overview of AAPD projects, membership services and their innovative collaboration with Digital Credit Union, which provides two unique loan programs specially designed for people with disabilities.

The New Generation of Disability Leaders: Alicia Contreras & Mohammed Loutfy

Not only has a new leadership generation emerged, the traditional boundaries of the movement are being breeched by two dynamic individuals that show that disability discrimination and oppression are a human rights issue that touches all corners of the globe and requires a united front including all people of the world.

Independent Living Centers Help Build the Bridge

Originating in Berkeley, CA in the1970's, ILCs now operate in communities all over the world. The prime source of advocacy efforts, information and referrals, and benefits planning, ILCs are the key element in bridging the gap between the asset building and disability communities.

EQUITY Responds: Answers to common questions received from either the Asset Building Community or the Disability Community

As the coordinator of a small Individual Development Account (IDA) program, I am responsible for all the intake evaluations as well as teaching most of the financial literacy classes. I know some of our clients have disabilities (although we don't ask on any forms) that affect their ability to succeed in our program. How do I best handle these situations?