http://wid.org A listing of content on the site related to legislation and governance. daily 1 2007-02-14T06:40:05Z http://wid.org/publications/downloads/ChangefromWithin.pdf This volume presents the results of a five-year international investigation into disability and governance. It examines three interrelated topics: the impact of disabled individuals who have been elected or appointed to high governmental office; the scope, structure and impact of national disability policy bodies; and the increasing accessibility of the machinery of democracy, especially elections and voting. “Change from Within” is the first international report on this significant topic. No publisher ifong 2011-06-16T22:31:37Z File http://wid.org/publications/downloads/Change%20from%20Within.txt This volume presents the results of a five-year international investigation into disability and governance. It examines three interrelated topics: the impact of disabled individuals who have been elected or appointed to high governmental office; the scope, structure and impact of national disability policy bodies; and the increasing accessibility of the machinery of democracy, especially elections and voting. “Change from Within” is the first international report on this significant topic. No publisher ifong 2011-06-01T02:12:01Z File http://wid.org/publications/downloads/The%20U.S.%20Role%20in%20International%20Disability%20Activities.txt No publisher jennifer 2011-01-25T19:11:55Z File http://wid.org/publications/downloads/TECHNOLOGY%20-%20DISABILITY.doc No publisher ifong Publication 2011-07-10T15:16:46Z File http://wid.org/publications/downloads/TECHNOLOGY%20-%20DISABILITY.pdf No publisher ifong Publication 2011-07-10T15:16:51Z File http://wid.org/publications/downloads/Autonomy%20or%20Abandonment.txt No publisher ifong 2010-01-22T23:50:43Z File http://wid.org/publications/downloads/A%20Significant%20Alliance%20-%20IL%20and%20SEIU.pdf No publisher ifong Publication 2011-07-10T15:16:44Z File http://wid.org/publications/downloads/A%20Significant%20Alliance%20-%20IL%20and%20SEIU.doc No publisher ifong Publication 2011-07-10T15:16:29Z File http://wid.org/publications/ticket-to-work-scorecard-star-legislation-on-the-rise-nationwide The Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act (TWWIIA), signed into law in December 1999, may well be a star piece of federal legislation that continues to rise under the administration of George W. Bush. Employment and empowerment are cornerstones of Republican ideology. Programs that encourage jobs and self-sufficiency can be expected to receive far more favorable consideration than those that stress entitlements based on civil rights alone. No publisher admin Ticket to Work CWII Publication 2007-03-21T11:01:08Z Report http://wid.org/publications/accessible-housing-database-and-manual The goal of the Accessible Housing Database package is to provide a tool with which Independent Living Centers can track accessible rental housing in their community, and from which officials and advocates can draw data in order to assess affordability and availability of accessible housing. No publisher admin PV Publication housing accessibility HALTS Independent Living publication 2007-03-21T18:20:38Z Report http://wid.org/international/timeline-of-the-international-independent-living-movement-1/timeline-of-the-international-independent-living-movement The following international timeline is based on a review of independent living literature and research conducted by Anne Finger, who served as the 1999 Independent Living Research Fellow for the World Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation International, funded by the NIDRR grant, International disability Exchanges and Studies 2000. Finger’s work was supplemented by contributions of many of the 110 disability leaders who participated in the Independent Living Summit held in Washington, D.C. in September 1999 and by Barbara Duncan of Rehabilitation International, and Kathy Martinez, Marc Behrendt and Bruce Curtis of the World Institute on Disability. No publisher admin INTL 2007-04-29T19:32:04Z Web Page http://wid.org/publications/downloads/Attending%20to%20America.txt No publisher ifong 2010-02-08T20:56:40Z File http://wid.org/publications/personal-assistance-services-a-new-millennium/preliminary-report-based-on-report-backs-from-sundays-breakout-sessions Our reccommendations and action plans for PAS on a national level. Areas include legislation, media, litigation, regulation, research, funding No publisher admin 2007-04-27T15:51:13Z Web Page http://wid.org/publications/downloads/Appendices%20A%20through%20D.txt No publisher ifong 2010-02-05T02:14:44Z File http://wid.org/publications/downloads/Case%20Studies.txt No publisher ifong 2010-02-05T02:14:23Z File