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NEWSLETTER OCTOBER '06 (editorial)Mentoring is the main topic of this newsletter. Under mentoring we understand  NEWSLETTER DECEMBER '05 - SEPTEMBER '06 (editorial)The current newsletter comes after a considerable silence of almost 12 months. However, the reason for this was a good one: e-ISOTIS has been actively participating in a large number of projects, as well as has initiated a large number of new services which took most of our time. However, with the expanded editorial team, and with the support also of our brand new website, we are confident that the next newsletters will be more regularly, informing you about our latest activities. For sure the next newsletter will go deeper into a number of new projects that will be initiated in the next few months, and early next year, all with the same focus: advancing the rights of people with disabilities. NEWSLETTER SEPTEMBER - NOVEMBER '05 (editorial)In this newsletter we will pay special attention to the position of people with special needs in the working environment. Recent figures have pointed out that e.g. in the UK, 13% of the UK workforce are disabled, 6,8 million people of the working age (or nearly 20% of the working age population) have a disability, of which approximately 3 million are actually working. Fact is that people with special needs also have the eager to work, and be productive in a working environment. NEWSLETTER JULY - AUGUST '05 (editorial)We are back after some small gap, mainly due to a lot of things running. e-ISOTIS is expanding considerably and eventually it has started producing fruits which we will address also in this newsletter through the presentation of our various activities. NEWSLETTER DECEMBER '04 - JANUARY '05 (editorial)On December 26th, 2004, 14 countries felt direct effects from an earthquake that took place far below the surface of the Indian Ocean. The resulting tsunamis which came ashore have killed, injured and displaced hundreds of thousands of people in these countries. There were many people who either became disabled or with a disability who survived this catastrophe or were unfortunately part of the staggering death toll in these countries where tsunamis came ashore. In addition, for those living with a disability, the already challenging circumstances in which these people live in some areas multiplied by one hundred times. I would like to believe that the humanitarian aid that was initiated from the whole globe will address also the needs of those people. NEWSLETTER OCTOBER '04 (editorial)It is not an exaggeration to state that our eyes are on the presidential elections in US. Extending it further, and in spite of the efforts made from the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, we would like to highlight that not all people with disabilities are able to overcome the accessibility barriers that impede voters in almost every state in USA. A recent poll by the National Organization on Disability in USA found that 21 percent of adults with disabilities - more than 8 million potential voters - were unable to cast their ballots in past presidential and congressional elections because of barriers they faced at the polls or in getting there. NEWSLETTER SEPTEMBER '04 (editorial)Taking the spirit of the Athens Paralympics games as an incentive, we can all agree that sport is not just for top-level athletes: everyone can benefit from the physical and social advantages of getting out there and becoming involved - including people with physical or sensory impairments. In the same way, Information Communication Technologies are not just for computer gurus and those able in mind and body. NEWSLETTER JULY-AUGUST '04 (editorial)
Is Assistive technology the key for providing equal access to information, education and employment to millions of people with disabilities?
NEWSLETTER JUNE '04 (editorial)Expecting the elaboration of national legislation to implement Directive 2000/78/EEC prohibiting, inter alia, discrimination on the grounds of disability in employment and occupation, and the consequent arise of judicial litigation, e-ISOTIS attempts to contribute to a better understanding of this legislative instrument. To achieve this purpose, we have assumed that equality is generally perceived in two competing and at the same time complementary ways. In its traditional formal sense, it has been linked to state neutrality and procedural justice. In its modern, substantive sense, equality has a remedial role to play, requiring a cautious examination of societal reality and collective anticipation of discriminatory phenomena. NEWSLETTER MAY '04 (editorial)In recent years, political participation by disabled and elderly people and information accessibility to them are considered to be very important as our social background has changed; the aging of society has accelerated, normalization has been increasingly promoted, laws to prohibit discrimination against disabled people have been discussed, “Action Plans for People with Disabilities” were passed by the European Commission, and the U.N. resolution on the international convention to protect the rights of disabled people has been passed. However, their approaches towards the exercise of voting rights and participation in public systems and public information accessibility are inadequate compared to physical social infrastructure such as public facilities. This inadequacy is particularly serious in the barrier-free election process, participation by disabled people in the policy-making process, environment for disabled people, inaccessibility to public information systems, and barrier-free administrative and judicial systems.
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