Posts by Anna

QuickPress: E-Library for Women with Disabilities in Africa

I received this via a mailing list I’m part of.
Check out http://www.nawwd.co.za for an e-Library developed to support Women with Disabilitiies in Africa
In September 2009 the Secretariat of the African Decade of Persons with Disabilities (SADPD) commissioned Disability Action Research Team (DART) and CBR Education & Training for Empowerment (CREATE) to strengthen the Network of [...]

QuickPress: Wheelchair Figure Skating

Watch it on YouTube!
It’s a video of a pairs figure-skating routine where the male half of the pair is in a wheelchair, and it is awesome.

QuickPress: Con_or_Bust!

I should have mentioned earlier!
For the second year in a row, the Con_or_Bust fundraiser is running. Organized by Kate Nepveu, it’s a fundraiser to help fen of colour make it to WisCon, the world’s largest Feminist Science Fiction/Fantasy Convention.
Learn more about the fundraising auction.
How fen of colour can request assistance.
The auction itself.
Bidding is in [...]

QuickPress: Event at McMaster University in Canada

“Supporting access to post-secondary education and employment for students
with disabilities”
All Abilities Awareness Week will take place at McMaster University, The Pulse centre, from March 1st to March 5th. The week has been designed to promote active living for people with disabilities, increase awareness in the general campus population of disability issues and provide information regarding [...]

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