The Irving K. Zola Award for Emerging Scholars in Disability Studies

The Society for Disability Studies (SDS) is pleased to announce the 2005 Irving K. Zola Award for Emerging Scholars in Disability Studies. Funded through the generosity of the late Professor Zola's colleagues at Brandeis University, this annual award recognizes excellence in research and writing that shares the values and commitment to disability studies exemplified by Irving K. Zola's life and scholarship.

Eligibility:
(1) This competition is open to emerging scholars in the field of disability studies;
(2) The research submitted must be relevant to disability studies, which we define broadly to include the examinations of concepts and values related to disability in all forms of cultural representation throughout history, as well as analyses which deepen our understanding of the personal and social dimensions of the lived experience of disability.

Award: The winner will receive:
(1) A financial award of $350;
(2) Conference registration for the SDS 2005 conference;
(3) An opportunity to present his or her work at the 2005 conference;
(4) Publication in Disability Studies Quarterly;
(5) Public presentation at Brandeis University; and
(6) A certificate.

Deadlines: All manuscripts must be submitted by November 30^th, 2004. The recipient of the award will be announced on or around March 1, 2005.

Evaluation Process: All submissions will be reviewed by an interdisciplinary panel of distinguished scholars in disability studies. All submissions will be reviewed anonymously and all reviews will be confidential. Manuscript will be evaluated for importance and timeliness of the research; significance of contribution to the knowledge base in disability studies; description of research methodology and design, if appropriate; and overall quality of writing and clarity of style. Manuscripts and reviews will not be returned to authors.

Submission: To be considered for the competition, all manuscripts must adhere to the following criteria:
(1) Overall length must not exceed 30 pages (double spaced, 12 point font)
(2) Must be in English;
(3) Must be available in alternative formats (e.g., large print, Braille, audiotape) upon request of the Awards Committee;
(4) Must have content reflecting on a topic relevant to disability studies;
(5) Must be written by a single author who is also primarily responsible for the research described in the manuscript.
(6) Must not have been previously published.

Please send manuscripts as an attachment in Word to Joy Hammel at hammel@uic.edu with "Irving K. Zola Award" in the subject line. Please note that a completed Application Form must accompany the manuscript, as a separate attachment. If you are receiving this announcement electronically, the application form is included as an attachment. Otherwise, you can obtain one by contacting Joy Hammel at the email address noted above or by writing to the address noted below. If e-mail is not available, send one copy of the application form and five copies of the manuscript to the following address:

Joy Hammel
c/o Society for Disability Studies
University of Illinois at Chicago
1640 W. Roosevelt Rd. (M/C 626)
Chicago, IL 60608-6904

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Application Form
Irving K. Zola Award for Emerging Scholars

NOTE: This form must accompany ALL submissions. This information will not be shared with judges until after judging is complete.

Name:

Mailing Address:

Phone number where you would prefer to be contacted:

E-mail address:

Title of submitted essay:

Are you a (circle one):

Faculty Member

Student

Scholar in a non-academic setting

If you are a faculty member:

What is your rank and department?

Is your appointment tenure track? If so, have you been tenured?

Please list your last degree and when/where it was completed.

If you are a student:

For what degree are you studying, within what department?

When do you expect to complete your course of study?

If you work in a non-academic setting:

Please describe your occupation

What is your educational background (degrees, when obtained,discipline)?

For how long have you been involved in disability studies research/scholarly activity?


The Zola Award is typically given to an emerging scholar in disability studies. This will typically be someone who has completed a Ph.D. within the past seven years and who does not yet have tenure. Applications will also be accepted from scholars with other degrees or those who received their degrees earlier but only recently moved into the area of disability studies. Emerging scholars who work in non-academic settings are also welcome to apply.

In light of the criteria above, please state why you are an emerging scholar. If there are extenuating circumstances you believe the selection committee should take into consideration, please describe them.

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Letter from SDS Board President

Dear SDS Members:

At its most recent meeting, the board of directors voted to hold our 2005 conference in the San Francisco Bay Area and our 2006 conference in Costa Rica. Our decision to postpone the holding of our conference in Costa Rica was due to our realization that effective organizing and fundraising for such a major undertaking required more lead time. We are deeply committed to and excited by the idea of holding a conference in Costa Rica; however we also realize that, to do such a conference justice--and to have real cross-cultural exchange--we need more time to plan, more time to network, more time to fundraise. Therefore, we are actively working on both the 2005 and the 2006 conference simultaneously.

We are planning on holding our 2005 conference at San Francisco State University. Early on, when SDS was first beginning to hold conferences, there was interest in holding them on university campuses; however, at that time, we knew of no university that had adequate access--especially sufficient sleeping rooms for wheelchairs users. That situation has now changed, and we are pleased to be able to hold our first university-based conference at San Francisco State. Among the many advantages of SFSU is the richness of disability resources--as many of you know, Paul Longmore is the director of the Institute on Disability there and Gene Chelberg, a former SDS board member, is now the director of State's Disability Programs and Resource Center. We know that attending the conference has been financially difficult for some of our members, particularly graduate students, and we believe that the overall cost to members of attending a meeting on a college campus will be far more manageable.

Our program committee co-chairs, Nirmala Erevelles and Jim Ferris, are working on the Call for Papers, which will be posted on the Listserve soon.

I look forward to seeing as many of you as possible in San Francisco in 2005 and in Costa Rica in 2006.

Sincerely yours,
Anne Finger
SDS Board President

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SDS Joins Schiavo Amicus Brief

The Society for Disability Studies has joined with 16 other national disability rights groups in filing an amicus brief with the Florida State Supreme Court that urges the court to uphold Terri Schiavo's right to food, water, and rehabilitation.

The other disability rights groups joining the brief are Not Dead Yet, ADAPT, Arc of the United States (formerly the Association for Retarded Citizens), ADAPT, Center on Self-Determination, Center on Human Policy at Syracuse University, Disability Rights Center, Freedom Clearinghouse, Hospice Patients' Alliance, Mouth Magazine, National Council on Independent Living, National Disabled Students Union, National Spinal Cord Injury Association, Self-Advocates Becoming Empowered, TASH (formerly The Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps), World Association of Persons with Disabilities, and World Institute on Disability.

The brief, initiated by Not Dead Yet, makes it clear that the Terri Schiavo case is a disability rights issue. The press release put out by Not Dead Yet states:

"These groups are among the nation's leading civil rights organizations representing people with disabilities," Not Dead Yet said in a release."Many are staffed and governed by a majority of people with disabilities of all types, including severe physical and cognitive disabilities, and their families. They led the movement to enact the Americans with Disabilities Act and other civil rights laws protecting persons with disabilities. They join here to support "Terri's Bill" because the standards upon which Ms. Schiavo's life or death turn may, if defined broadly enough, also be applied to thousands of people with disabilities who, like Ms. Schiavo, cannot readily articulate their own views and must rely on third parties as substitute decision-makers. The need for limits on the powers of such decision makers is nowhere more clear that on a question as fundamental as life or death, because the consequences of abuse or misjudgment are both ultimate and irreversible. For this reason, neither a court nor any third party may base a decision on their own view of the affected person's 'quality of life.' Only the person's own desires may drive this determination."

Max Lapertosa, attorney for the 17 amici, says, "A judge's order to terminate the life of a woman with severe disabilities is not a private family matter. Terminating Ms. Schiavo's life support would not be possible without the authority of the courts. This case reflects whether our society and legal system value the lives of people with disabilities equally to those without disabilities."

For more information on this case, please visit www.notdeadyet.org.

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Remembering Dr. Tanis Doe

By Carrie Lucas

Dr. Tanis Doe, advocate and educator and member of the DSQ Editorial Board, passed away in her home in Victoria, British Columbia late Wednesday, August 4, 2004 due to a pulmonary embolism. Doe is survived by her daughter, Ann Marie, and a loving community of friends, colleagues, mentees, lovers, dance partners and family in every sense of the word.

As a Métis (Ojibway/French Canadian) Deaf woman with other disabilities who was active in disability, queer, and feminist movements internationally, she was widely respected as a disability rights advocate and as an educator. Doe began her teaching career in Jamaica while in her late teens. It was at that time she adopted her daughter, Ann Marie.

Doe was a professor of social work and disability studies at the University of Victoria, and in recent years also taught at Royal Roads College, Ryerson University and the University of Washington. In 2003 she was a Fullbright Scholar in Bioethics at the University of Washington. In addition to her teaching accomplishments, she has been the principal researcher in many projects including projects at the Canadian Association of Independent Living Centres, California Foundation for Independent Living Centers, Disabled Women's Alliance, University of Washington, and the World Institute of Disability. Doe was an innovative and influential researcher.

She brought together diverse Deaf, disability, and people of color communities in research; conducted pioneering research with Dick Sobsey on violence against people with disabilities; and developed national and international peer training models for Deaf and disabled people. Her writing, training and research in areas such as gender equity, assistive technology, education, employment, parenting, bioethics, violence and sexual abuse, independent living, community organizing, and disability rights have created a legacy of work that will inform our community for generations. She was a prolific writer both under her given name and the pen name "Vicky D'aoust". In addition to her professional and personal accomplishments, Doe was a lover of ballroom dancing and participated in competitions and exhibitions around the world.

A memorial webpage with a guestbook has been set up by DAWN. You can visit the page by pointing your browser to: http://dawn.thot.net/tanis/ A memorial online chat will take place within the next month. Please visit http://dawn.thot.net/tanis/ for details about the chat, as well as details about memorial contributions. In the meantime, drink a Snapple and plant a sunflower in honor Tanis' memory.

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SDS Graduate Student Listserve

Amy Vidali, a PhD student in the English Department at the University of Washington, reminds SDS graduate students that she has organized an interdisciplinary listserve. It is dedicated to helping the growing number of SDS-member graduate students doing work in Disability Studies.

The graduate listserve allows SDS graduate students to voices ideas, concerns, queries on research issues, etc. The listserve encourages graduate students to form panels for conferences, share mentoring experiences, and discuss job and school experiences.

Information on how to join the graduate student listserve can be found at:
http://staff.washington.edu/avidali

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Inclusive Environment Conference in Scotland

Open Space: People Space: An International Conference on Inclusive Environments will be held October 27-29, 2004 in Edinburgh, Scotland.

The conference is sponsored by OPENspace: the research centre for inclusive access to outdoor environments. The three-day conference will review recent research, and debate current issues regarding good design for open space and social inclusion for the 21st century.

The program will include contributions from an international array of experts covering the major themes of the conference: children and young people, disability and social inclusion, health and restorative environments, and tourism and leisure. For more information, visit http://www.openspace.eca.ac.uk .

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Signs and Voices: Language, Arts, and Identity from Deaf to Hearing

"Signs and Voices: Language, Arts, and Identity from Deaf to Hearing" will be presented November 11-14, 2004 at Swarthmore, Haverford, and Bryn Mawr Colleges. All events are free and open to the public. Details about the outlined events can be found at http://www.swarthmore.edu/SocSci/dnapoli1//Signs-Voices.html.

Thursday, November 11
7pm- Comedians Kathy Buckley and Ken Glickman perform. Reception to follow.
Location: Swarthmore College, Lang Concert Hall

Friday, November 12
4:30pm – Speech by Carol Padden, co-author of Deaf in America and professor in the Department of Communication at the University of California, San Diego. Padden is Deaf and has written prolifically on ASL linguistics.
Location: Swarthmore College Science Center 101

7pm- Panel: "Practical and Theoretical Issues of Educating Children with Hearing Loss" Panelists: Joe Fischgrund, head master Pennsylvania School for the Deaf; Irene Leigh, board member Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing; Louise Montoya, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia; Dan Salvucci, Clarke Pennsylvania Auditory/Oral Center in Bryn Mawr
Location: Swarthmore College, Science Center 101

Saturday, November 13
10am- Presentation on cognitive and neural representation of human language and verbal memory given by David Corina, associate professor of psychology at the University of Washington.
Location: Bryn Mawr College, Thomas Great Hall

1:30pm- Panel- "Civil Rights for All People with Hearing Loss"
Panelists: Maggie Casteel, Pittsburgh Self Help for Hard of Hearing People; Christy Hennessey, Independent Resources in Wilmington, Delaware; Gregory Hlibok, Disability Rights Office of the Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau of the FCC; Tony Saccente, Deaf Services at Housing Works.
Location: Bryn Mawr College, Thomas Great Hall

4pm- Speech by Brenda Jo Brueggemann, author of Lend Me Your Ear: Rhetorical Constructions of Deafness and associate professor of english at Ohio State University. In her book she writes about "passing" and about negotiating hearing, deaf, and Deaf worlds in her personal and professional lives.
Location: Haverford College, Sharpless Hall

7pm- Performance- Peter Cook and Kenny Lerner are "Flying Words Project." Described as "energetic, involving and enlightening," Peter is a poet/storyteller who is deaf and signs, and Kenny Lerner is his hearing voice.
Location: Haverford College, Sharpless Hall.

Sunday, November 14
1pm- Performance- Students from The Pennsylvania School for the Deaf and dancers from The Wild Zappers exhibit their rhythm and dance skills, followed by a storytelling workshop taught by Joseph Ward.

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UN Day of Disabled Person's on Disability & Development

In celebration of this year's UN Day of Disabled Person's on Disability & Development, the World Bank will host its second international disabilities conference titled, "Disability and Inclusive Development: Sharing,
Learning, and Building Alliances," to be held at the World Bank headquarters in Washington, D.C. on Nov. 30-Dec. 1, 2004.

The event will bring together hundreds of disability and development experts from around the world who will participate in panel discussions, hear keynote addresses from distinguished speakers within the disability and economic development communities, browse the many disability-related display booths, and share knowledge on state-of-the-art technology and best practice in disability work.

The event constitutes the follow-up to the December 2002 event. The World Bank conference will highlight the evolving work in the disability and development community to reduce global poverty for disabled people. The day will enable the World Bank to discuss progress, confront challenges and opportunities in order to bring this important work forward. The progress made is because of the increased interest in disability and development across a whole host of development agencies, civil society, UN family and donors.

Organizations that would like to plan activities for the UN Day, should send their information to: 2004DisabilityDay@worldbank.org

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International Conference on Universal Design

"Designing for the 21st Century III: An International Conference on Universal Design," will be held December 8-12, 2004 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The conference is sponsored by Adaptive Environments and a number of international groups, including Metropolis Magazine.

As the world's population grows more diverse in ability and age than ever before, the conference seeks to allow for an exchange ideas about the design of places, things, information, policies and programs that demonstrate the power of design to shape a 21st century world that is inclusive.

The conference includes a student design competition, an educator's forum and on-site consultations by the US Access Board. For more information, visit: http://www.designfor21st.org/ .

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Conferences on Aging Held in Philadelphia and Japan

The Changing Face of Aging: Joint Conference of the American Society on Aging and the National Council on the Aging will be held March 10-13, 2005 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 

As current social, political, and economic forces intersect a burgeoning medical and technological revolution, what will the face of aging look like? In the spirit of 1776, the conference will examine the themes of independence, choice, evolution and revolution in light of this diversity. For more information, visit: http://www.agingconference.org/jc05/theme.cfm

The 5th International Conference of the International Society for Gerontechnology will be held May 24-25, 2005 in Nagoya, Japan.

This conference, which is held about every three years, will focus on the following topics: health & self-esteem, housing & daily living, mobility & transport, communication & governance, work condition & work ability, geriatrics & dementia cares, leisure, robotics for human support, universal design and standards for the elderly & disabled people.

For more information, see: http://www2.convention.co.jp/5isg/english/

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"Narrating Deaf Lives" Conference, November 2004 in Washington D.C.

The Gallaudet University Press Institute, the educational division of Gallaudet University Press, and the Office of the Dean, Gallaudet University Graduate School and Professional Programs, will sponsor the international conference "Narrating Deaf Lives: Biography, Autobiography, and Documentary," to be held November 3-5, 2004 at the Kellogg Conference Hotel at Gallaudet University, Washington, D.C.

Keynote speakers include Sylvia Nasar, author of A Beautiful Mind, winner of the1998 National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography; Emmanuelle Laborit, actor and author of her autobiography The Cry of the Gull; Larry Hott, director of the documentary film "History Through Deaf Eyes."

Conference registration fees are $250 ($195 for students).

For more information visit http://gupress.gallaudet.edu/gupiconference/index.html.

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Hugh Gallagher Dies, July 2004

Hugh G. Gallagher, 71, author of the 1985 book FDR's Splendid Deception died of cancer July 13, 2004.

Gallagher, who had polio at age 19, played a crucial role in the 2001 decision to add a statue of Franklin Delano Roosevelt in a wheelchair to the FDR Memorial in Washington. Gallagher was often quoted as saying, "Don't let them steal our hero!"

He was also instrumental in writing what would become the Architectural Barriers Act of 1968, while an aide on Capitol Hill. This legislation requires that buildings funded with federal dollars had to be accessible to people with disabilities.

His other disability-related books were By Trust Betrayed (1990), about Nazi Germany's treatment of people with disabilities, and Black Bird Fly Away: Disabled in an Able-bodied World (1998), which discussed Gallagher's own battle with depression and anger experienced living with a disability.

In 1995, Gallagher received the $50,000 Henry B. Betts Award for his lifetime work on disability causes.

Hugh Gallagher Papers Go to University of Toledo

Before his death, Hugh Gallagher donated his papers to the Canaday Center for Special Collections as part of the University of Toledo's Disability History Archive.

"We have come to have great respect for Hugh through what we have learned about him from his papers,"University of Toledo archivist, Barbara Floyd, said.

The papers include much more than the manuscripts of his books. They are a complete record of his research, writing, and activities -- a very rich collection that should produce some important scholarship in the future.

The archive staff hopes to have the Gallagher collection fully processed in the next few months, Floyd said.

New Website on the Disability Rights and Independent Living Movement

Nearly 100 in-depth oral histories and a collection of unique archival materials documenting the disability rights and independent living movement are now available online through a new website hosted by the University of California,
Berkeley.

The Bancroft Library's Regional Oral History Office (ROHO) just launched the site at http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/collections/drilm/ to make its collection of interviews with movement leaders, participants, and observers, along with documents, photographs, and audio and video clips widely accessible.

The website provides entry to a rich historical resource for the study of the remarkable movement by people with disabilities to win legally defined civil rights and control over their own lives. Beginning in the 1960s, with strong roots on the Berkeley campus, the movement changed not only the lives of people with disabilities but the social, cultural, and legal landscape of the nation.

The oral histories give voice to many key players in the disability community. They include activists who applied lessons from the civil rights movement to disability rights, lobbyists and attorneys who developed disability rights law and policy, pioneering parents of disabled children, architectural designers and community advocates focused on accessibility, professors who helped establish disability studies as a discipline, artists with disabilities, and more.

Most interviews took place in locales long in the forefront of the fight for disability rights: Berkeley, Massachusetts, New York, Texas, Chicago, and Washington, D.C. The website helps researchers navigate the geography of the movement and delve into major themes of the collection. It contains links to more than 8,000 pages of the project's interview transcriptions in the California Digital Library—fully searchable by keyword.

Visitors of the website can also access audio and video clips featuring disability activists from across the country reflecting on their pasts. Videotaped group interviews in Boston and New York City, for instance, show the interaction between people who have worked together for decades as they recall key moments in creating a social movement.

For more information, contact: Ann Lage, Regional Oral History Office
UC Berkeley 94720. Phone: (510)643-4788. Fax: (510)643-2074
Email: alage@library.berkeley.edu

Disability Studies Curriculum for Middle, High School Levels

The Center on Human Policy at Syracuse University has a new web-based project to help teachers at the middle and high school levels integrate disability studies into the regular school curriculum.The title of the project is "Disability Studies for Teachers" and it can be accessed at www.disabilitystudiesforteachers.org .

The website includes lesson plans organized according to units (topics) with background essays and links to a variety of publicly accessible web sites containing historical source documents. It also has essays on why teachers should include disability studies in their teaching and on "differentiated instruction" (how to adapt the curriculum for diverse learning styles).

The current units on this website address the following: an introduction to disability studies, the history of deaf education, Dorothea Dix's reform efforts regarding poorhouses in the 1840s and 50s, P.T. Barnum and the development of "freak shows," and Conscientious Objectors during World War II who exposed horrific conditions and brutality at state institutions. All of these plans have undergone external review. More units and plans have been drafted and will be included on the site after they have been reviewed and evaluated.

Audio Documentary on the History of Ohio's State Institutions Released

Music from the Heart and Partners For Community Living announce the the release of "Lest We Forget," an audio documentary on state institutions, segregation and the continuing movement toward community integration of people with cognitive disabilities.

"Lest We Forget", produced by Jeff Moyer and Executive Producer Judy Leasure, is a two-CD set drawn from 35 hours of oral histories with individuals who lived in Ohio's state institutions, their families, staff who worked and still work within those walls and the advocates and program pioneers who have established community-based services for individuals with cognitive disabilities.

The first-person histories captured in this production reveal an unblinking and unvarnished look into this previously undocumented area of disability history. The memories and reflections recorded in "Lest We Forget" span the period from the 1960s to the present. While interviews were conducted with people with first-hand knowledge and experiences within institutions in Ohio, their stories are reflective of life in institutions elsewhere.

"Lest We Forget" is a collaboration between Music from the Heart president, Jeff Moyer (also an internationally-known disability rights songwriter and advocate) and the group Partners For Community Living, a Dayton-based consortium between Choices In Community Living, Inc. and the Resident Home Association.

Elements of these unique oral history interviews have been extracted and arranged within specific chapters and sections, beginning with the history of and rationale for institutionalization, descriptions of prison-like conditions, violence, abuse, isolation and loss that spanned the decades, leading to stories of struggles and advocacy that have resulted in ongoing integration of people with cognitive disabilities into the mainstream of their communities.

"Lest We Forget" highlights how expectations and stereotypes of people with disabilities led to the dehumanization and brutalization of generations of people imprisoned "for the crime of being different."The documentary also reviews howevolving expectations have opened new doors of opportunity in communities across Ohio and across the nation.Interspersed within the spoken elements of the work are short song segments and poetry written and performed by Jeff Moyer, enhancing the stories with artistic narration.

Copies of the two-CD documentary are available for $19.95 plus $3.00 shipping from Music from the Heart or Partners For Community Living. They can also be ordered on-line from Music from the Heart at www.JeffMoyer.com or toll-free at 1-888-323-0626. Review copies available upon request.

Colorado Springs Adopts New Supports Intensity Scale

The city of Colorado Springs, Colorado, announced its decision in July 2004 to adopt the Supports Intensity Scale (SIS), a new scale published by the American Association on Mental Retardation (AAMR), as the city's official guide to determining the amount of support provided to persons with intellectual disabilities.

This development marks a paradigm shift in the way health supports and services are delivered to persons with disabilities. For the first time, professionals and caregivers can take the needs, goals, and aspirations—as opposed to, deficits—of the person with an intellectual disability as the point of departure to determine what supports and services are required for the person to prosper in society. Persons with intellectual disabilities can thus be involved in their life planning process from the very beginning.

The Supports Intensity Scale evaluates the needs of a person with an intellectual disability in 57 key life activities. In addition, the SIS also reveals how pre-existing medical and behavioral conditions impact the amount and types of support required by the individual. A professional interviews the person with the disability and those close to him or her using the SIS, and the practical information gleaned from the interview is used to create personalized support plans for the individual.

The Supports Intensity Scale was developed over a period of five years by a team of 10 experts in assessment, psychology, and developmental disabilities. To find out more about the Supports Intensity Scale , visit www.aamr.org .

Free San Francisco Access Guide

Berkeley, Calif. -- San Francisco's newest access guide, Access San Francisco 2004 is now available from the San Francisco Convention and Visitors Bureau (SFCVB). Compiled by Access Northern California (ANC), this free resource includes access details on over 100 San Francisco-area attractions, restaurants and hotels; plus information on accessible transportation, local disability organizations, wheelchair rentals and medical supply dealers.

All properties in Access San Francisco 2004 were personally inspected by ANC, a one-stop accessible travel information and consultation service for travelers with disabilities and the hospitality industry.

Now in its third edition, Access San Francisco 2004 was made possible with help from the SFCVB and the San Francisco Mayor's Office on Disability.

Access San Francisco 2004 is available free from the SFCVB at (415)391-2000 or (415) 392-0328 TDD. Updated access information about San Francisco can be found on the ANC website at http://accessnca.com/anc/index.php .

Labor Department Announces Grants to Fund Telework

The Labor Department's Office of Disability Employment Policy is making available $2.5 million to fund up to three pilot projects to investigate, develop, and validate strategies for developing and opening telework positions for people with disabilities, according to the Federal Register.

Awards for telework research would range from $600,000 to $830,000 for each pilot project to operate for 36 months.

The pilot initiatives, to be carried out through cooperation with federal and state agencies, are intended to expand understanding of telework as an employment option for people with disabilities. In particular, the projects should focus on two of the following priorities:

telework as a return-to-work strategy for people with disabilities receiving federal and state workers' compensation;

telework as an alternative strategy for increasing competitive employment for disabled veterans returning from tours of duty; and

surveys of federal and state agencies and private employers to identify supporting conditions and strategies necessary to implement and sustain telework for people with disabilities.

Applications for the telework grants should be sent to U.S. Department of Labor, Procurement Services Center, Attention: Cassandra Mitchell, Reference SGA 04-12, Room N-5416, 200 Constitution Ave. N.W., Washington, D.C. 20210 or visit http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/odep/ODEP20041234.htm for more information.

Grants Awarded for Re-employment

Labor Secretary Elaine L. Chao announced awards of 25 work incentive grants totaling $8.1 million earmarked to help workers with disabilities access the re-employment services of One-Stop Career Centers.

One-Stop Career Centers, established under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, are the focal point of the public workforce system for supporting employment needs of workers and the human resource needs of employers.

Recipients of the work incentive grants, each ranging from $200,000 to $600,000 for 24 months, will increase staff expertise through "navigators" who assure that people with disabilities have full access to the employment and training tools available through One-Stop Career Centers. Staff navigators will also work with people with disabilities on issues such as transportation assistance, housing assistance, and health care coverage after employment.

For a complete news release visit http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/odep/ODEP20041033.htm .

Film, "Praying with Lior" Moves Forward

Ilana Trachtman, a documentary film director/producer in New York, has been creating a film called "Praying with Lior" about a 13-year-old Philadelphia boy with Down syndrome who is known in his Jewish community for leading the communal prayer.

Trachtman has been shooting for the first part of this year, through Lior's bar mitzvah in May 2004. She is now in the process of raising funds for the editing of the film. Trachtman asks that anyone with information about potential funding opportunities contact her via her web site, www.prayingwithlior.com . A trailer of the film is available on the web site. The National Down Syndrome Society showed the trailer at its annual convention in Washington, D.C. in July.

Scholarships for Students With Disabilities

The library at Michigan State University has a web site listing grants for individuals with disabilities. It can be accessed at: http://www.lib.msu.edu/harris23/grants/3disable.htm .

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Mary Grimly Mason has published the book, Working Against Odds: Stories Of Disabled Women's Work Lives. With a forward by Rosemarie Garland–Thomson, the book is based on 30 interviews with disabled women and tells 18 of their stories, capturing their voices and points of view within the context of disability issues, particularly issues of work. Mary Grimley Mason is Professor Emerita of English and former Director of the Women's Studies Program at Emmanuel College. Presently, she is a Resident Scholar at Brandeis University's Women Studies Research Center. To order the book, Northeastern University Press at
Tel. (800)666.2211 Fax. (800) 688-2877 or at www.nupress.neu.edu.

Jim Ferris, SDS board member, has developed an interdisciplinary program in disability studies at the University of Wisconsin. The planned program will be a collaboration of UW faculty from about 30 departments in eight colleges. Ferris teaches in the rhetorical studies program of the department of communication arts.

Gerard Goggin and Christopher Newell, DSQ guest editors for the spring 2005 technology theme issue, have published the book, Disability in Australia, Exposing a social apartheid. The book explores a hidden blight in Australian society; the routine, daily and oppressive treatment of people with disabilities. Drawing on a wide range of case studies from health and welfare, sport, biotechnology, deinstitutionalization, political life, and the treatment of refugees, the book shows that disability is central to society, media and culture - a matter of human rights and justice that should concern us all. Goggin is an Australian Research Fellow at the Centre for Critical and Cultural Studies, University of Queensland. Newell teaches and researches within the School of Medicine, University of Tasmania. To order their book, go to the University of New South Wales Press at: www.unswpress.com.au/isbn/0868407194specd.htm and receive 20% off the regular price. Email the press at: info.press@unsw.edu.au .

Jim Ferris' essay, "The Enjambed Body: A Step Toward a Crippled Poetics," was featured August 31 as part of Poetry Daily's weekly series of prose features. Poetry Daily ( www.poems.com ) is an online anthology of contemporary poetry, which has some 20,000 subscribers.

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Director of Advocacy and Governmental Affairs,

American Council of the Blind (ACB)

The American Council of the Blind (ACB) is seeking a Director of Advocacy and Governmental Affairs to work in its national office in Washington, D.C. For a detailed list of duties visit http://www.afb.org/Community.asp?JobID=309.

The successful candidate must be available for frequent travel; willing to work evenings and weekends in order to attend meetings with ACB leaders and affiliates; be a self-starter with excellent organizational skills; have a minimum of two years experience working with federal legislative and regulatory processes; have knowledge of service-delivery systems and government programs impacting people who are blind; demonstrate excellent written and verbal communication skills; have the ability to move quickly between tasks and respond promptly to deadlines and demonstrate an ability to locate and understand laws and regulations.

Desirable skills or training include computer literacy, general familiarity with assistive devices used by people who are blind, knowledge and use of Braille, and a law degree, or specific disability-related advocacy training. Salary depends upon experience.

Applicants should submit a resume, cover letter, and brief writing sample to Governmental Affairs Director Search, American Council of the Blind, 1155 15th Street NW, Suite 1004, Washington, D.C. 20005. Applications may also be submitted by electronic mail sent to Staffing@acb.org, or faxed to (202)
467-5085. All applications must be received in the ACB national office by October 15, 2004.

Faculty Position at Syracuse University

Syracuse University. The Department of Sociology in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs invites applications for a faculty position, at the advanced Assistant level, to begin Fall, 2005.

We seek applicants with strong training and interests in qualitative research methodology. Candidates should have a strong record of writing in the area of methods, as well as conducting their own research. Candidates will have the opportunity to teach in our unique graduate-level qualitative methods seminar sequence, which draws students from various disciplines and professional fields.

Priority will be given to those candidates who also contribute to our specializations in race, class, and gender inequalities and social policy (e.g. in areas such as health/disability, inequality and citizenship, social movements, or work/immigration). Candidates should have a Ph.D. in sociology as well as a strong commitment to undergraduate and graduate teaching and advising. Candidates must demonstrate effective teaching ability and a clear record of scholarly productivity.

New faculty will be encouraged to become affiliated with, and draw on the resources available in, one of the Maxwell School's several research institutes, including the Global Affairs Institute, the Center for Policy Research, and the Program on the Analysis and Resolution of Conflict. We will begin reviewing applications October 1 and continue until the position is filled.

Candidates should send a letter of interest, vita, three references, and one publication; other materials will be requested if needed. Send materials to: Chair, Search Committee, Dept. of Sociology, 302 Maxwell Hall, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244-1020. Syracuse University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. Women, persons of color, and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply.