DOCUMENT RESUME ED 375 582 EC 303 422 TITLE Developing Awareness of Disability in the World: Looking at Issues Relevant to Disability in Asia, the Pacific, and Africa through the Eyes of U.S. Fellows. Monograph #54. INSTITUTION New Hampshire Univ., Durham. Inst. on Disability.; World Rehabilitation Fund, Inc., New York, NY. SPONS AGENCY National Inst. on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (ED/OSERS), Washington, DC. PUB DATE Sep 93 CONTRACT H133D00003 NOTE 80p.; A product of the International Exchange of Experts and Information Rehabilitation. AVAILABLE FROM IEEIR, 125 Technology Drive, Heidelberg-Harris Building, Durham, NH 03824-4724 ($7). PUB TYPE Reports Descriptive (141) EDRS PRICE MF01/PC04 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS *Cross Cultural Studies; *Disabilities; Exchange Programs; *Fellowships; Foreign Countries; *Intercultural Programs; International Cooperation; *International Educational Exchange; Professional Development; *Rehabilitation IDENTIFIERS *International Exchange Experts Information Rehab ABSTRACT This document provides information about the 1990-93 overseas fellowships of the International Exchange of Experts and Information in Rehabilitation (IEEIR), based on project summaries and reports from fellows and hosts. It begins with an interim report from an IEEIR fellow who traveled to Australia and a letter from a host in New Zealand. The interim report described the Illawarra Regional Health Service (New South Wales), and the IEEIR fellow's experiences during his visit. The letter from a New Zealand host welcomed the possibilities for a U.S. and New Zealand collaboration that will bring new ideas and directions in working with people with disabilities. Summaries of the 1990-1993 fellowships are then offered, in the following topic areas: technology, medical rehabilitation and research, special education/rehabilitation education, community-based rehabilitation programs and concepts,' advocacy, sensory disabilities ", vocational services/employment issues, mental health/psychosocial, attitudes and cultural Fiases, and developmental disabilities. The fellowships involved projects in Canada, Hong Kong, Thailand, England, and Kenya, among other countries. An article reprint is presented which captures the spirit of cross-cultural collaboration, "Developing Mutual Understanding between Western and Non-Western Cultures through Collaborative Research" by Judy Kuglemass and Kusdwiartri Setiono. The document also includes a section on what has ben learned by carrying out fellowships over the last 15 years, based on a survey of 60 IEEIR fellowship participants. Survey findings are summarized in sections on professional profiles of participants, professional outcomes of experiences, and professional international resources, respectively. The document concludes with a list of fellows, a list of advisory committee and peer review panel members, and a list of monographs available from IEEIR. (JDD) International Exchange of Experts and Information in Rehabilitation U.S. DEPARTMENT OP EDUCATION Office ol &Montane' Research and Improvement EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) ,clerrue document Ms beenreproduced as received Iron) the person or organisation onginaling IL 0 Minor changes ham been M400 to improve reproduction Quality Points of vow or op mon s stared in this dOCir IEEIR mem do not nscassaoly represent official OERI posnan on policy Monograph #54 Developing Awareness of Disability in the World Looking at Issues Relevant to Disability in Asia, the Pacific, and Africa Through the Eyes of U.S. Fellows This publication was supported by the World Rehabilitation Fund through the University, of New Hampshire under a grant from the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, U.S. Department of Educnion, Grant #H133D00003. 1993. s\Z csr) r) a project of The National Institute of Disability and Rehabilitation Research BEST COPY AVAILABLE World Rd inbilitfitis)11I Monograph #54 Developing Awareness of Disability in the World Looking at Issues Relevant to Disability in Asia, the Pacific, and Africa Through the Eyes of U.S. Fellows I This publication was supported by the World Rehabilitation Fund through the University of New Hampshire under a grant from the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, U.S. Department of Education, Grant #H133D00003. 1993. I Please note our new address: International Exchange of Experts and I Information in Rehabilitation Institute on Disability 1 125 Technology Drive Heidelberg-Harris Building IDurham, New Hampshire 03824-4724 3 I 1990- 1993 Fellowship Study Reports I+ Technology The Effect of Privatization on the Delivery of Mental Retarda- Effectiveness of Assistive Alerting Devices for the Hearing tion Services in Israel; M. Kivitz, 1992. IImpaired; E. Nober (Australia), 1993. Dreams for Desirable Futures for People with Developmental A Cross-cultural Model forAppropriate Technology Prosthet- Disabilities: A Comparison of Australia and the US; ics; T. Staats (India), 1993. J. Strully, 1992. Sociopolitical Perspectives Affecting Acceptance of Rehabili- + Vocational Services/Employment Issues tation Technology (Australia); A. Cronin, M.A., OTR, 1990. Vocational Rehabilitation Developmentin Hong Kong: A Cross- cultural Perspective; C. Lam, 1990. 4 Medical and Rehabilitation Research Clinical and Electrodiagnostic Assessment of Leprous Disability Management & Work Return Transition Programs INeuropathy; T. Brown, MD. (Thailand), 1992. for Injured Workers: A Study of Exemplary Australian Pro- grams, Policies and Services; D. Shrey, 1993. Delivery of Psychological Services to People with Spinal Cord Injury in Australia; S. Ducharme, 1993. Multi-disciplinary Rehabilitation of People with Disabilities: A Study of the Accident Compensation Corporation of New Continuous Passive Motion: Two New Approaches to Reduc- Zealand Rehabilitation Team Approach; C. Guenthner, 1992. ing Low Back Pain and Disability. R. Hazard (US and NZ), I1993. 4, Mental Health/Psychosocial Psychiatric Rehabilitation in Kenya: Applications to the Rural Strategies for Enhancing Communication and Interactions US; P. Ginsberg, Ph.D., 1992 . Between Physicians and Persons with Physical Illnesses and IDisabilities; M. Backman (NZ), 1991. Development of Integrated Healing Model to Address the Mental Health Crisis Among Khmers ; Awareness of Behavioral Limitations after Traumatic Brain S. Brown, Ed.D., L. Gerber, Ph.D., 1991 Injury: A Cross-cultural Study of New Zealand Maori and INon-Maori; G. Prigatano, 1991. An Examination of the Applicability of Morita Therapy to the Psychosocial Rehabilitation of Persons with Psychiatric Dis- Traumatic Brain Injury (Ma'i Ulu) in Amerika Samoa: Reha- abilities; I. Rittman (Japan), 1993. bilitation Needs and Services; G. Wallace, 1991. I An Exchange of Psychiatric Rehabilitation Knowledge & Re- 4, Special Education/Rehab Education search Between China & the USA; R. Liberman, 1991. Special Education in Rural and Isolated Areas of Northern Thailand: Developing a Collaborative Model; Rehabilitation Services in NewZealandforPeople with Chronic J. and S. Tewksbury, M.A., 1993. Mental Illness; F. Silvestri, 1992. An Application of Australian Distance-education Models to Exploring the Severity of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and IRehabilitation Education Curricula in the United States; C. Learning More Efficient Ways of Treating Chronic Trauma in Schiro-Geist, 1993. the Gaza Strip and the United States; J. Raasoch, C. Sector, B. Jordan, 1992. Innovative Ideas in Educational, Medical, and Social Care of Disabled Children in Greece, Turkey, Africa, India andSouth- Health Professionals, Families, and Long-term Mental Illness: east Asia; C. Butler, Ph.D., 1992. A Chinese Traditional Medicine Collaboration Model;S. Govig, 1992. International Exchange in Development of Rehabilitation- Irelated Education: The United States and Malaysia; J. Arm- Community-based Rehabilitation Programs strong, 1992. and Concepts Parent Advocacy and Family-centered Care for Children with Study Seminar and Conference on Educational Technology in Disabilities and Their Families Linking North American the US and Japan - Implications for Special Education; B. Experiences with Eastern European Initiatives; W. C. Cooley, Rankin, A. Haring, 1992. M.D., P. Arango (Czechoslovakia), 1993. Disability in Kunming, China: An Overview of Special Educa- Analysis of Policy Designed to P: emote Accessibility of Ition and Rehabilitation Programs; M. Condon, Ed.D., 1990. Public Accommodations and Services Housing and Trans- portation in New Zealand; M. Mathews, Ph.D., 1990. + Developmental Disabilities Pilot Survey of Mentally Handicapped Children and Youth in Improving the Effectiveness of Consumer Participation: India - Prevalence and Extent of Disability; Care and Services Community Based Rehabilitation (CBR) Schemes as a Model Received and /or Needed; H. Wallace, M.D., M.P.H., 1991. for Consumer Responsive Disability Support Systems; A. Enders (India), 1993. Developme it and Disability in Zimbabwe: Voices from the Periphery; J. Charlton, 1992. (order monograph #53) I 4 Continued on last page Table of Contents Preface .4 Interim Reflections andCollaborative Possibilities..... J........5 1990-1993 Fellowship Summaries .........................................................7 Topic areas: Technology 9 Medical Rehabilitation and Research .............................................11 Special Education/Rehabilitation Education ....................................14 Community-based Rehabilitation