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New dawn for women with disabilities.
DAWNing arose from the precious and practical learnings of DAWN Canada's often thriving and sometimes wobbly 14-year existence.
The new book published by the DisAbled Women's Network (DAWN) is a self-help manual for women interested in forming a DAWN group for support, companionship, or especially to bring about broader social change. Full of encouragement, practical advice, and humour, DAWNing will be useful not only for women who want to start a group, but for any woman with a disability who has felt alone and powerless. And who of us hasn't--that's why I first connected with DAWN, the Dis-Abled Women's Network, after my stroke.
Editors Joan Meister and Shirley Masuda invited contributions from well known and lesser-known women who live and work with people with disabilities.
"It was an honour to be at the receiving end of so much knowledge and generosity," Joan Meister says. "I was amazed at how it all fit together so well."
The contributors don't hesitate to share their fears and mistakes as well as their successes. They also discuss their own limitations, the difficulties of learning to work with diversity and the challenges of operating with little or no funds.
Basic Guidelines offers a primer with sections on diversity, cross-disability, self-identification, access, confidentiality, and research guidelines. Learn about the nitty-gritty of constitutions and by-laws (with good examples of each to modify and use), running ...
- Plain language in Canada.
- Magazine article from: LawNow Cheryl Stephens February 1, 1996 700+ words
Plain language in Canada is on the move. While public...available to support a free-standing plain language research institute, much private...In August 1995, the International Plain Language Consultants Network (a Canadian...
- Revisiting Plain Language.
- Magazine article from: Technical Communication MAZUR, BETH May 1, 2000 700+ words
...past and current resources related to the plain language movement * Examines criticism of the movement in the context of plain language resources and the information design field What is plain language? Actually, defining it is not unlike defining...
- US pushing forward with plain language.
- Magazine article from: LawNow Stephens, Cheryl October 1, 1998 700+ words
...federal government's writing must be in plain language. By using plain language, we send a clear message about what the Government...it requires, and what services it offers. Plain language saves the government and the private sector...
- National Law Library Introduces Plain Language Forms to Its Subscribers.
- Press release article from: Business Wire July 20, 1999 700+ words
...online services: Litigation forms in plain language. The forms are already available to...http://www.itislaw.com) plain language forms program, which allows users...Carr, believes that the market for plain language is extremely large and should continue...
- Did you ever say: "let's start a plain language program here?".
- Magazine article from: LawNow Stephens, Cheryl April 1, 1999 700+ words
...than a wish and a policy Implementing plain language in an institutional setting requires...giving staff-training sessions. A plain language policy is often adopted before an implementation...Then it is discovered that using plain language requires significant changes to the...
- Alberta Agriculture(, Food and Rural Development) saves money with plain...
- Magazine article from: LawNow Christine Mowat August 1, 1996 700+ words
...Thanks to Susan Barylo and her plain language committee, the Alberta government now has clear evidence that plain language forms have already saved money...Rural Development (AAFRD). Few plain language project co-ordinators bother...
- Plain language produces benefits.
- Magazine article from: LawNow October 1, 1997 700+ words
...methodology. Consider it proven that plain language documents positively affect the speed...Study confirms it The benefits of plain language are recounted in The Gains of Clarity...this research report on the effects of plain-language documents on organizations after conducting...
- The promise of plain language drafting.
- Magazine article from: McGill Law Journal Sullivan, Ruth November 1, 2001 700+ words
...purpose of drafting legislative texts in plain language is to enhance democracy and the rule...people whose lives it affects. But plain language drafting has some potentially more...generally. The author surveys various plain language initiatives, highlighting problems...
- Plain, but not always simple: Plain language deciding factor in Mich. Supreme...
- Newspaper article from: Michigan Lawyers Weekly Berg, Todd C. May 5, 2008 700+ words
...Michigan Supreme Court decisions, "plain language" ended up being a deciding factor...this time, it was the court's own "plain language" that held the answers. The issue...Clifford W. Taylor said the rule's "plain language ... allows the court to consider...
- Law and literacy: plain language partners.
- Magazine article from: LawNow August 1, 1997 700+ words
...improving communication skills, and plain language in legal documents is appreciated by...Association that recommended lawyers use plain language for the sake of clients who are not...recommended both training in listening and plain language writing among steps the legal community...