Building Bridges: A Manual on Including People with Disabilities in International Exchange Programs
This comprehensive manual features practical suggestions and creative ideas for including, recruiting and accommodating people with disabilities in international exchange programs. Building Bridges also addresses cross-cultural issues and international service projects. Includes an extensive resource section.
Copyright: 2006 by Mobility International USA/National Clearinghouse on Disability and Exchange
ISBN: 1-880034-37-9
262 pages
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"People with disabilities participating in exchanges have additional roles: we build bridges and we break down barriers for others with disabilities."
- Anatoli Ilyashov, Fulbright Scholar, historian and disability activist
Each chapter of Building Bridges can be downloaded individually in PDF or RTF formats below.
Introduction, Acknowledgments and Table of Contents (PDF)
Introduction, Acknowledgments and Table of Contents (RTF)
I. Recruiting (PDF)
I. Recruiting (RTF)
II. Disability Information & Adaptations (PDF)
II. Disability Information & Adaptations (RTF)
III. Cross Cultural Issues & Disability (PDF)
III. Cross Cultural Issues & Disability (RTF)
IV. The Homestay Experience (PDF)
IV. The Homestay Experience (RTF)
V. International Service Programs (PDF)
V. International Service Programs (RTF)
VI. Air Travel (PDF)
VI. Air Travel (RTF)
VII. Budgeting for Inclusion (PDF)
VII. Budgeting for Inclusion (RTF)
VIII. Providing Information in Alternative Formats (PDF)
VIII. Providing Information in Alternative Formats (RTF)
IX. Expanding Practical Knowledge: Recruiting Volunteers and Interns (PDF)
IX. Expanding Practical Knowledge: Recruiting Volunteers and Interns (RTF)
X. Arranging Travel and Health Insurance (PDF)
X. Arranging Travel and Health Insurance (RTF)
