What Diah Has Shared: INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURS – CALL FOR APPLICATIONS

The International Institute of Social Entrepreneurs (IISE) a programme being implemented by Braille Without Borders in Trivandrum , Kerala , India successfully trained the first batch of students from 12 countries in 2009 and the second batch including 29 participants from 18 different countries, started their course in January 2010. IISE is now seeking applications from highly motivated and committed candidates who have overcome obstacles in their life, have an interest in learning and working with different cultures, and who have a dream to realize for the 2011 course. If you are twenty-two years or older and can speak, read and write English, you are invited to apply for this one-year scholarship- based programme. For additional information visit http://www.bwb- iise.org/ and/or email your inquiries to BrailleWB@gmx. net. You may also fax your questions at 0031848307904 or write via regular post at:

Braille Without Borders

International Institute for Social Entrepreneurs

c/o P. Kronenberg, Vivekanenda Nagar, Vellayani, Ookode, Nemom PO,

Trivandrum 695020, KERALA , INDIA

What Diah Has Translated: Beasiswa Doktor Studi Kecacatan di UIC

Program Doktor antardisipliner tentang studi kecacatan di the University of Illinois di Chicago mengumumkan pembukaan Ethel Louise Armstrong (ELA) baru yang memberikan Beasiswa Doktor bagi para perempuan penyandang cacat fisik. Beasiswa tersebut mungkin diberikan atas kedermawanan Margaret A. Staton, pendiri dan presiden Yayasan ELA dan seorang pengacara bidang kecacatan yang telah mengabdikan hidupnya untuk memastikan bahwa tidak seorang pun akan mengalami prasangka, diskriminasi dan pengucilan karena kecacatan yang dia dan rekan-rekannya alami di masa lalu.

Beasiswa ini dinamakan untuk menghormati nenek Stanton, Ethel Louise Armstrong, yang menunjukkan kemandirian dan perlawanan dalam menghadapi kendala-kendala sosial. Sebagai perempuan muda penyandang cacat fisik yang tumbuh di Atlanta, Georgia, Stanton terinsipirasi oleh kegigigihan neneknya dalam mengungguli pendidikan menengah (postsecondary) meskipun konvensi-konvensi sosial pada saat itu melarang kesempatan para perempuan untuk bersekolah dan bekerja. Stanton meraih gelar M. Ed di bidang konseling, bekerja di Washington DC untuk meningkatkan aksesibilitas, dan, pada 1994, mendirikan Yayasan ELA untuk meningkatkan peran serta penuh para penyandang cacat di dunia.

Penerima Beasiswa Doktor Ethel Louise Armstrong (ELA) akan menerima pembayaran uang kuliah di program Studi Kecacatan di UIC dan biaya tahunan sebesar $18,000. Penyandang dana menetapkan bahwa pemohon harus perempuan penyandang cacat fisik (UIC juga memiliki opsi pendanaan terbuka bagi mahasiswa yang kurang terwakili). Pemohon Brasiswa ELA harus juga memenuhi persyaratan pendaftaran masuk program Studi Kecacatan. Batas waktu pendaftaran bagi penerimaan dalam negeri pada Musim Gugur adalah 7 Mei 2010, Untuk Informasi lebih lanjut tentang proses aplikasi Beasiswa ELA, silahkan hubungi:

Sarah Rothberger, MFA

Academic Coordinator
Interdisciplinary Ph.D. Program in Disability Studies
University of Illinois at Chicago (MC 626)
1640 West Roosevelt Road - Room 215
Chicago, IL 60608 U.S.A.
(312) 996-1508 v
(312) 996-1233 TTY
(312) 996-0885 Fax
sr22@uic.edu

What Diah Has Shared: Disability Studies Ph.D. Fellowship at UIC

The Interdisciplinary Ph.D. Program in Disability Studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago announces the establishment of the new Ethel Louise Armstrong (ELA) Endowed Ph.D. Fellowship for women with physical disabilities. The Fellowship is made possible through the generosity of Margaret A. Staton, the founder and President of the ELA Foundation and a disability advocate who has devoted her life to ensuring that no one will experience the disability prejudice, discrimination, and exclusion that she and her peers endured in the past.

The Fellowship is named in honor of Ms. Staton's grandmother, Ethel Louise Armstrong, who exemplified self-determination and resistance in the face of socially imposed constraints. As a young woman with a physical disability growing up in Atlanta, Georgia, Ms. Staton was inspired by her grandmother' s insistence on excelling in postsecondary education despite social conventions during her time that denied women opportunities for school and work. Ms. Staton earned her M.Ed in counseling, worked in Washington DC to promote accessibility, and, in 1994, founded the ELA Foundation to promote full inclusion of people with disabilities in the world.

Recipients of the Ethel Louise Armstrong (ELA) Endowed Ph.D. Fellowship will receive payment of tuition in the Disability Studies program at UIC and an annual stipend of $18,000. The funder stipulates that applicants must be women with physical disabilities (UIC also has funding options open to other under-represented students.). Applicants for the ELA Fellowship must also meet admission requirements for entrance into the Disability Studies program. The application deadline for Fall 2010 domestic admission is May 7, 2010. For more information about the ELA Fellowship application process, please contact:

Sarah Rothberger, MFA

Academic Coordinator
Interdisciplinary Ph.D. Program in Disability Studies
University of Illinois at Chicago (MC 626)
1640 West Roosevelt Road - Room 215
Chicago, IL 60608 U.S.A.
(312) 996-1508 v
(312) 996-1233 TTY
(312) 996-0885 Fax
sr22@uic.edu



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