BOOK REVIEWS How to Assess Cancer Risks . . . . ........ ........ .. . . ..... Coral Reefs in Potential Conflict with Oil and Gas Development . Briefing: Japan-U.S. Cooperation on Energy R & D Agreed to; Different Route Accepted as Way to New Department; U.S. Geological Survey-On the Map for 100 Years; On the Way to the Forum; Endangered Review Body Seems to Be in the Clear. More Help for the M...

The facilities available to disabled people living in Scotland were studied by visiting and interviewing a group of 50 paraplegics living in Glasgow and the surrounding counties. The degree of unemployment in the group (74%) was far greater than has been reported in other surveys, and no quadriplegic was in remunerative employment. Though the general unemployment level in the area is high servi...

The aims of this research are focused on the construction of intellectualized equipments for people with moving disabilities to help them in sustainable integration into environment. The problem is to reveal main components of diagnosis of disabled persons, as well as to develop decision making models which are integrated into the control mechanisms of the special equipments, that are assigned ...

Ableism is a powerful social force that causes persons with disabilities to suffer exclusion. The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) is based on the human rights principles of equality and freedom for all people. This Convention contains two human rights instruments: the principle of accessibility and the means of reasonable accommodation, which can be used to prote...