Bridges to Employment: Exploring Options for Latinos with Disabilities 
August 21-24, 2002, Anaheim, California: First National Training Conference of Proyecto Visión. Organized by the World Institute on Disability, National Technical Assistance Center for Latinos with Disabilities, and the Central Coast Center for Independent Living.

Latino Culture and Disability: a different approach 
Being born with a disability or acquiring one later in life can be a difficult challenge for anyone to overcome. A person with a disability, without any previous notice, is suddenly faced with several issues that need to be addressed.

Ticket to Work: Some Answers to Your Questions 
Would you like help getting off Social Security Disability Income (SSDI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI)? Would you like to work but not loose the benefit of having SSDI or SSI? Would you like help finding a job and keeping it? The new Social Security Administration’s Ticket to Work Program can help you do that!

Finding a Job When All You Have Are Questions... Available Resources in Your Community - Part 1 
With the ADA (American with Disabilities Act), it has theoretically become more possible for people with disabilities to find jobs. However, some studies show that up two thirds of all people with disabilities are unemployed. So, what makes it so hard to find a job? Or…what resources are available that we don’t know about and therefore don’t use?

Speech-Enabling Website Device Now Available
Fonix Corporation (www.fonix.com) has developed a device called SpeakThis that will allow any website to be available in the spoken word to its consumers.

Women’s International Leadership Institute to Support New Project on Disability Employment in Oaxaca, Mexico 
The Women’s International Leadership Institute (WILI) will be financially supporting an AMUDO (The Association of Women with Disabilities in Oaxaca) economic development project in Oaxaca, Mexico.

Pride 2000 Program: Easing the Transition from Public Assistance to Social Security Benefits in New York City 
The Pride 2000 program is designed to help transition consumers from public assistance to social security benefits.

HACU National Internship Program 
The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) offers a national internship program for enrolled, degree-seeking students at the undergraduate and graduate level.

International Exchange Opportunity for Young People 
Mobility International USA offering Summer Exchange Program on Disability in England

Fellowships for Graduate Study Available for "New Americans" 
The Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans has announced that the deadline for applying for financial fellowships is November 30, 2002.

"News You Can Use"
SSA Ticket to Work Program is Launched, AARP Launches Spanish Language Newsletter for the Elderly Latino Population, Linea Latina: connecting young women through the web, and more...