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May 15, 2012
Going abroad can be a powerful, transformative experience, but what happens when we return home? If our goal is to “Travel with a Purpose,” how can we also return home with a purpose? Thirty high school students with disabilities recently gathered at a workshop in Eugene, Oregon, to answer this question and others like it. [...]
May 8, 2012
Are you an American with a disability interested in applying for a Fulbright grant? Sign up for an upcoming Fulbright webinar that will specifically address the concerns and questions of Fulbright applicants with disabilities. The Fulbright student grant is an excellent opportunity to spend a fully-funded year abroad to study, do research or teach, and [...]
April 27, 2012
“It is high time to broaden the opportunities for international service and diversify the teams of volunteers representing our country to the world” – Harris Wofford, former U.S. Senator and advocate for national service and volunteerism This entry is the first of a three-part series introducing three Harris Wofford Global Service Fellows with disabilities, [...]
April 18, 2012
Some adventurers believe that if you can travel in India, you can travel anywhere. Unfortunately, there is also a common belief that people with mobility disabilities should not go to India. I discovered this while researching for our India: Disability and Exchange Profile. On travel forums and elsewhere, people without disabilities often tried to discourage [...]
March 19, 2012
Regenia Huffman, a person who uses a wheelchair, became a homestay host for international visitors in Akron, Ohio through CIV-Akron International Friendship. Regenia shares her experience rolling out the welcome mat for an international visitor. My name is Regenia Huffman. I am a paraplegic and have been in a wheelchair for 30 years. I first [...]
March 8, 2012
For International Women’s Day, we’d like to share the story of Luu Thi Anh Loan, who participated in MIUSA’s Women’s Institute on Leadership and Disability exchange in 2006. She recently returned to the United States as a Ford Foundation International Fellowships Program (IFP) fellow. In her IFP Portrait, Loan talks about growing up in Vietnam [...]
February 27, 2012
I’ve gone in a shed, I’ve gone in the forest and I’ve gone in the middle of the desert. I’ve gone on top of a mountain, and yes, ladies and gentlemen, I have gone behind a bus. I’m talking about going to the bathroom. As a wheelchair user with cerebral palsy, this is one topic [...]
February 16, 2012
A few weeks ago, I landed in JFK airport with “Empire State of Mind” blasting from my iPod. Though I’ve been to JFK many times, I’d never actually been to New York City, even though I’ve made an effort to put my wheel-print across the world. While I was looking forward to seeing the city, [...]
February 7, 2012
The worldwide community of people with disabilities is now one billion strong, but too many of us still don’t have the resources and rights that we need. We need those of us with disabilities to be agents of change for the better, since we can best advocate for ourselves and be role models for other [...]
January 12, 2012
Emma Verrill, who is currently teaching English in France, shares her guest viewpoint in this second post of a three-part series on the MIUSA Blog. Click here if you missed her first post, “A la troisieme, c’est la bonne!” I consider myself lucky to be teaching high school in France. My students are attentive, respectful, [...]
