DINF Web Posted on: December 16, 1997
Disability and Diversity:
New Leadership for a New Era
Published by the President's Committee on Employment of People With Disabilities in collaboration with the Howard University Research and Training Center
January 1995
Edited by
Sylvia Walker, Ed.D.
Kimberley A. Turner, M.Ed.
Meselech Haile-Michael, M.Ed.
Ada Vincent, Ph.D.
Marilyn D. Miles, M.Ed.
In addition to the support from the President's Committee on Employment of Peoplewith Disabilities, this publication was supported in part by the following grants fromthe U.S. Department of Education: a) Grant Number H133B80059-93, NationalInstitute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, and b) Grant Number H246C20003-92, Rehabilitation Services Administration. The opinions expressedherein are those of the authors and should not be attributed to the U.S. Departmentof Education, the President's Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities,or Howard University Research and Training Center for Access to Rehabilitation andEconomic Opportunity*.
Copies of this monograph can be obtained by writing to:
Dr. Sylvia Walker, Director
Howard University Research and Training Center for
Access to Rehabilitation and Economic Opportunity
2900 Van Ness Street, N.W.
Holy Cross Hall, Suite 100
Washington, D.C. 20008
or
Mr. Claudie Grant, Jr., Program Manager
President's Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities
1331 F Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20004-1107
This monograph is available in alternative formats.
*The Howard University Research and Training Center is a component of the School of Education at Howard University
TABLE OF CONTENTS
SECTION I: New Leadership For a New Era: Perspectives of Policy and Practice
- Remembering the Old: Looking Forward to the New
- George Covington
- Stand and Deliver: Multiculturalism and Special Education Reform in the Early Twenty-First Century
- Theda Wiles Zawaiza
- New Leadership for a New Era
- Robert R. Davila
- Embracing Cultural Diversity in the Rehabilitation System
- William Tainter, Catherine Campisi, & Curtis Richards
SECTION II: Rehabilitation and Diversity: New Challenges, New Opportunities
- Diversity: A Continuing Rehabilitation Challenge and Opportunity
- Bobbie J. Atkins
- Barriers to Multicultural Understanding: Improving University Rehabilitation Counselor Education Programs
- Martin G. Brodwin
- Implementation of Rehabilitation Counselor Training Programs atHistorically Black Colleges and Universities
- Madan M. Kundu
- Rehabilitation Counseling for Asian Americans: Psychological andSocial Considerations
- George K. Hong
- Skills Development for Multicultural Rehabilitation Counseling:A Quality of Life Perspective
- Leo M. Orange
- African American Women with Disabilities: An Overview
- Eddie Glenn
- Historically Black Colleges and Universities and the Impact of Section 21
- Frank L. Giles
SECTION III Cultural Diversity: The Challenge of Service Delivery
- Asian American Children in Special Education: A Need forMultidimensional Collaboration
- Ji-Mei Chang
- Problems of Providing Services to Persons With Disabilities from Minority Groups
- Carl Douthitt
- The Illinois Department of Rehabilitation Services: A Model for Empowerment and Service Delivery
- Audrey L. McCrimon
- Outreach Services for American Indians
- Priscilla R. Sanderson
- Perspectives of Rehabilitation Services in the City of Los Angeles
- Betty Wilson
- Embracing Diversity in the Delivery of Rehabilitation and Related Services
- Emilio Perez, Phyllis Gordon
SECTION IV: New Leadership for a New Era: Strategies for Empowerment
- Leadership and Empowerment
- Claudie Grant
- The Leadership Responsibilities of People of Color with Impairments in the 21st Century
- Barbara Hardaway
- Request for Proposals (RFP's): Strategies for Successful Proposal Development in the Field of Rehabilitation
- Henry Williams
- Building Networks in the Latino Community: A Mechanism for Empowerment
- Lucy Wong-Hernandez