Press Archives: May 2008
Publication promotes full participation of youth with disabilities in society
posted May 01, 2008![Cover of Paths to Inclusion: a resource guide or fully including youth of ALL abilities in community life. Features two girls on a trail examining leaves (one is in a wheelchair).](javascript:pop("photopop.php?pp=http://meaf.org/css/news/1885.jpg&alt=Cover of Paths to Inclusion: a resource guide or fully including youth of ALL abilities in community life. Features two girls on a trail examining leaves (one is in a wheelchair).", 550, 550);)
WASHINGTON, DC—Paths to Inclusion, published by the Mitsubishi Electric America Foundation (MEAF), is a resource guide designed to help youth-serving organizations integrate youth with disabilities into their regular programs.
The 14-page guide was developed by an Inclusion Task Force organized by MEAF, which includes leaders of national and community-based organizations that serve youth and people with disabilities, along with representatives of universities, foundations and government agencies. The publication was unveiled during a nationally broadcast panel discussion featuring representatives from MEAF, Disability Funders Network, Bubel/Aiken Foundation, The Manual D. and Rhoda Mayerson Foundation, Boys & Girls Clubs of America (BGCA), KIT, INclusion Network, and A.E. Finley YMCA.
Paths to Inclusion is an outgrowth of MEAF’s Inclusion Initiative launched five years ago. The $2 million invested by MEAF in the Initiative has been leveraged by $4 million raised by program partners, including two dozen youth-serving organizations such as BGCA, the National 4-H Council, and the Girl Scouts.
The publication is available free to the public. It can be ordered in print form or downloaded at the Web site www.IncludingAllKids.org. It can also be found at www.meaf.org under news & publications.
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Mitsubishi Electric America Foundation
1560 Wilson Blvd.
Suite 1150
Arlington, VA 22209
1560 Wilson Blvd.
Suite 1150
Arlington, VA 22209