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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">statistics of international students with disabilities studying in the international was really interesting.</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><BR><BR>I seldom think about my limitations, and they never make me sad. Perhaps there is just a touch of yearning at times; but it is vague, like a breeze among flowers.<BR>Hellen Keller<BR><BR>--- On <B>Fri, 12/3/10, Michele Scheib <I><mscheib@miusa.org></I></B> wrote:<BR></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid"><BR>From: Michele Scheib <mscheib@miusa.org><BR>Subject: disability international student discussion group<BR>To: "'Anmol Bhatia'" <anmolpbhatia@yahoo.com><BR>Date: Friday, December 3, 2010, 2:40 PM<BR><BR>
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<P class=yiv2098226693MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'">Hi Anmol,</SPAN></DIV>
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<P class=yiv2098226693MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'">I haven’t forgotten about our discussions and ideas, it just has been so busy here. It will be better if we could write some ideas in our next grant (2011-2012), so that they can be a prioritized project. I recently got statistics from the National Survey on Student Engagement on international students with disabilities in the U.S. in 2010 (it only surveys first-year and senior students in college). In this national survey it showed 5% of international students have disabilities (although 10% of the total survey respondents, including U.S. students, reported they have a disability). </SPAN></DIV>
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<P class=yiv2098226693MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'">The following is the breakdown of how many international students respondents there were by disability type:</SPAN></DIV>
<P class=yiv2098226693MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'">280 Sensory disability</SPAN></DIV>
<P class=yiv2098226693MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'">75 Mobility disability</SPAN></DIV>
<P class=yiv2098226693MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'">231 Learning disability</SPAN></DIV>
<P class=yiv2098226693MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'">160 Developmental disability</SPAN></DIV>
<P class=yiv2098226693MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'">131 Mental disability</SPAN></DIV>
<P class=yiv2098226693MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'">91 Medical disability</SPAN></DIV>
<P class=yiv2098226693MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'">85 Other disability</SPAN></DIV>
<P class=yiv2098226693MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'">1053 Total</SPAN></DIV>
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<P class=yiv2098226693MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'">Interesting! We’re also going to have an inservice with an immigration attorney in the next couple of months to ask about some international students with disabilities topics. What were the questions that you had around this? Maybe I could get some answers to share with you. I’m thinking I’m not going to have time in the next couple of months to organize the webinar idea of yours with an int’l student with disabilities panel, but I’d still be happy to be on one of your blind international student group’s teleconference calls. I have some ideas that would be good to bounce around and get input on.</SPAN></DIV>
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<P class=yiv2098226693MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'">Cheers,<BR>Michele Scheib</SPAN></DIV>
<P class=yiv2098226693MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'">Project Specialist<BR>National Clearinghouse on Disability and Exchange<BR>Mobility International USA<BR>132 E. Broadway, Suite 343<BR>Eugene, Oregon 97401 USA<BR>Tel/TTY: +1 (541) 343-1284 ext. 12<BR>Fax: +1 (541) 343-6812<BR>Email: <A href="http://us.mc538.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=mscheib@miusa.org" target=_blank rel=nofollow ymailto="mailto:mscheib@miusa.org"><U><SPAN style="COLOR: blue">mscheib@miusa.org</SPAN></U></A><BR>Text: <A href="http://us.mc538.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=smscheib_miusa@hotmail.com" target=_blank rel=nofollow ymailto="mailto:smscheib_miusa@hotmail.com"><U><SPAN style="COLOR: blue">mscheib_miusa@hotmail.com</SPAN></U></A><BR>Web: <A href="http://www.miusa.org/ncde" target=_blank rel=nofollow><U><SPAN style="COLOR: blue">http://www.miusa.org/ncde</SPAN></U></A></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d;
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